2 Samuel

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Book of the Bible Book of the Hebrew Bible Book of the Old Testament

2 Samuel is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that recounts the reign of King David over Israel, including his political triumphs, personal failures, and their spiritual consequences.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Second Book of Samuel 4
2 Samuel 12 1
Books of Samuel 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of the Bible ⓘ
Book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
Book of the Old Testament ⓘ
approximateChapters 24 ⓘ
associatedFigure Prophet Gad ⓘ
Prophet Nathan ⓘ
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Samuel (as traditional namesake)
canonicalStatus Canonical in Catholicism ⓘ
Canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Canonical in Judaism ⓘ
Canonical in Protestantism ⓘ
centralTheme Consequences of moral failure ⓘ
Divine covenant with David ⓘ
Family conflict and rebellion ⓘ
Political consolidation of the kingdom ⓘ
Reign of King David over Israel ⓘ
Sin and repentance ⓘ
containsEvent Absalom’s rebellion against David ⓘ
Absalom’s revenge on Amnon ⓘ
Capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
Census taken by David ⓘ
David becomes king over Judah ⓘ
David becomes king over all Israel ⓘ
David’s adultery with Bathsheba ⓘ
Death of Absalom ⓘ
Death of David and Bathsheba’s first child ⓘ
God’s covenant with David ⓘ
Murder of Uriah the Hittite ⓘ
Plague following David’s census ⓘ
Prophet Nathan’s rebuke of David ⓘ
land of Moriah ⓘ
surface form: Purchase of Araunah’s threshing floor

Rape of Tamar by Amnon ⓘ
Sheba’s rebellion ⓘ
Transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem ⓘ
follows 1 Samuel ⓘ
genre Historical narrative ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
mainCharacter Abner ⓘ
Absalom ⓘ
Amnon ⓘ
Bathsheba ⓘ
David ⓘ
Ish-bosheth ⓘ
Joab ⓘ
Mephibosheth ⓘ
Nathan ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ
surface form: Saul

Tamar ⓘ
Uriah the Hittite ⓘ
partOf Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
Prophets ⓘ
surface form: Former Prophets

Neviim ⓘ
precedes 1 Kings ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalCollection Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

Tanakh ⓘ
setting Ancient Israel ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
testament Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
timePeriod Reign of King David ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Saul → appearsIn → 2 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Book of Samuel
Abital → appearsInBook → 2 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Book of Samuel
Jesse → appearsInBook → 2 Samuel ⓘ
Bathsheba at Her Bath → basedOn → 2 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Book of Samuel
Orit → contains → 2 Samuel ⓘ
Prophets → containsBook → 2 Samuel ⓘ
Bathsheba → mentionedIn → 2 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Book of Samuel
King David → mentionedIn → 2 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Books of Samuel
Michal → mentionedIn → 2 Samuel ⓘ
1 Samuel → precedes → 2 Samuel ⓘ
Bathsheba → relatedWork → 2 Samuel ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Samuel 12