...King David- A Man After God’s Own Heart Wisconsin Lutheran College ADU-302 Servant Leadership 08/09/2012 Jason Flejter King David was an extremely influential person in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic doctrine and will always be considered a pillar in the foundation of all three cultures. King David was known for being “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14). He has been portrayed as not only a righteous King, but as a shepherd, noble warrior and poet as well. He is accredited with many of the psalms in the Holy Bible and is best known for reuniting the people of Israel. Character Traits Displayed by David David was born the youngest child of Jesse, a descendant from the tribe of Judah. Being the youngest child, David grew up with little respect from his siblings. As a shepherd attending his family’s flock David learned to be brave and courageous. “When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine (1 Samuel 17: 34-37). It is with character trait by the blessing of God that David faced and defeated Goliath. While David is best known...
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...(“to judge”) describes the activity of the various deliverers whom God used despite their personal challenges, oddities, or inadequacies Most of the biblical judges were heroes or deliverers more than legal arbiters. They were raised up by God and empowered to execute the judgment of God upon Israel’s enemies. The sovereignty of God over His people is seen in these accounts as God, the ultimate Judge (11:27), judges Israel for her sins, brings oppressors against her, and raises up human judges to deliver her from oppression when she repents. I. Reason for the Judges (Judges 1:1–2:23) The period of the judges followed the death of Joshua (1:1) when Israel was left with no central ruler. While the book of Joshua represents the apex of victory for the Israelite tribes, the book of Judges tells the story of their heartache and struggle to maintain control of the land. While the conquest of the land was relatively quick and decisive, the settlement of the tribal territories was slow and cumbersome. Many pockets of resistance remained (1:27–36), and the Israelites eventually settled on a policy of coexistence rather than conquest. The author concludes this section noting the cycles of apostasy, oppression, repentance, and deliverance that would follow because they would continue to sin and...
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...Saul reigned as king over Israel from about 1050-1011. During this time, the prophet Samuel was Gods mouthpiece. The people of Israel desired a king who could fight their battles against the aggressive tactics of the Philistines. Also, they routinely blamed its shortcomings on the lack of proper leadership; a monarchy comprised of a king (Judges, 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). These passages in the book Judges, reveals that Israel could never fulfill their divinely intended design, as long as it was under the Judges rule. The moral and civil disasters Israel was suffering at this time in history, was due to their spiritual disobedience of the Mosaic covenant. This led to the people of Israel electing Saul as their king. His election was based on his outward appearance, not his heart or regards to the Mosaic covenant. The solidification of Saul’s rule culminated at the victory over Nahash the Amorite. Due to Israel’s failure to honor the Mosaic covenant, Saul’s poor choices caused the nation of Israel to deteriorate rapidly. Even though Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was next in line to the monarchy, it was not to be Gods plan for Israel. The removal of Saul from leadership, culminated from his disobedience to Samuels wish for him to wait on God’s word to attack the Philistines at Gilgal. Saul did not heed to Samuels warning, and attacked solely on his vengeance towards them. The request of a king for Israel was ill motivated, and ill timed. Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin...
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...King David Jose A. Martinez BUS452A Organizational Behavior, CCU Prof. Wallace January 27, 2015 David was a great leader, and furthermore was devout to God. God looked on David’s heart and chose him to be Saul’s successor as king of Israel, and prepared him to take the kingdom. David was very different from Saul. Saul might have looked like a king, but lacked the heart and lost God’s favor. David’s accomplishments were many, but his failures will bring consequences to him and the nation of Israel. Besides his failures, David’s example is one that we all should learn from and apply to our lives. David’s preparation and credibility David’s secret anointing, pouring oil on his head, stood for holiness. Even though he was anointed to be king, he had to wait, to learn and grow in his circumstances. “People want leaders who are honest, forward-looking, inspiring and competent” (Tubbs, 1943, p. 277). God started preparing David for his future responsibilities. “David did receive something even more valuable – God’s Spirit” (Arnold & Beyer p. 201). He was chosen by Saul to be his musician, got him to be close to the current king, and that gave him a better understanding of how to run a kingdom. David bursts onto the scene with integrity, faith, courage, tenderness, and uncommon valor. He is the poet-warrior who changed the landscape of a nation. Differences David was the ultimate Jewish leader. He was courageous and strong in war, as well as an intelligent...
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...11/13/2015 King David Introduction King David is one of the most popular leaders of Israel in the Old Testament. Also, King David was a skillful warrior who killed Goliath the most feared fighter on the Philistine side. At the age of thirty David ruled the great nation of Israel for forty years between the years 1010 and 970 BC. King David revolutionized leadership, worship as well as the lifestyle of the Israelites. His wisdom was admirable, and it is disputed that he got it from reading various books in the Old Testament including 1st Samuel, 1st Kings and Chronicles (Wolpe, 2014). These books were written by the prophets that lived before him. King David was the last born to his family, and his father Jesse was from the tribe of Judah. Leadership was in his blood as he came from Ruth's lineage who was a Moabite. The Lord chose him to be king after he was anointed by Prophet Samuel. This paper gives a comprehensive evaluation of some of the key events in King David's life chronologically. Background King David's ascent to power was difficult as he faced major challenges for the first part of his life running away from King Saul. This being said, his faith in God was strong and saw him conquer all the difficulties he faced. His life struggles made him one of the most liked opeople in Israel way before he was chosen as king. When he was sixteen, he killed Goliath in the war against the Philistines. This made him popular with the masses as it was believed that it was his...
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...Contact Us Site Map Home Publications Index by Author by Subject ABC's Farm Lessons One Step Poems Prayer USA Historical The Story Behind The Psalms by Dr. Jack Hyles PREFACE There are three books in the Bible from which I read every day—the Psalms, the Proverbs and the book of Acts. I read the Psalms for love, the Proverbs for wisdom and the book of Acts for power. These three things—love, wisdom and power have for years been on the top of my prayer list. One day while meditating on one of the Psalms, I found myself wondering where the author was when he wrote it, what the circumstances were surrounding its writing and what exactly prompted the author to compose such a masterpiece. I fled to the library of my memory and the refuge of my commentaries until my temporary search became long research. This venture was so enjoyable that I traveled the historical path of another Psalm, then another, then another, which soon led to a series of Bible studies at the First Baptist Church of Hammond on the conditions and circumstances surrounding the writing of each of the Psalms. It makes our study richer as we stand beside the author as he writes and as we feel his heartbeat, watch his tears, enjoy his laughter and join in his praise. May the author beg scholastic mercy of the reader. The following words were not penned to be examined by the microscope of the scholar but rather to be enjoyed by the study of the saint. With lovingkindness, a prayerful spirit...
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...Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Exodus / Aaron / Sinai Exodus is the second book of the five books, known as the Pentateuch or Torah of the Old Testament, dating back to 1445 BC. In the Hebrew Bible it is referred to as Shemoth and the English designation was taken from the Septuagint title, Exodus. Jewish and Christian tradition has believed Moses to be the author, however, controversy arose in the 19th century. It is now thought that it could go back as far as the 6th century during Babylonian exile that the first draft occurred known as the Yahwist. Some key themes, purposes, events, and personalities in Exodus is Moses was born, Moses chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery, and the Ten Commandments where written on two tablets by the hand of God himself. At the birth of Moses Pharaoh feared the growth rate of the Hebrews and ordered all male Hebrew children to be thrown into the Nile. Moses’s mother hid him for three months but when she could no longer hide Moses she constructed an ark and placed it by the river bank. Moses was found by Pharaoh’s own daughter, which she had compassion for Moses, and later adopted him. Later when Moses was 40 years of age (40 years in the wilderness) he encountered God through a burning bush. God spoke to Moses through the burning bush telling him that he was chosen to lead his people, the Israelites, out of Egyptian slavery. The center account master piece regarding Moses is the events that took place at...
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...By Robert Segal, December 10, 2012 The story of Saul, the first king of Israel, begins with a demand by the Israelites — led until then by judges, the last one being Samuel: “When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel… Yet his sons did not follow in his ways… Then all the elders gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him… Appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations” (I Samuel 8.1-5). Israel had been led by an array of figures, starting with the patriarchs, followed by enslavement in Egypt, and then liberation under Moses. The Israelites entered the Promised Land under his successor, Joshua. After that, the first kind of permanent office was that of the judges, but the biggest change came with the establishment of the office of king, which constituted the most powerful form of leadership. It was hereditary, continuous, and it granted the incumbent almost absolute power. Much of the Bible consists of the juxtaposition or intertwining of several versions of the same story. There are, for example, successive stories of creation and an intertwined story of the Garden of Eden. The life of King Saul is an intertwined story, which runs through much of the first book of Samuel (from which I quote in this piece). In one strand, as mentioned, the people demand a king, doing so in defiance of God, who had in effect been their king. God therefore takes the demand as a repudiation of Him leading to the eventually fatal opposition between...
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...roll in this particular work of art. Because of the upheaval that was occurring in France during the French Revolution, the country was vulnerable to threatening outside countries and armies. This influenced Napoleon to become part of the Consul. Shortly after the French Revolution, 1 2 smarthistory.khanacademy.org/davids-napoleon-crossing-the-alps.html www.debate.org/reference/napoleon-crossing-the-alps smarthistory.khanacademy.org/davids-napoleon-crossing-the-alps.html 3 3 4 www.napoleon.org/en/essential_napoleon/key_paintings/files/482581.asp 1 Napoleon Bonaparte claimed himself as the new First Consul and eventually went on to become the emperor of France.5 This would be one of the political trends and influences of David’s...
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...he Lord said to Samuel: "Do not weep and mourn any longer over Saul, for I have refused him as king. Fill the horn with oil, and go to Bethlehem in Judah. There find a man named Jesse, for I have chosen a king among his sons." But Samuel knew that Saul would be very angry, if he should learn that Samuel had named any other man as king. He said to the Lord: "How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me." The Lord said to Samuel: "Take a young cow with you; and tell the people that you have come to make an offering to the Lord. And call Jesse and his sons to the sacrifice. I will tell you what to do, and you shall anoint the one whom I name to you." Samuel went over the mountains southward from Ramah to Bethlehem, about ten miles, leading a cow. The rulers of the town were alarmed at his coming, for they feared that he had come to judge the people for some evil-doing. But Samuel said: "I have come in peace to make an offering and to hold a feast to the Lord. Prepare yourselves and come to the sacrifice." And he invited Jesse and his sons to the service. When they came, he looked at the sons of Jesse very closely. The oldest was named Eliab, and he was so tall and noble-looking that Samuel thought: "Surely this young man must be the one whom God has chosen." But the Lord said to Samuel: "Do not look on his face, nor on the height of his body, for I have not chosen him. Man judges by the outward looks, but God looks at the heart." Then Jesse's second...
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...the Pentateuch as opposed to only one * Deuteronomistic History – the idea that Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings were all one text * Retribution Theory – good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds are punished * Covenant – conditional promise * Hazor – northern kingdom that God told the Israelites to defeat when they entered the promised land * Transjordan – “beyond the Jordan” * Jericho – * Rahab: Israel sent two spies into Jericho who were protected by Rahab. The spies then promise her that if she distinguishes her house from the others, her family will be spared just as she spared their lives. * The Battle: Israel marched around the city every day for six days. On the seventh day, they marched around the city seven times, the priests blew their trumpets, and the walls fell down. * Joshua – * Main character of the book of Joshua * About 60 years old * Loyal, obedient, committed/courageous * Amphictyony – a league of states or tribes that took part in a cult (Delphic League) * Othniel – First judge, model leader * Deborah – female judge, prophetess, settled disputes * Gideon – succeeds despite being fearful * Jephthah – made a foolish vow to the Lord before going to battle, had to sacrifice his daughter to God because of his victory * Samson – arrogant/self-centered * Samuel – * Early Life * Birth – Divine intervention: mother was barren, made...
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...One cannot conclusively say that this was out of disregard for God’s divinity – Saul in fact may a time worked to please God – but rather a lack of awareness of his own actions. For instance, Saul was appointed King to lead the Israelites as a military power, to overwhelm the Ammonites. With “the Lord’s anointment (1 Sam 10:1),” Saul divided the troops, attacking and overwhelming the Ammonites with military prowess. One can clearly see that the Lord had told him to fulfill an action, and Saul went forth with complete competence. Further, he displays a deep-seeded respect for God and his relationship with both the Lord and the Israelites, when stating after the fight, “No man shall be put to death this day! For this day the Lord has brought victory to Israel (1 Sam 11: 13).” This is, of key importance, the primary example of Saul recognizing the Lord’s divinity, and acting exactly as the Lord had commanded. Saul’s obedient actions, however, are compromised when he makes an unlawful sacrifice after Samuel explicitly stated, “I will come down to you to present burnt offerings and offer sacrifices of well-being. Wait seven says until I come to you and instruct you what you are to do next” (1 Sam 10:8).” Consequently, Samuel...
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...thousands of years of pain, oppression, dispersion, and sporadic victory, have continued to be a profoundly influential religion and culture. The purpose of this essay is to carefully examine importance of one key person in Jewish history, enumerate rituals, symbols, or sacred texts in Judaism, and emphasize one key event in the history of Judaism. Judaism Judaism is an involute phenomenon that incorporates both a nation and a religion, and often coalesces stringent adherence to ritual laws with a supplemental liberal posture towards religious credence, (Religion Facts, 2014). Judaism has limited essential beliefs. Divisions within Judaism, well-known as “movements, “have developed in modern times as wavering responses to secularism and modernity, (Religion Facts, 2014). The role of God and the Jewish community in each individual’s life, frequent life cycle trials are witnessed with traditional rituals. Key Person in Jewish History King David is one of the most important figures in Jewish history, (Ken Spiro, R. 2013). Born in 907 BCE, he reigns as king of Israel for 40 years, dying at age 70 in 837 BCE, (Ken Spiro, R. 2013). David was a poet, he prepared for the structure of the Holy Temple by setting aside the necessary physical materials, authoritative the Levites and others in their duties for the Temple. For the 450 years since the Jewish people first entered the Land of Israel until the time of King David, Jerusalem has remained...
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...plenty more. After God’s creation of existence, Adam and Eve were disobedient, and therefore were punished. Over time, the human race had become so sinful that God washed everyone except Noah and his family in a global flood Noah's descendant, Abraham, was chosen by God to create a chosen people. Abraham's twelve grandsons from Jacob (who was later renamed Israel) became the “founders” of the land of Israel's twelve tribes. One of Jacob/Israel's sons, Jacob, was sent to Egypt by his brothers (or so they thought- God had planned this for His own reasons, which were good). Joseph's father and family were saved by a newly powerful him. Exodus Exodus’ basic genre is a narrative as well. Key themes and events include: Oppression of the Jews from the Pharaoh, Moses' characterization as the Jews' rescuer, God's plagues sent upon the people, the first passover, Moses parting the red sea, and the fall of Egypt's army. After all of this, the Jews were searching in the wilderness for the promised land, and although God provided them with necessary means (“bread from heaven, bitter water turned into sweet water, water from a rock, victory over those who would destroy them, His Law written on tablets of stone by His own hand, and His presence in the form of pillars of fire and cloud”), they still were unhappy and didn't follow Him. Moses planned to build the Tabernacle, a building for worship which included various...
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...Israel and its Kings Introduction Israel demands a king. * An aged leader was one of the reasons for demanding new leadership (1 Samuel 8:1). Samuel had grown old, and apparently his age was beginning to affect his ability to lead the nation. It appeared he would not live much longer and the people feared that the nation might slip back into the lawless days. A corrupt leadership and judicial system was a reason for demanding a new system of government (1 Samuel 8:2-3). Because of his age, Samuel had appointed his two sons to succeed him: Joel, which means "the Lord is God," and Abijah, which means "my father is the Lord." With Samuel as their father, they had received a godly upbringing. But they lived hypocritical lives: they did not follow in the steps of their father. They turned away from God and became greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice. In determining controversial cases, they accepted bribes and ruled in favor of the oppressor or guilty party. This wickedness reminded the people of Eli's two sons, and they feared returning to the lawless, corrupt days of the judges. Thus, a desire arose within the people for new leadership, the leadership of a king. A desire to be like the surrounding nations was another reason the Israelites requested a king (1 Samuel 8:4-5). Note that the tribal leaders of Israel gathered together and traveled to Ramah. In conference with Samuel, they laid out their three reasons for desiring a king: Samuel was old...
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