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King David
One of the most storied and beloved kings of the Old Testament, King David is a well known religious figure. Questions about King David can be asked and answered here.
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What are important event in king David's life?
The most important event leading to King David's reign, was selecting the perfect water-worn stone for his sling, from the small steam in the valley, dividing the Philistine army from the Israelis... in order to obtain the perfect trajectory required, to impact said stone into the forehead of one (rather large) individual named Goliath.
In successfully doing so, David had now caught the attention of his elders. It is all history after that event.
The account you're referring to is found in 2 Samuel 12. However, it isn't said that David "rejoiced."
So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate. Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child died, you arose and ate food."
And he said, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?' But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."
(2 Samuel 12:20-23, NKJV)
Where in the Bible does King David say you will become even more undignified than this?
2 Samuel 6:22 - the New International Version (NIV)
What are three references to David in the Old Testament?
King David is mentioned more than one thousand times. Here are three of these references: 1 Samuel ch.16, 1 Kings ch.1, and Psalm 23.
See also the Related Link.
If a man whose wife commits adultery is a cuckold what is a woman whose husband commits adultery?
The female variant of cuckold is cuckquean. However, it should be noted that the connotations of cuckoldry are currently taken to two extremes. There are some men who abhor the idea of being made a cuckold whilst there are others who relish this experience. A man who is a willing cuckold is called a wittol, but the term cuckold is used in fetish circles. (The pleasure of being made a cuckold can either come from the sadomasochistic humiliation of being "forsaken" or from the opportunity to "share" the experience in the form of an open relationship.)
How was king David a follower of God?
Yes david was a person who wrote many Psalms and worshiped God.
What is the importance of Moses King David Solomon and Abraham to Judaism?
Abraham, Moses, David, and Solomon are all strong people who led the hebrews to where they are now. They are patriarchs and they are good people to the hebrews.
Answer:
According to tradition, Abraham founded Judaism, Moses later received the Torah from God, and King David and Solomon ruled over the Kingdom of Israel and Judah.
1) Abraham, tenth generation descendant of Noah, of Hebrew lineage, was the son of Terah, uncle of Lot, father of Isaac, grandfather of Jacob, and ancestor of the Israelites. His story is in Genesis ch.11 (end), through ch.25. Jewish tradition states that he was the first to teach belief in One God; and it is in his merit that Jews continue to exist (Genesis 18:19, and ch.17).
Abraham (18th century BCE) came from ancestry that had been God-fearing a couple of centuries earlier but had afterwards slipped into idolatry (Joshua 24:2). Nimrod, the idolatrous tyrant, had brought Abraham's father (Terah) from the Semitic ancestral seat near the conjunction of the Balikh and the Euphrates, and instated him in a position of power in his army in the royal Babylonian city of Ur, where Abraham was born. Nimrod persecuted any who would question his idolatrous cult.
The Kuzari (Rabbi Judah HaLevi, 1075-1141) states that Abraham was gifted with high intelligence; and, as Maimonides (1135-1204) describes, Abraham didn't blindly accept the ubiquitous idolatry. The whole populace had been duped, but the young Abraham contemplated the matter relentlessly, finally arriving at the conclusion that there is One God and that this should be taught to others as well. This is what is meant by his "calling out in the name of the Lord" (Genesis ch.12). As a young man, he remonstrated with passersby in public, demonstrating to them the falsehood of their idols; and our tradition tells how he was threatened and endangered by Nimrod.
Subsequently, Terah relocated to Harran; and it is here that Abraham began to develop a circle of disciples (Rashi commentary, on Genesis 12:5).
Later, God told Abraham in prophecy to move to the Holy Land, which is where Abraham raised his family.
He continued his contemplations, eventually arriving at the attitudes and forms of behavior which God later incorporated into the Torah given to Moses.
Abraham, with God's help, singlehandedly trounced the supremacy of the evil Nimrod. He received God's promise of inheriting the Holy Land (Genesis 13). He strove to raise a family (Genesis ch.15, 17, and 24) which would serve God (Genesis 18:19); and God eventually blessed his efforts, granting him many children (ibid., ch.16, 21 and 25), as He had promised (Genesis ch.17). Abraham founded the Jewish people and lived to see his work live on in the persons of Isaac and Jacob; and he taught many other disciples as well (Talmud, Yoma 28b). He saved the population of the south of Canaan from invading foreign kings (Genesis 14); and he was feared by neighboring kings (ibid., ch.12 and 20). Abraham gave tithes (Genesis ch.14), entered into a covenant with God (Genesis ch.15 and 17), welcomed guests into his home (Genesis ch.18) unlike the inhospitable Sodomites (Genesis ch.19), prayed for people (Genesis ch.18), rebuked others when necessary (Genesis ch.20), eulogized and buried the deceased (Genesis ch.23), and fulfilled God's will unquestioningly (Genesis ch.22). He became renowned as a prince of God (Genesis 23:6).
All of these forms of behavior were based upon the ways of God, which Abraham comprehended through his contemplations. These, and similar personality traits, were the teachings of Abraham and his descendants (unlike idolatry, which had tended to go hand in hand with cruel, licentious and excessive behavior, since the caprices which were narrated concerning the idols were adopted as an excuse to imitate those types of behavior).
It is therefore clear why God expresses His love for Abraham (Isaiah 41:8) and calls Himself the God of Abraham (Genesis 26:24), and says that Abraham obeyed Him fully (Genesis 26:5). And this is why, according to our tradition, Abraham is credited with having begun the religion which became known as Judaism. However, Abraham and his descendants observed their traditions voluntarily, until the Giving of the Torah to Moses 3325 years ago, when God made it obligatory.
2) Moses was an Israelite, a great-great grandson of Jacob. He was born 245 years after the death of Abraham. The time when Moses was born was when the Pharaoh ordered his people to kill all Jewish male infants because he (Pharaoh) was afraid that the Israelites would become too strong for him (Exodus ch.1-2). Moses' mother didn't want him to die. So she made a basket for him and put him in it to float in the Nile reeds. He was found by the Pharaoh's daughter, who took pity on him (Exodus ch.2) and raised him as her own son. He was forced to flee after killing a cruel Egyptian taskmaster, and went to Midian, where he wedded the daughter of Jethro. He eventually achieved the highest level of prophecy (Deuteronomy ch.34) and was called upon by God (Exodus ch.3). He brought the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery (Exodus ch.12). He received the Torah from God (Exodus 24:12) and later recorded it in writing (Deuteronomy 31:24). He went up on Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights (Deuteronomy ch.9-10) and brought down the Two Stone Tablets with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 31:18). He brought the Israelites into the covenant with God (Exodus ch.19 and ch.24), and he oversaw the building of the Tabernacle (Exodus ch.35-40). He was the humblest of men and the greatest of prophets (Numbers ch.12).
3) King David: a) authored/compiled the book of Psalms and gave it to us in its present form (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b). The Psalms (Tehillim), which we might call the soul of the Jewish people, express the yearning of King David and of the entire nation to be close to God. They are one of the foundations of our prayerbook to this day.
b) King David was the one who finally succeeded in subduing all of the surrounding nations (see 2 Samuel ch.8 and ch.10) plus the entire territory of Israel, something which no one else did previously or subsequently. He succeeded in all his endeavors (1 Samuel 16:18).
c) He secured from the prophet Nathan a promise from God that his (David's) son Solomon would build the Holy Temple (2 Samuel ch.7). The First Temple is actually considered the accomplishment of David himself (Rashi commentary, Berakhot 18a), since it existed in his merit (Sefer Torat Chaim, commenting on Talmud, Shabbat 30a).
d) He set the blueprints, with Divine inspiration, for the Holy Temple (1 Chronicles 28:19). Together with the prophet Samuel, he located the spot where the Temple would be built (Talmud, Zevachim 54b); and he dug the foundations for the Temple (Talmud, Sukkah 53a).
e) He amassed vast amounts of material and precious metals for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles ch.29).
f) Together with Samuel, he instituted the 24 groupings of families of Kohanim and Levites (Talmud, Taanit 27a).
g) He served God all the days of his life (1 Kings 11:38); and God was with him (1 Samuel 16:18).
h) He was without peer in clarifying and applying the halakhot (laws) of the Oral Tradition (Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b).
i) King David serves as the archetype of the effectiveness of repentance (Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4b).
4) King Solomon ruled over the united Kingdom of Israel and Judah in its greatest time of flourishing. He built the First Temple (1 Kings ch.6-8); and he judged the people with vast wisdom (1 Kings ch.3), being the wisest person who ever lived (1 Kings ch.5), bar none. His fame spread far and wide as he taught in the name of God (1 Kings ch.10).
What did David contribute to the development of the Jewish religion?
He wrote most of the Psalms. As king, he brought the kingdom of Israel to its height.
1) King David authored/compiled the book of Psalms (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b).
2) King David subdued all of the surrounding nations.
3) He secured from the prophet Nathan a promise from God that his (David's) son Solomon would build the Holy Temple.
4) He set the blueprints, with Divine inspiration, for the Holy Temple.
5) He amassed vast amounts of material for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles ch.29).
6) Together with Samuel, he instituted the 24 groupings of families of Kohanim and Levites (Talmud, Taanit 27a).
7) He served God all the days of his life (1 Kings 11:38); and God was with him (1 Samuel 16:18).
8) King David serves as the archetype of the effectiveness of repentance (Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4b).
Was King David in the Bible black?
No, that is a fanciful notion, unsupported by facts.
King David had two Israelite parents. (One of his great-grandmothers [Ruth] was Moabite, but these, like the Israelites, were Middle-Eastern.) Moreover, David is called "ruddy" (1 Samuel 16:12), a term not applied to Blacks.
Just as today, Israelites came in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).
Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants probably looked like Jews today.
DNA testing of Jewish communities worldwide has shown that they are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics, not African or Egyptian.
In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition."
The only exception to this is the Ethiopian Jews, who show only a trace of DNA connection to other Jewish communities. Western ethnologists today hold the view that the Jews of Gondar (Ethiopia) either emerged from a Judaizing strain among Ethiopian Christians, or were converted by Yemeni Jews who crossed the Red Sea. A study by Professors Lucotte and Smets has shown that the genetic father of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) was close to the Ethiopian non-Jewish populations. This is consistent with the theory that Beta Israel are descendants of ancient inhabitants of Ethiopia, not the Middle East. Hammer et al. in 2000, and the team of Shen in 2004, arrive at similar conclusions, namely that the DNA of the Ethiopian Jews probably indicates a conversion of local populations.
What was the relationship between King David and Solomon?
Pretty sureSolomon was David's son, or somehow related, and was his successor.
Hope this helps, you can look it up on Google, find out in the Bible, or ask you parents, pastor, siblings, or even friends!
How did nathan deliver his message to king david?
Nathan the Prophet delivered God's message to King David in the form of a parable; a metaphor.See also the Related Link.
Why is King David important in the genealogy of Jesus?
The reason why Matthew and Luke trace Jesus' genealogy back to King David:
A) Its true, Jesus was of the line of King David
B) They wanted to show that Jesus was the Messiah. The Jew's always knew that the Messiah would come from the 'house of David' (meaning his bloodline). The Jews read the words of the prophet Jeremiah about the coming Messiah:
"I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land... This is the name by which he will be called; The LORD our Righteousness." (Jeremiah 23:5-6).
Jesus did fulfil this prophecy by being a descendant of David but it also brought about a problem. Because of this same prophecy, and others, the Jews expected the Messiah to be a political ruler like David. During the time that Jesus was around the Jews were under the rule of the Roman government and so their desire for a new grand King to come a lead them to victory over foreign powers was as intense as ever. Instead they saw Jesus who was meek and humble and valued women and spent time with the outcasts, this man who preached against the hypocritical religious leaders and encouraged people to love one another and give up their lives for one another. He was not popular or proud or charismatic, like the people wanted.
But if more of the people who encountered Jesus had read prophecies in Isaiah they might have come to the conclusion that Jesus was indeed the Messiah:
His humility and purpose to suffer so that we might not.
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted,yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand." (Isaiah 53)
"He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets." (Isaiah 42:2)
His suffering.
"Just as there were many who were appalled at him - his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness."(Isaiah 52:14)
Him being God himself.
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be calledWonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this." (Isaiah 9:6 & 7)
His care for the Gentiles as well as the Jews. His care for those without God.
"a light for the Gentiles" "to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness." "In his law the islands [not just Israel] will put their hope." (Isaiah 42)
Even His virgin birth.
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." (Isaiah 7:14)
And many more things.
Many aspects of Jesus' life were foretold by the prophets: God wanted to make sure that no one would miss His saving Messiah. See some here: http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/proph.htm
For more about the significance of David in Jesus' lineage, see here:
http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/messiah/david.shtml
Is Benjamin netanyahu a descendant of king david?
It is hard totell as the records were destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D.
How old was Jesse king David's father when he died?
Jesse, the father of King David was the father of at least 7 children. His age was never stated in biblical literature.
What was David's role in Israel?
According to the Bible, King David was the greatest of the Israelite kings. Having secured the throne from Saul, he captured Jerusalem and made it the capital of Israel, then conquered a great empire that stretched from Egypt to Mesopotamia.
Although there is circumstantial evidence for the likely existence of David, archaeologists now say that he was not the head of a great empire, but may have existed as a local chieftain or warlord. Only in legend did he come to lead a great empire.
In the Christian sense? No. David was Jewish; and moreover, he lived long before Christianity.
The earliest Christian baptisms, nine centuries after David, were (always, or at least very often) by immersion of the entire body (footnote 1, below).
Baptism by immersion is physically similar to Jewish tevilah, which is an act of immersion in water for ritual purification. King David, like every other Israelite, used this ritual purification on any occasion that Jewish law called for it.
Footnote 1:
Ferguson, Everett (1996), "The church of Christ: a biblical ecclesiology for today", p. 201: "The baptism commanded by Jesus... is an immersion in water. The topic formerly was debated, but these days there is general scholarly agreement."
Where in the Bible does it say that King David was looking in the window at a women?
David did not 'look in a window' at a woman, but he did see her from his rooftop. In those days, the roofs of most houses were flat and used for alot of activities. The Bible tells us at 2 Samuel 11:2 "And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon." (KJV) Thus began one of the biggest mistakes David ever made.
We do not know what laws might have applied at the time attributed to King David, but the biblical evidence is that throughout most of the monarchical period, both the man and the woman would be put to death for committing adultery. A wife was always considered guilty if the offence was committed within an urban environment, since she could have called out, but if the man forced himself on her in the fields, she would not be punished.
Is King David historical and how big was his kingdom?
David, "son of Jesse the Bethlehemite," is a "curiously elusive figure" (Oxford Companion to the Bible). In turns shepherd, giant killer, court musician, poet, warlord and king, nothing and no one outside the Bible notes his existence. If an original 'Dawid' inspired the legendary king, he was an inconsequential bandit chieftain in the Judaean hills, nothing more. Possibly the only element of truth in the biblical story is the episode of David as renegade and outlaw leader, living from theft. ecxerpted from; "David and the Kingdom of Damascus" see link
What was king David's 2 choices?
He disobeyed by taking census of his people.
Before David got up the next morning, the word of the Lord had come to Gad the prophet, David's seer: Go and tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you."So Gad went to David and said to him, "Shall there come on you three[b] years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me."
2 Samuel 24:11-13
What is an old Testament hymn attributed to King David?
These are called Psalms and there are over 70 directly attributed to David, although he may have written more. 'The Lord is My Shepherd' is based on Psalm 23, which is one of David's psalms.
King Solomon is searching/questioning for the meaning of life, here he is saying how what has been done or what we do, has always and will always be done. That people don't change and that things that we make or do we may think as new but have already been done before. Solomon is saying that the material things in life the things that we may sometimes think are really important, actually aren't. He is saying that those things are meaningless and that our lives don't have meaning WITHOUT God. Because God I'd the meaning of life, He gives us meaning and purpose. We did this in Chapel, but you might like to ask your minister. :)
Answer2: Generations of people continually come and go, the sun keeps rising and setting, winds ever circle about and rivers constantly empty into the sea but never fill it.
The consideration of all these natural cycles appeared to Solomon as "wearisome." It is, of course, true that the immensity and complexity of these cycles are such that a man could exhaust his entire life and never be able to comprehend the full sum of these.
Solomon is here dealing with the futility that imperfect humans face. So we can also appreciate how wearying it can be to man to contemplate the relentless repetition of these never-ending cycles and then compare this with his own short life-span. For the one lacking divine wisdom, his temporariness and his inability to gain permanence produce a sense of futility and often cause him to search vainly for something different, new-only to find that, in the final analysis, it is the 'same old story.' This too is wearisome.
Knowing this can help us to avoid wasting much time, effort and money trying to find fulfillment and happiness through sensual gratification. The quest for new things and experiences may bring a measure of enjoyment, but it never fully satisfies
Solomon was correct in saying: "There is nothing new under the sun." For there is nothing new about the materials, the energy sources, and the natural laws that form the basis for earth's physical system of things. These have long been part of God's creation. There is nothing new in the rising and setting of the sun, in the weather patterns, and in the natural cycle for watering and renewing the earth. And as for the life-style of imperfect mortal man, there is nothing really new, despite changing fashions. Even in affluent societies, life for many becomes repetitious, and at length "wearisome." In some 70 or 80 years, sin-stained man 'walks to his long-lasting house'-the grave. As Solomon states it: "That which has come to be, that is what will come to be; and that which has been done, that is what will be done; and so there is nothing new under the sun.
