1.34 David Triumphant

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 July 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

David and his field marshal Joab defeats Saul's son Ishbosheth and his general Abner. David retrieves the ark from the Philistines, to the displeasure of his wife Michal. God forges his fourth and final contract with humanity, promising David and David's city of Jerusalem eternal divine protection. Scholars call this the Royal Zion theology. I also discuss David's special protection squad, and the sudden appearance of a new high priest, Zadok.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Gary Stevens, and welcome to the History in the Bible podcast.
0:24.8	All the history, in all the books, in all the Bibles.
0:45.4	Thank you. Episode 1.34, David Triumphant.
0:54.7	In the last episode of the history in the Bible, David had been crowned king of the Judeans and had captured the city of Jerusalem.
0:57.9	David is in the middle of a civil war.
0:59.6	This is a family affair.
1:04.5	On one side is David, king of the two southern tribes,
1:10.1	with his capital at Hebron in the Judean hill country, 40 kilometres south of Jerusalem. His armies are led by his fiercely
1:13.1	loyal nephews, Joab and Asahel. On the other side is the king of the ten northern
1:22.0	tribes, Ishboshet, whose army is led by Saul's cousin Abner. Quote, 2 Samuel 3.1.
1:30.8	Now there was a long war between the House of Saul and the House of David.
1:35.7	And David grew steadily stronger, but the House of Saul grew weaker continually.
1:41.0	End quote.
1:42.6	The war gets personal at the one reported battle at Gibbon, a city a few kilometres north of Jerusalem in the tribe of Benjamin.
1:53.7	Abner loses the battle, but kills David's nephew, Asael, with a belly blow.
1:59.8	The author breaks up the war war story with happy tidings.
2:03.7	David has six sons by six wives. Mind you, none of these wives include David's first wife,
2:11.5	Mikal, daughter of Saul. She's still with her brother Ishposhet and long since given to another, Paltiel.
2:20.0	The war is not going well for Ishboshet in the House of Saul.
2:24.1	His chief commander Abner makes a huge mistake.
2:27.8	He takes one of Saul's old concubines as his own.
2:31.3	We all know that as a faux par.
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