2 Samuel 23-24: David’s Mighty Men and the Sacred Mount Moriah

If only the books of Samuel ended there, after David’s final words. It’s a great place to end, but he didn’t. There is more in 2 Samuel 23 and 24, and it is anti-climatic for the books of Samuel. However, it is an intriguing link to the future of Christ and our redemption. Recall that the author is writing the final chapters in a chiasm which is a literary structure where themes mirror each other in an inverted pattern. The focus is on the center of the chiasm. We have discussed the first 4 steps of the chiasm: Saul causes a famine, David’s Mighty Warriors, David’s final song, and David’s final words.

In 2 Samuel 23, we will discuss the remaining:David’s Mighty Warriors, and David causes a plague. These two mirror the first two. There will be more detail on the Mighty Warriors. Then we will end with David causing a plague which is a comparison to Saul causing a famine.

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In the Epilogue Part 5: David’s Mighty Warrior’s Hall of Fame, the credit for David’s success went to the Lord. The Lord orchestrated and commanded every man and moment from beginning to end. David was the vessel that God chose to work through to accomplish His purposes. He was the “example” of God’s king. His heart for the Lord, combined with his skill as a warrior and charisma as a leader, made him a great king. But there were others, he did make Israel a great nation by himself.

David had the devotion of an amazing group of great men, famous in their own right. — called the Mighty Warriors. The Mighty Warriors were an elite group of fearless fighters loyal to King David. They were David’s inner circle of support, both militarily and politically. They were an unusual and diverse group that included Israelites and foreigners like Zelek the Ammonite and Uriah the Hittite. The members changed as some died and were replaced, so the list contains more than 30 names, but at any given time, there were probably 30.

Epilogue Part 5: David’s Mighty Warriors’ Hall of Fame

Epilogue Part 6: David Causes a Plague

Scene 1: The Census

Scene 2: The Confession

Scene 3: The Plague

Scene 4: The Threshing Floor Altar

1+2 Samuel answer the Question Should Israel Have a King?

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The Path to Good or Evil

David’s Census

The author of this article is Hayley Mowatt, producer of Bible Book Club podcast