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THE PATRIARCHAL NARRATIVES IN THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL by DOMINIC RUDMAN Hants, United Kingdom I. Introduction In a recent note in this journal, Sean McDonough outlined an important parallel, hitherto unnoticed, between II Samuel xxiv-I Kings i and Genesis xxiii-xxiv. The former text describes how King David, “old and well-advanced in years” ( zqn b " bymym —I Kgs i 1) purchased the threshing oor of Araunah. The latter, how Abraham, likewise “old and well-advanced in years” ( zqn b " bymym —Gen xxiv 1) bought a cave at Machpelah as a burial site. Abraham’s acquisition of this site is often understood to be the rst step in the ful llment of the divine promises made to him concerning Israel’s possession of the land of Canaan, while, for McDonough, David’s purchase from Araunah, a Jebusite (and so a member of the last Canaanite people to be dis- possessed), indicates the nal ful llment of the Abrahamic promises. 1 Parallels in theme and vocabulary between these texts point to a relationship that goes beyond coincidence. However, there are in the stories of David examples of a similar nature indicating a more wide- spread and imaginative use
Vetus Testamentum – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2004
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