Politics · 21 · Yhwh and His People
A covenant with a people outranks a promise to a king
God promises David an everlasting dynasty. But the biblical narrative places the covenant with the whole nation at Sinai first, and makes it more foundational.
The people's covenant came before the king's.
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After 586 BCE, many waited for a Davidic king to return. Meanwhile, the defeated could live as a political community by the covenant their ancestors made in the wilderness.
Bible reference: 2 Samuel 7:12–16
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 335
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