King David And The Foundation Of Yerusalem
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Introduction To King David And The Foundation Of Yerusalem The Yisraelites in the Promised Land allowed themselves gradually to be seduced by the orgiastic and idolatrous practices of the Canaanites. |
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Graph and Map of the Twelve Tribes of Yisrael Graph of the Spiritual Ascent and Map at the Times of the Judges |
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The Four Stages Of Yisrael's Progress Shophtim, Schmuel, Saul and David: four chapters in which we can witness the great rise of Yahwism as a social and spiritual force. |
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The 'Judge' in the Scriptures was he who makes the Torah (of Yahweh) triumph and a 'judge-saviour' chosen by YAHWEH to effect a 'deliverance'. |
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Deborah First Judge: The Greatest Leader In The Book Of Judges; the brilliant personality, 'the bee', prophetess and liberator. |
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Gideon, Second Judge In Yisrael History surrounding the story of Gideon the astute peasant, Judge over Yisrael |
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Jephthah, Third Judge In Yisrael Jephthah appears as an uncouth, naive figure, almost unacquainted with the true traditions of the Law, but a believer in YAHWEH. |
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Samson The Giant And Popular Hero, Fourth Judge In Yisrael A very strongly marked personality, Samson, the popular hero of independence, the brave giant endowed with extraordinary strength. |
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Towards A King: Eli and Samuel Samuel a prophet who attempted to solve the national and religious problem: he realized that Yisrael could only be saved by uniting the Twelve Tribes under a single head. |
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Samuel: The Nazir Of Shiloh, Becomes Fifth Judge In Yisrael He stands out pre-eminently as a prophet, a man of YAHWEH, whose purpose was to give Yisrael back its soul by directing its leaders to return to the path of authentic and integral Yahwism. |
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Saul: The First King Of Yisrael A real king, worthy of the name, uniting practically all Yisrael under his rule, appeared in the annals of the Chosen People, named Saul. |
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Saul's Kingship Is Confirmed: Samuel Retires As Judge Shemuel had no hesitation in speaking out loudly and clearly to the king in the name of Yahweh, which was a foreshadowing of the activity of the later prophets. |
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Saul A Brilliant Series Of Military Successes Sha'ul shaped his troops into those hardened in warfare, well equipped and in good order. |
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The Second Dispute Between Saul And Samuel |
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Saul was beginning to experience the first attacks of madness which marked the end of his reign, as David a young shepherd was tending the family flock. |
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The Shepherd David Makes A Dramatic Entry Into Saul's Capital With his natural grace and that charm that never left him throughout his long life, David killed Goliath and won the respect of Saul. |
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David quickly secured an important position in the somewhat primitive court of Gibeah, and this position became steadily stronger. |
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In Parenthesis: David And The Psalms The word 'psalm' is directly derived from the Greek psalterion, a stringed instrument used for accompanying the singing of a poem like David's. |
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Saul's Strange Way Of Opening Hostilities For the Kohen's actions toward David Saul opens the hostilities to all out war. |
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David Fleeing Saul For His Life David a cunning diplomat, able to come to terms with the hereditary enemy, the Philistines, and yet maintain the admiring sympathy of the Yisraelites. |
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Battle Approaches, And The Death Of Saul Saul sought YAHWEH to no avail and then killed himself in battle after defeat. |
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Kind David's reaction to the news of Saul's death shows his reverence for the king. |
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David Decides To Return To The Land Of Yahweh After mourning Saul, David felt that it was time to take possession of his inheritance without delay. |
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Fratricidal Wars Between The Two Kingdoms For seven years (1010-1003), from the battle of Gilboa onwards, the two kingdoms were to be in bitter opposition, always at each other's throats and killing each other. |
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Ishbaal, son of Saul, the legitimate king of Yisrael was murdered by his own men, which they thought would please David. |
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David, King Of Judah And Of Yisrael In the tabernacle at Hebron, in the presence of Yahweh David received the anointing with sacred oil which made him king of Yisrael and of Judah. |
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David Puts An End To The Philistine Danger By his methodical application of a bold plan David swiftly succeeded in eliminating the Philistine peril which had been a source of anxiety for two centuries. |
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Yerusalem, Jebus, City Of David, Zion, Ophel A look at the names given by the ancient chroniclers and also the modern historians. |
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To associate the Hebrews as a whole in his victory David took care to besiege Yerusalem 'with all Yisrael', with the warriors of all the tribes. |
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Capture Of Yerusalem And Occupation Of The City David settled in Yerusalem and proclaimed it the capital of his twofold kingdom which had so recently been reunited. |
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David Transfers The Ark Of The Covenant To Yerusalem The Ark had finally taken its place in the imposing setting formed by Yerusalem and became the religious centre of the Chosen People. |
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David And The Beginning Of Royal Messianism David was to bequeath to Solomon gold and silver for the treasury and detailed plans of the tabernacle in which the Ark of the Covenant was to rest. |
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YAHWEH's plan had appeared in its clarity, YAHWEH would finally establish HIS own kingdom on this earth. |
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David's royal Messianism was his dynamic and constructive genius as a military character, whereby Yisrael-Judah attained greater dimensions than ever. |
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David, the devout king, who ruled as YAHWEH's anointed, and upheld the Law of Moses, committed adultery and murder. |
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David's Administrative Services David was almost continuously detained in his capital by the administrative needs; military, family and budget, of the new kingdom of Yisrael-Judah. |
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David was known among the people as a just judge, of great humanity, who favoured the weak and needy. |
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Absalom, David's Second Son, Openly Rebels Against His Father |
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The Struggle For The Succession Upon David's death who would wear the crown but the eldest son Adonijah, so he decided to act to secure his position, yet failed. |
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Adonijah was defeated and David died happy to see one of his descendants Solomon sitting on the throne. |
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David had created a kingdom where men could live by the Torah and serve YAHWEH with single-minded devotion. |