![]() It was the latter who used to chant (much to the consternation of David’s predecessor King Saul): “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands!” “David” means “beloved” - of both God and humankind, especially women. “God do the same to me and more,” vowed David as he and his army approached the estate of Nabal, according to the earthy translation of the King James Version, “if I leave alive until morning a single one who pisses against the wall!” And he carried off the wife of a man named Nabal after shaking him down for flocks and herds under threat of violence. ![]() ![]() He is depicted as feigning madness in a cowardly attempt to avoid the wrath of the king of the Philistines. The word “ Satan” is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe David as an adversary. ![]() He is described as “a man after God’s own heart” by one biblical author, and “a bloodstained fiend of hell” by another. David, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible is, above all, a man of profound contradictions. ![]() The Second Book of Samuel states that it was a man named Elhanan, rather than David, who bested the Philistine giant. David is perhaps best known for fighting and killing the giant and Philistine champion Goliath with a slingshot - a suitably awesome feat for the future king of Israel - but the Bible betrays some doubt about who deserves the credit. ![]()
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