Structure in 2 Samuel 22
I’m outlining 2 Samuel 22 for an upcoming sermon. Various commentators see a chiastic structure in the text, but I haven’t found a proposal that’s detailed enough to be really helpful, especially when it comes to verses 26–46. Here’s one of my own:
A Praise to Yahweh for deliverance (vv. 2–4)
B Yahweh routs the king’s enemies (vv. 5–20)
C The character of the king (vv. 21–25, 3rd person)
D The mysterious ways of Yahweh (vv. 26–30, 2nd person)
C´ The character of Yahweh (vv. 31–35, 3rd person)
B´ The king routs his enemies (vv. 36–46, 2nd person)
A´ Praise to Yahweh for deliverance (vv. 47–51)
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