Of the early lives of Saul and David little is recorded. Both reigned forty years, but there is no precise information about their ages. Josephus says that David died at 70. This may well be for the 90th Psalm says, …
The hour of crisis produces the man for its need. This was singularly the case for Israel at the time when David was, half in secret, anointed to be king. The need was great and the man also was truly …
“He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”
The Law given to Israel plainly decreed that Israel”s king was to be chosen of the Lord; one who would read and meditate continually in the …
Come with me to Palestine, and back in time about 3,500 years. Israel has its first king, Saul, and is beset by many foes. We travel up the Wady es-Sur, not far from Bethlehem, where we find traces of recent …
Through much adversity David had been led onward and upward to his present position of supremacy. Enthroned now all over Israel in the royal City of Jerusalem, the Lord having “given him rest round about from all his enemies” (2 …
David, once shepherd, king’s servant, exiled soldier and fugitive now became the King of Israel in power. On the death of Saul, he came to the throne of Judah when his own tribe elected him as their king. He was …