| David: A Man After God's Own Heart Contributor(s): Kaiser, Walter C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1951833090 ISBN-13: 9781951833091 Publisher: Messianic Jewish Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Biography - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - General |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A young shepherd named David, from the family of Jesse, is called "the man after God's own heart" by God himself. Samuel the prophet is instructed by God to stop grieving over the divine rejection of Israel's first king, Saul, whom Samuel helped appoint as king at the demand of the people, Instead, Samuel was to go to Bethlehem to anoint Saul's successor. But once this successor to the kingship of Israel was found, he was not left with nothing to do; instead, David, though he came from humble and somewhat uncultured circumstances of the shepherd's fields outside Bethlehem, he nevertheless found his way immediately into the court of King Saul by the providential working of God. The establishment of the monarchy under David begins with the narrative of his slow rise to power that is closely connected with the decline of Saul's tenure as king. Hence, the stories of Saul and David crisscross each other at a number of points in the rest of the chapters of 1 Samuel and therefore make for some of the most exasperating, yet fascinating, portions of the book of Samuel. |