David Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Further reading== {{Refbegin|30em}} *{{Cite book |editor1-last=Alexander |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Alexander |editor2-first=Pat |year=1983 |title=Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible |edition=New rev. |publisher=Eerdmans |location=Grand Rapids, Mich. |isbn=978-0-8028-3486-7}} *{{cite book|last=Alter|first=Robert|title=The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel|publisher=W. W. Norton |year=2009 |isbn=978-0393320770 }} *{{Cite book|last=Bergen|first=David T.|title=1, 2 Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eGT6fWsajqcC&pg=PA49|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=9780805401073|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110902/https://books.google.com/books?id=eGT6fWsajqcC&pg=PA49|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Breytenbach|first=Andries|title=Past, Present, Future: The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets|publisher=Brill|year=2000|chapter=Who Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50|editor=Johannes Cornelis de Moor|editor2=H.F. Van Rooy|isbn=978-9004118713|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110852/https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50|url-status=live}} *{{cite book | last1 = Brettler | first1 = Mark Zvi | chapter = Introduction to the Historical Books | editor1-last = Coogan | editor1-first = Michael David | editor2-last = Brettler | editor2-first = Marc Zvi | editor3-last = Newsom | editor3-first = Carol Ann | title = The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2007 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Nc-i_pQsiW8C&q=%22Deuteronomistic+history%22%22completed+only+in+the+Babylonian+exile%22&pg=PA311 | isbn = 9780195288803 }} *{{Cite book |last=Bright |first=John |year=1981 |title=A History of Israel |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Westminster Press |edition=3rd |isbn=978-0-664-21381-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofisrael03edbrig }} *{{Cite book |last=Bruce |first=F. F. |year=1963 |title=Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |oclc=1026642167}} *{{Cite book |last=Coogan |first=Michael D. |year=2009 |title=A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: the Hebrew Bible in its Context |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199740291}} *{{Cite book | last1 = Coogan | first1 = Michael David | chapter = Cultural Contexts: The Ancient Near East and Israel | editor1-last = Coogan | editor1-first = Michael David | editor2-last = Brettler | editor2-first = Marc Zvi | editor3-last = Newsom | editor3-first = Carol Ann | title = The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2007 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Nc-i_pQsiW8C&q=%22the+chronology+of+the+first+three+kings+of+Israel%22&pg=RA1-PA512 | isbn = 9780195288803 }} *{{Cite book |last=Dever |first=William G. |year=2001 |title=What did the Bible writers know and when did they know it? |publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publ. Co. |location=Cambridge, UK}} *{{Cite book|last=Dick|first=Michael B|chapter=The History of 'David's Rise to Power' and the Neo-Babylonian Succession Apologies|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vlkb0cSBGlIC&pg=PA373|editor=Bernard Frank Batto|editor2=Kathryn L. Roberts|title=David and Zion: biblical studies in honor of J.J.M. Roberts|publisher=Eisenbrauns|year=2004|isbn=9781575060927|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110903/https://books.google.com/books?id=Vlkb0cSBGlIC&pg=PA373|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Eynikel|first=Erik|title=Past, present, future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets|publisher=Brill|year=2000|chapter=The Relation Between the Eli Narrative and the Ark Narratives|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50|editor=Johannes Cornelis de Moor|editor2=H.F. Van Rooy|isbn=978-9004118713|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110852/https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50|url-status=live}} *{{Cite news |last=Fridman |first=Julia |date=February 20, 2014 |title=The Naked Truth About King David, the 8th Son |url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.575418 |work=[[Haaretz]] |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904105718/http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.575418 |url-status=live }} *{{Cite book|last=Gordon|first=Robert|title=I & II Samuel, A Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMJ1ZAnswuUC&pg=PA338|publisher=Paternoster Press|year=1986|isbn=9780310230229|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110902/https://books.google.com/books?id=JMJ1ZAnswuUC&pg=PA338|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book |last=Green |first=Adam |year=2007 |title=King Saul: The True History of the First Messiah |publisher=Lutterworth Press |location=Cambridge, UK |isbn=978-0718830748}} *{{Cite book | last1 = Halpern | first1 = Baruch | chapter = David | editor1-last = Freedman | editor1-first = David Noel | editor2-last = Allen C. | editor2-first = Myers | title = Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible | publisher = Eerdmans | year = 2000 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&q=%221+Sam.+16-1+Kgs.+2+are+our+main+sources%22&pg=PA318 | isbn = 9789053565032 }} *{{Cite book|last=Halpern|first=Baruch|title=David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tn8PG4XfuBAC&pg=PA8|isbn=9780802827975|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110850/https://books.google.com/books?id=tn8PG4XfuBAC&pg=PA8|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book |last=Harrison |first=R. K. |year=1969 |title=An Introduction to the Old Testament |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |oclc=814408043}} *{{Cite book|last=Hertzberg|first=Hans Wilhelm|title=I & II Samuel, A Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=friNN7IdjOIC&pg=PA11|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|date=1964|edition=trans. from German 1960 2nd|isbn=9780664223182|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110854/https://books.google.com/books?id=friNN7IdjOIC&pg=PA11|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Gwilym H|chapter=1 and 2 Samuel|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCRYl9Ikk6EC&pg=PA196|editor=John Barton|editor2=John Muddiman|title=The Oxford Bible Commentary|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=9780198755005|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordbiblecomme0000unse}} *{{Cite book |last=Kidner |first=Derek |year=1973 |title=The Psalms |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |isbn=978-0-87784-868-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/psalms172introdu00kidn }} *{{Cite book |last=Kirsch |first=Jonathan |year=2000 |title=King David: the real life of the man who ruled Israel |publisher=Ballantine |isbn=0-345-43275-4}} *{{Cite book|last=Klein|first=R.W.|chapter=Samuel, Books of|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&pg=PA314|editor=Bromiley, Geoffrey W|title=The international standard Bible encyclopedia|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2003|isbn=9780802837844|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110852/https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&pg=PA314|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Knight|first=Douglas A|chapter=Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomists|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNLN1nEEys0C|editor=James Luther Mays|editor2=David L. Petersen|editor3=Kent Harold Richards|title=Old Testament Interpretation|publisher=T&T Clark|year=1995|isbn=9780567292896|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110859/https://books.google.com/books?id=SNLN1nEEys0C&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book |last=Noll |first=K. L. |year=1997 |title=The Faces of David |location=Sheffield, UK |publisher=Sheffield Acad. Press |isbn=978-1-85075-659-0}} *{{Cite book|last=Pfoh|first=Emanuel|title=The Emergence of Israel in Ancient Palestine: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PWreCwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+now+famous+tel+dan+stele%22&pg=PA100|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=9781134947751|ref=none}} *{{Cite book|last=Rosner|first=Steven|url=http://www.guidetothepsalms.com|title=A Guide to the Psalms of David|publisher=Outskirts Press|year=2012|access-date=2020-10-11|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110855/http://www.guidetothepsalms.com/|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Schleffer|first=Eben|title=Past, Present, Future: The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets|publisher=Brill|year=2000|chapter=Saving Saul from the Deuteronomist|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50|editor=Johannes Cornelis de Moor|editor2=H.F. Van Rooy|isbn=978-9004118713|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110852/https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Soggin|first=Alberto|title=Introduction to the Old Testament|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|year=1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqSNsKXnHQgC&pg=PA112|isbn=9780664221560|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2016-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207201230/https://books.google.com/books?id=mqSNsKXnHQgC&pg=PA112|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Spieckerman|first=Hermann|chapter=The Deuteronomistic History|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337|editor=Leo G. Perdue|title=The Blackwell companion to the Hebrew Bible|publisher=Blackwell|year=2001|isbn=9780631210719|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106043128/https://books.google.com/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=J. A. |year=1986 |title=Handbook of Life in Bible Times |location=Leicester, UK |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |isbn=978-0-87784-949-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookoflifein0000thom }} *{{Cite book|last=Tsumura|first=David Toshio|title=The First Book of Samuel|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLKAlhLDkMwC&pg=PA103|isbn=9780802823595|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110851/https://books.google.com/books?id=iLKAlhLDkMwC&pg=PA103|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Van Seters|first=John|title=In Search of History: Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History|publisher=Eisenbrauns|year=1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-skPdXtewwC&pg=PA406|isbn=9781575060132|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2016-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209013206/https://books.google.com/books?id=0-skPdXtewwC&pg=PA406|url-status=live}} *{{Cite book|last=Walton|first=John H|chapter=The Deuteronomistic History|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337|editor=Andrew E. Hill|editor2=John H. Walton|title=A Survey of the Old Testament|publisher=Zondervan|year=2009|isbn=9780631210719|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106043128/https://books.google.com/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337|url-status=live}} {{Refend}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page