How and Why History: King David

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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One of the Old Testament’s most compelling figures, King David was anointed as king of a united Israel, conquering Jerusalem and bringing the Ark of the Covenant into the city. First renowned for his musicianship and killing Goliath, David was feted by King Saul who then turned against him. But how did David rise to power and importance? Why was the capture of Jerusalem so significant? And how sure can we be that David actually existed? Rob Weinberg asks the big questions about this important but elusive figure to Steven McKenzie, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Old Testament at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

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1:19.6	Or was he?
1:29.6	King David is one of the Old Testament's most compelling figures.
1:33.8	Anointed as King of the United Israel, David Conker's Jerusalem, bringing the arc of the
1:39.4	covenant into the city.
1:41.9	First renowned for his musicianship and for killing Goliath, the Shepherd Boy David is
1:47.3	fated by King Saul, who then turns on his protege.
1:52.5	Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with David, but had departed from Saul.
1:59.6	So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men.
2:05.4	In everything he did, he had great success because the Lord was with him.
2:12.2	When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him, but all Israel and Judah loved
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