2 SAMUEL 9-10. (J.) THESE CHAPTER S ARE OF THE UTMOST VALUE, BOTH AS LITERATURE AND AS HISTORY. THEY SEEM TO BE THE WORK EITHER OF A CONTEMPORARY, OR OF SOME ONE WHO WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FACTS THROUGH THE TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL 10. WAR WITH THE AMMONITES AND THE SYRIANS (J). 2 Samuel 10:1. The king of Ammon insults David's ambassadors. [J. G. Frazer (_Taboo and the Perils of the Soul,_ p. 273) connects Hanun's action with the well-known belief that to get possession of the hair of a person is to have him in one's... [ Continue Reading ]