David | Biography, Summary, Goliath, Bathsheba, Reign, …
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OverviewBackground and sourcesEarly lifeKingshipExpansion of the Davidic empireThe latter two-thirds of 2 Samuel con The latter two-thirds of 2 Samuel contains the account of the reign of David from Jerusalem. Aft…His second act of political astuteness was to bring the sacred Ark of the Covenant, the supreme symbol of Israelite religion, to Jerusalem. David was unable to build a temple, but, with the ark in Jerusalem, the city became both the political and the religious cult centre of his kingdom. David’s great success as a warrior and empire builder was marred by interconnected family diss…Though he showed generosity to Mephibosheth, the sole surviving son of the house of Saul, David showed his weakness for the beauty of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, one of his generals. After ensuring Uriah’s death by sending him onto the front lines in a battle with the Ammonites, …
The latter two-thirds of 2 Samuel contains the account of the reign of David from Jerusalem. Aft…His second act of political astuteness was to bring the sacred Ark of the Covenant, the supreme symbol of Israelite religion, to Jerusalem. David was unable to build a temple, but, with the ark in Jerusalem, the city became both the political and the religious cult centre of his kingdom.
David’s great success as a warrior and empire builder was marred by interconnected family diss…Though he showed generosity to Mephibosheth, the sole surviving son of the house of Saul, David showed his weakness for the beauty of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, one of his generals. After ensuring Uriah’s death by sending him onto the front lines in a battle with the Ammonites, …
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