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TimelineContentsSection III. Seventh Century and Deuteronomic Activity · c. 700-587 BCE

2 Samuel

24 chapters · 695 verses · 19,308 words

Deuteronomistic History, part 4. Chapters 9-20 with 1 Kings 1-2 form the so-called Succession Narrative, often judged among the oldest sustained Hebrew prose.

Chapters

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