30:25; 2 Samuel 4:3; 6:8; 13:18; 18:18. It was written after the death of David, 2 Samuel 5:5, and after the division of the United Kingdom in 933 B.C., 1 Samuel 27:6. On the other hand, there are reasons for believing that the book was written at a time not too far distant from the occurrence of the book’s narrated events. Probably the book was compiled soon after the division of the United Kingdom in 933 B.C. V. THE PERIOD OF TIME COVERED BY THE TWO BOOKS OF SAMUEL The original unitary Book of
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