The interpretation timeline

2Sam 3:1

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

2Sam 3:1 · Douay-Rheims

“Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.”

Patristic before A.D. 750

470

A.D.

Salvian the Presbyter Patristic

c. A.D. 400–470

“There is no need for us to discuss this point further, since the judgment of God is evident. Events prove what God judges about us and about the Goths and Vandals. They increase daily; we decrease daily. They prosper; we are humbled. They flourish; we are drying up. Truly there is said about us that saying which the divine Word spoke of Saul and David: "because David was strong and always growing more robust; the house of Saul grew less daily." As the prophet says, "For he is just, the Lord is just and his judgment is right."”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

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