2 Samuel, Volume 11

Arnold A. Anderson, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, John D. W. Watts, Ralph P. Martin, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, John D. W. Watts, Ralph P. Martin

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780310588689
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

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Overview of Commentary Organization:

• Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.
• Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
• Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
• General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Editorial Preface
• Author’s Preface
• Abbreviations
• Main Bibliography
• Introduction
• 2 Samuel: Text and Commentary
• Report of Saul’s Death (1:1–16)
• David’s Lament over Saul and Jonathan (1:17–27)
• David King in Hebron (2:1–4a)
• David’s Message to Jabesh-Gilead (2:4b–7)
• Ishbosheth King of Israel (2:8–11)
• Hostilities between Judah and Israel (2:12–3:1)
• David’s Family in Hebron (3:2–5)
• David and Abner (3:6–39)
• The Death of Ishbosheth (4:1–12)
• David King of Israel and Judah (5:1–5)
• The Capture of Jerusalem and Its Sequel (5:6–16)
• The Philistine Campaigns (5:17–25)
• The Ark Brought to the City of David (6:1–23)
• The Dynastic Oracle (7:1–17)
• The Prayer of David (7:18–29)
• The Wars of David (8:1–14)
• David’s High Officials of State (8:15–18)
• David and Mephibosheth (9:1–13)
• David’s Ammonite-Aramean Wars (10:1–19)
• David, Bathsheba, and Uriah (11:1–27a)
• Nathan’s Parable and Its Sequel (11:27b–12:25)
• Subjugation of Ammon (12:26–31)
• Amnon and Tamar (13:1–22)
• Absalom’s Revenge and Flight (13:23–37)
• The Tekoite Woman’s Story and Absalom’s Return (13:38–14:7, 15–17, 8–14, 18–33)
• Absalom’s Subversive Activities (15:1–12)
• Absalom’s Revolt and David’s Flight (15:13–16:14)
• Absalom and His Counsellors (16:15–17:23)
• The Decisive Battle and Absalom’s Death (17:24–19:9a [8a])
• David’s Return to Jerusalem and Sheba’s Revolt (19:9b[8b]–20:22)
• David’s Inner Cabinet (20:23–26)
• The Famine and the Gibeonite Revenge (21:1–14)
• Encounters with the Philistines (21:15–22)
• David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving (22:1–51)
• The Oracle of Yahweh to David (23:1–7)
• David’s Heroes and Some of Their Exploits (23:8–39)
• David’s Census and the Plague (24:1–25)
• Indexes