1.36 The Last Days of David

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 31 July 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

God commands David to conduct a census. God then punishes David for conducting a census. Like the rest of us, the Chronicler was mystified by this, and rewrote the story to introduce Satan. Modern archaeologists disgree with the numbers. Bathsheba, mother to Solomon, conducts a palace coup to put her son on the throne, allied with the prophet Nathan, the priest Zadok, and David's mercenary praetorian guard. David charges Solomon to dispatch David's most loyal servants, Joab and Abiathar. I also introduce the Book of Psalms.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Gary Stevens, and welcome to the History in the Bible podcast.
0:24.6	All the history, in all the books, in all the Bibles. Episode 1.36.
0:43.3	The Last Days of David
0:46.3	In the last episode of the history in the Bible, King David had survived of a revolt, led by his son Absalom.
1:01.9	His conciliary field-martial, Joad, had dispatched all David's enemies, including David's own nephew.
1:06.7	The book of Two Samuel ends with a perplexing census.
1:08.3	Long quote.
1:11.0	2 Samuel 24-1. The anger of of Yave again flared up against Israel
1:14.8	And he incited David against them saying
1:18.0	Go and number Israel and Judah
1:20.7	The king said to Joab his army commander
1:23.8	Make the rounds of all the tribes of Israel
1:26.9	From Dan to Beersheba, and take a
1:30.0	census of the people. Joab answered the king, may Yave your God increase the number of the
1:36.8	people a hundredfold, while your own eyes see it. But why should my lord king want this?
1:47.5	However, the king's command to Joab remained firm.
1:53.8	Joab reported to the king the number of the people that had been recorded. In Israel, there were 800,000 soldiers ready to draw the sword, and the men of Judah numbered 500,000. But afterward, David reproached himself for having
2:04.6	numbered the people, and David said to Yave, I have sinned grievously in what I have done.
2:11.5	Please, O Yave, remit the guilt of your servant, for I have acted foolishly.
2:21.8	The prophet Gad came to David and told him, he asked,
2:27.7	shall a seven-year famine come upon you, or shall you be in flight from your adversaries for three months? Or shall there be three days of pestilence in the land?
2:33.6	Now consider carefully what reply I shall take back to him who sent me.
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