The Books of Samuel 2 Samuel 1-7

S3E122: 2 Samuel Introduction

Second Samuel as part of the Deuteronomistic History (PDF)

Whose perspective do we hear in 2 Samuel? (PDF)

1 Samuel and 2 Samuel structural parallels (PDF)

1 Samuel 4.12-17 and 2 Samuel 1.1-4 (PDF)

S3E123: A dirt-headed, clothes-torn man comes to David (2 Samuel 1.1-4)

“On the third day” in Genesis and the Deuteronomistic History (PDF)

Brotherly murder among the houses of Saul and David (PDF)

2 Samuel 1 keywords (PDF)

S3E124: "I stood over him and killed him" (2 Samuel 1.5-10)

Comparing two reports of Saul’s death (PDF)

S3E125: "Your blood be on your head!" (2 Samuel 1.11-16)

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S3E126: David's lament over Saul and Jonathan, part 1 (2 Samuel 1.17-22)

Three poems in the books of Samuel compared (PDF)

S3E127: David's lament over Saul and Jonathan, part 2 (2 Samuel 1.23-27)

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S3E128: Introduction to 2 Samuel 2.1-5.5

Shape of 2 Samuel 2.1-5.5 (PDF)

Links between 2 Samuel 2.1-5.5 and chapters 15-19 (PDF)

Shape of 2 Samuel overall (PDF)

S3E129: David is anointed king over the house of Judah at Hebron (2 Samuel 2.1-7)

2 Samuel 2 keywords (PDF)

S3E130: Abner makes Ishbaal king at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 2.8-12)

Reports of Saul’s family members (PDF)

S3E131: The young men "play" at the pool of Gibeon (2 Samuel 2.13-17)

“sons of Zeruiah” in 2 Samuel (PDF)

S3E132: Asahel pursues Abner...to his own death (2 Samuel 2.18-23)

“Neither to the right or to the left” in the DH (PDF)

Killed in the chomesh in 2 Samuel (PDF)

Asahel and Abner pursuit: a stylized exchange (PDF)

S3E133: Abner and Joab reach a fragile peace (2 Samuel 2.23-32)

“Benjamin” in Samuel (PDF)

Crossing the Jordan in Samuel (PDF)

S3E134: War and the coercive sexuality of monarchy (2 Samuel 3.1-11)

2 Samuel 3 keywords (PDF)

Designations of those claiming David’s royal authority in 2 Samuel 3-6 (PDF)

“Pilegesh” in 2 Samuel (PDF)

Women trapped by power and patriarchy in 2 Samuel (PDF)

“Chesed” in Samuel (PDF)

S3E135: Michal ripped from her man and "returned" to David (2 Samuel 3.12-16)

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S3E136: Abner seeks to bring Israel and Benjamin under David's reign (2 Samuel 3.17-21)

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S3E137: I and my kingdom are guiltless forever! (2 Samuel 3.22-30)

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S3E138: Today I am weak, though anointed king (2 Samuel 3.31-39)

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S3E139: Two Benjaminites assassinate Ishbaal (2 Samuel 4.1-7)

2 Samuel 4 keywords (PDF)

The Mephibosheth story in 2 Samuel (PDF)

S3E140: David "rewards" Ishbaal's assassins (2 Samuel 4.8-12)

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S3E141: David anointed king over "all Israel" (2 Samuel 5.1-5)

“Tribes of Israel” in Samuel and beyond (PDF)

“Elders of Israel” in Samuel and beyond (PDF)

S3E142: 2 Samuel 5-10 introduction: David consolidates his reign

David’s acts of royal consolidation in 2 Samuel 5-10 (PDF)

Parallels between the question of monarchy in 1 Samuel and that of the temple in 2 Samuel (PDF)

S3E143: David takes "the stronghold of Zion" (2 Samuel 5.6-10)

Questions raised by David’s taking of Zion (PDF)

2 Samuel 5 keywords (PDF)

Jerusalem in the Bible before 2 Samuel 5 (PDF)

Jebusites in the Bible (PDF)

S3E144: David gains a powerful patron and demonstrates his fertility (2 Samuel 5.11-16)

King Hiram of Tyre (PDF)

Tyre in the Bible: as few examples (PDF)

“Carpenters and masons” (PDF)

S3E145: David "sauls" YHWH about the Philistines (2 Samuel 5.17-25)

2 Samuel 5.17-25 shape (PDF)

S3E146: The return journey of the ark, part 1 (2 Samuel 6.1-5)

Journey of the ark in 1 Samuel 5-7 and 2 Samuel 6 (PDF)

2 Samuel 6 keywords (PDF)

2 Samuel 6.1-5: echoes from 1 Samuel 4-7 (PDF)

Cherubim in Temple (1 Kings 6.23-35) and Mishkan (Exodus 25.18-22)

S3E147: YHWH bursts out against Uzzah (2 Samuel 6.6-11)

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S3E148: The ark goes up to the city of David (2 Samuel 6.12-15, 17-19)

“Offerings” in Samuel (PDF)

S3E149: Michal despises David (2 Samuel 6.16, 20-23)

David’s “women” (PDF)

S3E150: A house for YHWH? (2 Samuel 7.1-7)

David-as-YHWH’s-anointed king in the New Testament (PDF)

Psalm of Solomon 17 (annotated, PDF)

2 Samuel 7 keywords (PDF)

2 Samuel 7 chiastic shapes (PDF)

Excerpt from “Come Out, My People!” on contrasts between temple and mishkan (JPG)

S3E151: I will make YOU a house! (2 Samuel 7.8-11)

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S3E152: "Your seed...shall build a house for my name" (2 Samuel 7.12-16)

2 Samuel 7.5-17 and 1 Kings 5.3-5 and 8.14-21 (PDF)

S3E153: What more can David say to you? (2 Samuel 7.17-22)

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S3E154: Who is like your people, like Israel? (2 Samuel 7.23-29)

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S3E155: David's wars: military and propagandistic, part 1 (2 Samuel 8.1-6)

2 Samuel 8-10 shape (PDF)

2 Samuel 8-10 keywords (PDF)

S3E156: Irony in the report of David's success in war (2 Samuel 8.7-15)

“Justice and equity” in royal contexts in the Hebrew Bible (PDF)

S3E157: David's royal court: who they are and what they do (2 Samuel 8.16-18)

David and Solomon’s “cabinet” lists (PDF)

Royal roles in David’s court (PDF)

David’s royal team (PDF)

S3E158: David takes Saul's grandson captive at the king's table (2 Samuel 9.1-13)

Parallels between 1 Samuel 20 and 2 Samuel 9 (PDF)

Repeated phrases in 2 Samuel 9 (PDF)

S3E159: Ammonites provoke David into war (2 Samuel 10.1-7)

A surprising (Ammonite) family tree (PDF)

S3E160: David and Joab battle Arameans (2 Samuel 10.8-19)

The Arameans at war with David in 2 Samuel 8, 10 (PDF)