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10 things you need to know about King David

King David is one of the best known people of all the Scriptures. The life of David, ancient Israel’s most important king, is told in the biblical books 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 1 Chronicles. Let us learn ten important things about his life: 1. David was of the tribe of Judah. 2. [...]

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The advice of Ahithophel

If you speak Hebrew or live in Israel, you have probably heard the expression: Ahithophel‘s advice. Who was Ahitophel and what was his advice? Ahithophel was a native of Giloh, in the highlands of Judeah. He was the grandfather of Bath-Sheba and the advisor of King David. He later became one of Absalom’s (son of David) [...]

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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; [...]

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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 [...]

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