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2 Samuel—Your Kingdom Come is unavailable, but you can change that!

King David stands as one of the most important figures of world history. From children’s storybooks to Michelangelo’s famous statue, ancient Israel’s most famous king is still remembered and recognized by people around the world three thousand years after he lived. In this commentary on the book of 2 Samuel, professor and former pastor John Woodhouse helps readers deepen their understanding of...

The verb could be translated “was sitting.” What interest can there possibly be in the king seated in his city (when far more exciting things were happening forty miles to the east at Rabbah)? It was a remarkably simple sequence of events. But it was a disaster greater than anything that might happen at Rabbah. The story is told with astonishing matter-of-fact directness. We are told what happened, but we are left to wonder how and why. “It happened, late one
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