349 David’s Army victorious warfare against the Philistines and other foes . Moreover, the booty of wars was instrumental in building the Jerusalemite Temple and shaping its ornaments . As we shall see below, the Chronicler uses these stories, as well as others, to glorify the Jerusalemite Temple, thereby diminishing its counterpart built by the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim ( Garsiel 2000 d ) . In the following sections, I intend to elaborate and update my previous publications dealing with King David’s heroes and their exploits as recounted in Samuel, and later incorporated with consider - In Samuel, most of the information isable changes in Chronicles . 9 included in the last part of the book ( 2 Sam 21 – 24 ) , defined by previ - ous scholars as an “Appendix”, meaning “miscellaneous materials” . 10 Today, several scholars have conveyed reservations about such a definition and replaced it with “Epilogue” or “Conclusion” and so on, because these four chapters contain links between each...
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