This study explores the four narratives regarding prophetic conflicts in the Deuteronomistic
History via three steps: first examining the narratives with a synchronic approach second
discussing the date of the narratives as revised by the Deuteronomists in the Persian period
last considering religious settings and rhetorical purposes of the narratives. The
Deuteronomists were more interested in the theological questions of the true Israel true YHWH
and the true worship place than the prophetic conflicts. The conflicts reflect the difficulty
to distinguish between true and false prophecy and the Deuteronomists sought to answer their
questions by using the conflict narratives. Their answers aimed for the postexilic community to
protect their ethnic identity and to worship YHWH alone exclusively in Jerusalem.
