Bible Review

Cf. 1 Samuel 4:3–8, 21–22, 5:1–7:2; 2 Samuel 6:1–15, 21.

Cf. Judges 17:6, 18:1, 19:1, 21:25.

Cf. 2 Samuel 8:15–18, 20:23–26 for lists of David’s cabinet officers.

This was only possible because of a temporary power vacuum in the Near East generally, but it still remains a mighty achievement

It took another seven and a half years before David was able to consolidate his rule over Israel in the north (cf. 2 Samuel 2:8–5:5)

Cf. Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 8:4–22, 12:6–13.

Cf. for example, Joshua 24:2–13; Deuteronomy 26:5–11.

Cf. Albrecht Alt, Der Gott der Väter, Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament III/12 (Stuttgart, 1929); The God of the Fathers in Alt, Essays on Old Testament History and Religion, trans. R. A Wilson (Garden City, N. Y., 1967), pp 1–100. Cf. also Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel (Cambridge, Mass., 1973), pp. 3–12

Cf. Exodus 20:1–17, 23:20–33. 24:1–11 or Deuteronomy 5:1–21, 27:1–28:24 (and passim). The early covenant pattern shines through here, even though it has been reworked by later writers to reflect subsequent concerns and emphases