Tag Archives: David
Wordplay in the book of Samuel
The more well known story of the arriving of David to the palace of king Saul is because David, the small one, killed goliath, the big warrior of the philistines in 1 Samuel 17. But, we need to remember that there is one more story that tells us different way of David reaching the palace; [...]
David, the wasp and the spider
David, before he was a king, was sitting in his garden and he saw the wasp eating the spider. He asked The Lord: why did you create those two creatures? The wasp is taking the honey all the time and she isn’t helping to create it; the spider is dealing with his cobwebs all the [...]
The art of manipulation- Nathan the prophet
In the beginning of the book of Kings we are reading that King David is really old, the maidservant that his slaves sand him doesn’t help to recover from his coldness, and this are the days before the old king is giving his thrown to the new one. In this point after that Adonijah the [...]
Standing Stones: A Blessing and a Curse
The Multifaceted functions of Standing stones Standing stones (massebot plural. masseba singular. coming from the root nsb to ‘set up’) were used in a variety of cultic and non-cultic functions in the Ancient Near East. They were used to witness legal matters or covenants such as Joshua when renewing the Lord’s covenant with the people- [...]
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