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Podcast: The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Episode: 2 Samuel - Chapters 21-22 with Psalm 15 and 18
Description: The ending of 2 Samuel seems to be some added events throughout David's reign as king of Israel. Some call the last four chapters (21-24) as an appendix or an epilogue. Robert D. Bergen in his commentary pointed out that it is written in an artistic style called a chiasm. Chapters 21-22 cover the ABC, and then chapters 23-24 cover CBA. The "A" section is 21:1-14, "David Ends a Divinely Sent Famine." The Lord revealed that the famine was brought on because of Saul's sin against the Gibeonites. Joshua had made a treaty to spare the Gibeonite's lives in exchange...