Introduction: Solving the story's mystery of David
Saul : three anointings, two wrongdoings, one good son between : patterns 1 and 2
Who is David? multiple introductions : pattern 3
fear; sword and spear : patterns 4 and 5
David spares an enemy, three times in a row : pattern 6
The ark, communal well-being, and women : pattern 7
Failed fathers : personal indulgence, public woe : pattern 8
public and private Davids : pattern 9
Chiastic conclusion : warriors, leadership, and poetic reflection : pattern 10 (A)
Chiastic conclusion : final contrast, soul and David sinning : patterns 10 (B) and 11
Conclusion : David and God, Odysseus and Athene : character and moral universe.
