Sa mu el 92 solving some problems for him ; David is depicted as a young boy in full control, very convincing in his speech and actions . The above two scholars point out that this contrast is valid only in the MT longer version, which presents the whole episode of David’s mission to his brothers, but those materials are lacking in the shorter version of These scholars conclude that a later redactor would not miss LXXb . the contrast and make cuts of vital text elements like the mission episode . The outcome of this assessment is that the shorter version is the original one ; while the MT longer versionrepresented by LXXb is an outcome of a later redactor’s insertion which reflects the skilled redactor’s attempt to improve the text and to fit it to the stories of Saul . 40 I tend to disagree with these scholars’ last conclusion . This is not a matter of a “redactor” who tried to improve the text . Actually, it is a matter of a second author who had absorbed the earlier version of the s...
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