In this study I re-examine the vast literature that has grown around the work that Leonhard Rost called “the succession to the throne of David” (the Succession Narrative, or SN). I suggest that the SN is a unified literary composition that originally included 2 Samuel 13–19 and 1 Kings 1–2 and that it was composed at the time of King Manasseh in the first half of the 7th century BCE. The course of events rests in part on occurrences that took place in Assyria during the last years of Sennacherib and the early days of Esarhaddon. The author borrowed elements from an Assyrian oral story and fitted them to a plot he devised. In this creative manner he was able to adapt some major elements from the story of Esarhaddon’s accession to the throne and transplant them within his own work. Years later, the Deuteronomist wrote the story of David and Urijah, which culminates with Nathan’s prophecy of doom to David (2 Sam 11:2–12:25) and inserted it after the account of David’s successful wars against Israel’s neighbours. In this manner he explained the shift from the period of David’s rise and prosperity to the period of decline and the struggle among the members of the royal family over their father’s throne.

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权力的游戏：所罗门的“继任叙事”和埃萨哈登登基

在这项研究中，我重新审视了围绕莱昂哈德·罗斯特 (Leonhard Rost) 称之为“大卫王位的继承”（继承叙事，或 SN）的作品而发展起来的大量文献。我建议 SN 是一个统一的文学作品，最初包括 2 Samuel 13-19 和 1 Kings 1-2，并且它是在公元前 7 世纪上半叶玛拿西国王时期创作的。事件的进程部分取决于在西拿基立的最后几年和以撒哈顿的早期发生在亚述的事件。作者从一个亚述口述故事中借用了一些元素，并将它们融入他设计的情节中。通过这种创造性的方式，他能够改编 Esarhaddon 登基故事中的一些主要元素，并将它们移植到自己的作品中。多年后，申命记家写下了大卫和乌利亚的故事，它以内森对大卫的厄运预言（2 Sam 11:2–12:25）告终，并在大卫成功与以色列邻居的战争之后插入。他以这种方式解释了从大卫崛起和繁荣时期到衰落时期的转变以及王室成员之间争夺父亲宝座的斗争。