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2 Samuel

Old Testament · translated from the Hebrew

The reign of David: he unites Israel, makes Jerusalem his capital and receives from YHWH the promise of a house and a kingdom forever. He also commits adultery and murder, repents, and lives with the consequences in his own family.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
  18. 18
  19. 19
  20. 20
  21. 21
  22. 22
  23. 23
  24. 24

How it is laid out

  1. David, king of Judah and of Israelchapters 1–10
  2. David’s sinchapters 11–12
  3. Absalom’s rebellionchapters 13–20
  4. David’s last wordschapters 21–24

Key verses

Who wrote it

The book does not say who wrote it. In Hebrew it formed one book with 1 Samuel. 1 Chronicles 29:29 mentions writings of Samuel, Nathan and Gad; Jewish tradition attributes the end of the book to Gad and Nathan (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 15a). Authorship is debated.

When it was written

Debated. After David’s reign (around 1010–970 BC); like 1 Samuel, it assumes the kingdom was already divided (1 Samuel 27:6), around 930 BC or later.

For whom, and in what situation

Israelites in the time of the kings. The book tells them how David united the tribes, YHWH’s promise to his house (7:12–16), and the cost of his sin.

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