History2 Samuel
Old Testament · History · 24 chapters
David’s reign: Jerusalem as capital, God’s promise of an everlasting house, and the cost of David’s sin and family conflicts.
Context
- Genre
- Royal history
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to Samuel and later prophetsIts composition is widely discussed.
- Setting
- Israel and Jerusalem
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- בְּרִיתberit — covenant
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