Samuel1 16:11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the young men?” And he said, “The youngest still remains, and behold, he is tending the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we shall not sit down until he comes here.” As mentioned David was excluded estranged from his family (see …
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David was born to a very prominent family. Yishay, David’s father was among the four people that the reason of their death is described: ‘because of the serpent’, the sin of Adam. Otherwise, they were so clean from sin, that there was no reason for them to die. (The other three are: Benjamin, Amram-Moses father, and …
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“וּדְעוּ כִּי הִפְלָה יְהֹוָה חָסִיד לוֹ יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמַע בְּקָרְאִי אֵלָיו” “You shall know that the Lord has set apart the pious man for Himself; the Lord shall hear when I call out to Him.” Question: Was King David arrogance? Calling himself ‘pious’? Answer: It is not just a title: ‘I am a pious person’. David knows …
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“בְּנֵי אִישׁ עַד מֶה כְבוֹדִי לִכְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָבוּן רִיק תְּבַקְשׁוּ כָזָב סֶלָה” “Sons of man, how long will my honor be disgraced? [How long] will you love futility? [How long] will you constantly seek lies?” ‘Sons of man’ is a literal translation, in biblical Hebrew though, when someone is referred as ‘Ish’, it usually means an honorable …
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“בְּקָרְאִי עֲנֵנִי אֱלֹהֵי צִדְקִי בַּצָּר הִרְחַבְתָּ לִּי חָנֵּנִי וּשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי” “When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness; in my distress You have relieved me, be gracious to me and hearken to my prayer.” ..”A song of David..in my distress..” Again the question arises, what room is there for songs, when the time …
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“לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד” “To the conductor with melodies, a song of David.” Unfortunately, King David himself wasn’t able to see or be part of the actual building of the Beth Mikdash (The Temple). As David says in his will to his son Solomon, in Chronicles 1 22:7-10 : “And David said to Solomon, “My son, as …
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“לַיהֹוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶךָ סֶּלָה” “It is incumbent upon the Lord to save, and it is incumbent upon Your people to bless You forever.” Lots of enemies fought against King David, never had he any prevention from fighting and killing them, by the thousands. Here, it is all different. In his war against Absalom, …
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.לֹא אִירָא מֵרִבְבוֹת עָם אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שָׁתוּ עָלָי” “.קוּמָה יְהֹוָה הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי אֱלֹהַי כִּי הִכִּיתָ אֶת כָּל אֹיְבַי לֶחִי שִׁנֵּי רְשָׁעִים שִׁבַּרְתָּ “I will not fear ten thousands of people, who have set themselves against me all around. Arise, O Lord, save me, my God, for You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You …
“אֲנִי שָׁכַבְתִּי וָאִישָׁנָה הֱקִיצוֹתִי כִּי יְהֹוָה יִסְמְכֵנִי” “I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord will support me.” Do you know the feeling of being so troubled / worried, you cannot fall asleep. If you suffer from this, imagine now you lost all of your properties, dignity, you’re being chased after and the …
King David’s life was full of oppression. As a young boy by his brothers, afterwards by King Saul… but the worst of all, was the one by his own son Absalom , who wanted to rule over Israel in place of his father David. This oppression is the story behind Psalm 3, as indicated in the first …
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