2 Samuel Explanation

David Honors Mephibosheth: David wishes to honor one of Jonathan's descendants. He finds his son Mephibosheth and gives him land, grants him servants, and feeds him in Jerusalem.According to Jewish tradition, the book was written by Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan. Modern scholarly thinking is that the entire Deuteronomistic history was composed in the period c. 630-540 BC by combining a number of independent texts of various ages.