2 Samuel 5:1-10

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • IV.IV.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • IV.36, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  • From Wesley's Notes.
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Ralph W. Klein, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "How do we know that God is with us? It all starts with our naming at our baptism."
  • 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Pentecost 5, 2009, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "...the lectionary choices this week, following on from last week, result in a picture of the kingdom moving from Saul’s death to David’s crowning as a relatively smooth transition. The David who graciously laments the deaths of Saul and Jonathan appears this week as the natural heir. The intervening chapters present a much more complicated, interesting, if sanguinary, tale."
  • 2 Samuel 5:1-10, Pentecost 5, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Our expectation of a leader is that they will be a shepherd and one who can lead (rule) within the UCA understanding of leadership."
  • "Coronation," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
    • "Notice how this scene is so different from the crucifixion Luke portrays. Both scenes speak of an acclamation from the people. David proclaimed a hero; Jesus cynically derided as a failure."
  • "A Place of Ones Own (2 Samuel 5:1-25)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
• Articles & Background:
  • "The Conquest of Power: Analysis of David and Solomon's Accession Histories," by Caetano Minette de Tillesse. From The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures vol 1, article 3 (1997).
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
  • Brueggemann, Walter, "A New King and a New Order," The Christian Century, 1992.
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  • Ceresko, Anthony R., OSFS, "The Identity of 'The Blind and the Lame' in 2 Samuel 5:8b," Catholic Bible Quarterly, 2001.
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  • Firth, David G., "Shining the Lamp: The Rhetoric of 2 Samuel 5-24," Tyndale Bulletin, 2001.
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  • Herbert, Edward D., "2 Samuel V 6: An Interpretative Crux Reconsidered in the Light of 4ZSAMa1," Vetus Testamentum, 1994.
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  • Kleven, Terence, "The Use of SNR in Ugaritic and 2 Samuel V 8: Hebrew Usage and Comparative Philology," Vetus Testamentum, 1994.
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  • Olyan, Saul M., "'Anyone Blind or Lame Shall Not Enter the House': On the Interpretation of Second Samuel 5:8b," Catholic Bible Quarterly, 1998.
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  • Schipper, Jeremy, "Reconsidering the Imagery of Disability in 2 Samuel 5:8b,"  Catholic Bible Quarterly, 2005.
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  • Watson, Wilfred G.E., "David Ousts the City Ruler of Jebus," Vetus Testamentum, 1970.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Alexander Achilles Fischer, Von Hebron nach Jerusalem: Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Studie zur Erzählung von König David in II Sam 1-5. Review by Mark Wade Hamilton in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. (Review is in English.)
• Sermons:
• With Children:
  • "King David," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
  • "David Is Made King of Israel," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
• Drama:
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
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• Study Links and Resources for the Book of 2 Samuel