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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 11: 2 Samuel is unavailable, but you can change that!

Focus on David’s ascension and kingdom in this commentary on 2 Samuel; a book commentator A. A. Anderson calls the “central book in Scripture.” Noting 2 Samuel’s profound influence on other New Testament and Old Testament books, Anderson studies the textual history, literary structure, historical context, and ultimate significance of this book. Organized for easy reference, Word Biblical...

with the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19) or with a social (or mythological) group (see Gen 15:20; Deut 3:11). For a detailed discussion of this word, see Conrad E. L. Heureux, “The Ugaritic and Biblical Rephaim,” HTR 67 (1974) 265–74; Rank among the Canaanite Gods: El, Baʿal, and Rephaim, HSM 21 (Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1979). 19 David inquired of Yahweh by using, most likely, the lots (see Comment on 2:1) or the ephod (see Gelston, SJT 17 [1964] 329). NEB takes the two separate questions as
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