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2 Samuel 21:1-14 - The Gibeonite Revenge: Another Example of David’s Darker Side or a Picture of a Shrewd Monarch?

2 Samuel 21:1-14 - The Gibeonite Revenge: Another Example of David’s Darker Side or a Picture of a Shrewd Monarch?

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  • Brian Neil Peterson

What is the theological significance of the execution of the Gibeonites recorded in 2 Samuel 21:1-14? In this study, it is argued that the picture that emerges from 2 Samuel is one of King David as a shrewd monarch righting past wrongs and preparing his kingdom for his successor.

Source: Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament, 2012. 22 pages.

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