...Print Email Download Reference This Send to Kindle Reddit This [pic] The Life Of King David Religion Essay David was the second king of Israel and a descendant of Abraham. He was the youngest of eight brothers in his family (1Samuel 17:22) and was growing up as a shepherd (Bible Dictionary). He was the father of the well known king Solomon. In New Testament Jesus called as son of David. I am going to tell about David’s life before he became a king; a description of his way of becoming a king of Israel. As a king he was righteous and brave. However, as far as I am concerned, his life before becoming a king was also interesting to know. I have chosen to concentrate particularly on this part of his life, because at that point he seemed to be an ordinary person like an average shepherd, but his great faith and believe in God gave him such a strength and bravery, that he managed to become a famous hero and king in the Biblical story of Israel. The story of David begins in the Bible from the 16th chapter of 1st Samuel. David was the youngest son of Jesse, who was son of Obed. Also here we get information about his anointment by Samuel, who was a prophet before and had set Saul on throne for the United Kingdom. After that, David faced the first trial which defined his future. It was the war with Philistine. Philistines had one unbeatable warrior Goliath whom they sent to fight with any Israelite warrior. The end of their battle would define the winner. Goliath was a...
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...In the article "How David Beats Goliath” uncovers the secret to victory as an underdog. An underdog is someone who is seen to be less than or having an disadvantage. The secrete to overcoming a strong opponent is to combat the opponent with a non-traditional approach. If ones opponent is strong in a specific skill set, it is wise to craft at strategy the works against their weakness. In the article Vivek Ranadive coached a basketball team of average 12 year old girls who were not passionate about basketball. Through observation he noticed that a lot of their opponents were passionate basketball players who frequently played as pastime. He also noticed that most teams did not “full court press” for the majority of the game. He therefore coached his team to full court press in each game since they were not as skilled in other things like dripping, shooting etc. Consequently this team went all the way to the national championship. They became strong where the “better” teams were weak and rendered victory. This same principle can be used in everyday life as well as business. For example is Greg had a desire to be a music artist or rapper. He can assess the strengths of the best-selling artist and then fill in a gap their they are lacking. If someone else has the territory covered Greg can simply find his territory and this is what will make him thrive. I plan to apply this David defeats Goliath principle in my fashion company. Instead of following the trends of the already...
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...My understanding of Gladwell’s (2009) article is that the original story of David and Goliath has been misinterpreted by readers. Readers mistakenly assume that David is an underdog however Gladwell (2009) indicates that David was in fact someone who used an alternative strategy for success; relying on his speed and courageousness, opposed to strength, power and size. As I read the original David and Goliath story, I likewise assumed that in most situations the biggest, strongest or shrewdest person always conquests over the less advantaged, and also are always the leading preference against the opposition. However, Gladwell (2009) reveals that instead David was proven to be smarter and quicker than Goliath as he possessed the element of surprise and an alternative strategy for success. Gladwell (2009) attempts to justify the reasons why those persons that are viewed as underdogs by society and who appear to be disadvantaged, are actually not deprived of anything. Gladwell (2009) utilizes one main historical example to represent that the same ideology that David used to kill Goliath is similar to the theme of the article; the winning tactics used by Lawrence of Arabia in the battle against the Ottoman Empire are similar to the strategies used by the coach of his daughter’s basketball team. There are four key points that I concluded after reading the article by Gladwell (2009), (a) always play by your own rules and change the game on your terms, (b) continuously think in an...
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...involves thinking critically and being creative. Even the powerful is not immune to defeat if you plan well. It is by knowing all these that one is able to strategically think and come up with ways of beating your opponent. Taking girls without the ability and knowledge of the basketball game is a very classic way of showing that it is not about what we know that sets us apart from the others, but our out of the norm ideas. It’s all about the effort we are willing to put in and the attitude. The efforts help get us there and the attitude is what keeps us in the game. Playing the conventional way does not guarantee winning, but the unconventional would guarantee better skills that propel the victory all the time.. He used the biblical account of David and goliath. The underdogs with the conventional way won 1/3 of the times. Unconventional strategies always make it. The author states that the winning formula is by substituting effort for ability. There was a time in my personal life where I had to critically and...
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...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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...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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...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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...attending their livestock. Similar accounts of murder, regret, depression, both did things the Lord advised them not to do. I will illustrate how man runs a kingdom, and the other how God runs a kingdom. Let’s start this adventure by illustrating some character flaws by reenacting “David and Goliath”. David yet a youth has challenged the Philistine Goliath with the courage of ten armies and faith to match; holding five smooth stones, (1 Sam 17: 49) “sinking one into the Philistine’s forehead killing him instantly”. While Saul is acting as a giant among obedience, David is a giant among men, now paraphrasing Samuel (1 Sam 17:16) he had sequestered himself in a tent for forty days protecting himself from harm, and offering his armor to the youth David. Saul didn’t feel the need to depend on God, he had no personal experience to equate with this encounter. David defended the family sheep against marauding lions and bears, which gave him a dependency to God’s protection. Saul had a immense physique when compared to the rest of Israel, he was a warrior, and yet failed to measure a person for their inner qualities instead he measured the person for their size, capabilities and skills. David was adept to more capable forces such as the more able beasts, and he knew dimensions were not the only issue. Saul was self denying and defied his own kingship before it started. (1 Sam. 9:21). Saul's sense of his own lowliness, his own un- worthiness, becomes a mental block that prevents...
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...Joshua – witnessed God’s faithfulness, discipline and love for almost all of the 110 years he was here. At the end he challenged people to clearly choose their spiritual path. Moses – knew he had a calling, tried to do things his own way and waited 40 years for God to prepare both he and the world for the exodus. Although he had 80 years of wandering about in his own life it prepared him to lead 1.5 million people in the desert for 40 years. David – God set him apart from his family and in the fields as a shepherd which is where God prepared him for what lay ahead. He faced dangerous situations , lion and bear, he spent time pondering the history of God and saw the he too was loved and cared for by God. Are we spending time listening for God and learning about His love and faithfulness for us? 1. David & Goliath / Do we trust wholly in God to see us through our battles when no one else sees His plan for victory? 2. Respect for Saul’s position, God’s plan / Do we respect God’s plan, follow the guidelines He has set until we see Him direct us to move? 3. Outward signs of David’s love for God / Is our relationship with God a secret or an open invitation for others to seek your story of coming to know Him as Lord? 4. Human tendencies can overwhelm even those most fervent followers of God’s will / Have we acknowledged our pride that tells us we have nothing to fear but fear itself, we should fear ourselves and satan that battles against God’s representatives...
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...The great biblical hero “David” has been represented many times throughout the history of art, and two famous examples of “David” were sculpted by both Michelangelo and Bernini. When sculpting a similar subject matter, there will often be comparable characteristics, but between the different stylistic periods of the Baroque and the High Renaissance, there become noticeable aspects that differentiate them. Known as the first large marble nude to be sculpted since the classical antiquity, Michaelangelo’s "David" was completed in the High Renaissance, with embodiment of the Neoplatonic Ideal. The 14 foot tall sculpture depicts a popular subject in Florentine art, by pridefully representing the city’s patron saint. Completed in 1504, at the age of 24, Michaelangelo’s “David” is widely respected as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of art. The city of Florence commissioned Michelangelo, which gave him a giant slab of improper marble, previously abandoned. Against expectations, he turned it into a timeless memorial of Florence’s Old Testament hero....
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...Having A Heart Like David. B. And this comes from the texts found in I Sam 13:14 and Acts 13:22 where the Lord says that David was a man after His own heart. C. That’s a truly remarkable thing to have said about you that you are a man after God’s own heart. Especially, when you consider that David wasn’t perfect. He sinned several times in his life, yet the Lord was still able to say this about him. D. That gives me great hope, as I hope it does you, because I know I’m not perfect but yet if I can mold my heart into one that we read about in David then I can be pleasing to God as well. E. So I want to take just a few minutes this evening to look at some of the characteristics of David’s heart that our children are studying this week as well so we can know what the Lord is looking for from us. F. The first characteristic is that David had a caring heart. David was a shepherd and he took great care of his sheep. I Sam 17:34-35 G. 4 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. H. Secondly, David had a tender heart. David almost always inquired of the Lord and wanted to know God’s will. I Sam 23:2, 4 I. Therefore David finquired of the Lord...
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...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, not from Judah, the promised Messianic lineage that would rule over Israel. This title would belong to David, Saul’s successor. David was a shepherd called by God to lead Israel. This was confirmed by the anointing of David by Samuel. David served as a valiant leader against the Philistine’s, and initiates the peoples love for him as their leader. The upward ascent of David and the...
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...Professor Bible 105, Essay 2 (MLA) 19 September 2015 Saul, David, and Solomon Before discussing why the people of Israel desired a king, it is important to go back in time and get an understanding of the background and history. Samuel was, at birth, chosen by God. He was a prophet and served under Eli, the high priest. By the power of God and Samuel’s leadership, the Philistines (Israel’s enemy) were defeated. Eli’s sons had been killed, Eli had died and, Samuel became judge over Israel. When Samuel was an old man, he appointed his sons as judges to Israel. His sons, however, were corrupt (Swindoll 2). “Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice” (1 Sam. 8:3). So the people of Israel felt let down and they wanted something done…they wanted a king. However, this was not the only reason they wanted a king. Samuel was not only old and his sons were corrupt, the people wanted to be like other nations (Dale). They told Samuel they wanted him to appoint a king to judge them. “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations” (1 Sam. 8:5). People have always wanted to be like everybody else. Israel was to be different and distinct from all other nations. Israel was to be a covenant people by whom God would reveal Himself and His plan of redemption. “But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And...
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...Chris Newman Michael Ritter REL124 16 December 2012 David: Hero, King and Prophet There is no doubt that King David is one of the most outstanding biblical and historical figures, who also inspired artists of all epochs to make him a hero of their work. His role was special as the second King of Israel and as a human ancestor of Jesus Christ. Thus, one can state for sure that this personality is of great importance both for Judaism and Christianity and embodies devotion to God and the idea of authority blessed by God as well. Most of information on David can be found in the Books of Samuel and Ruth. Historically, David was one of eight sons of Jesse, who in his turn descended from Judas. In the Old Testament books, it is mentioned that he was handsome, physically strong, had red hair and was an outstanding musician. He started by helping his father to care about the herd and quite succeeds in doing so. Even at a young age, he demonstrates courage as a shepherd when a lion and bear attack the herd. He conquers in the battle with beasts, for which he gains his first glory. In fact, it should be mentioned, that being a shepherd is more than a narrative element which is mentioned in the Bible. In fact, this role of David is foreshadowing his future position of Israeli ruler. In the scriptures, a shepherd is often a positive idea that implies being in charge of people. Even God has been compared to a shepherd not once like for instance in the following passage: ‘Then he blessed...
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...The theme of protection and guidance is extremely prevalent throughout The Bible and provides a powerful message of self-sacrifice and accountability in the face of adversity. The way King David speaks to, and about GOD (Yahweh) provides insight as to how he was more intimate with him; as is a father with his child. King David states, “The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want” (Psalms 23:1). He, GOD, provides for us and does not dissuade us from the gift of eternity, but welcomes us fully. Referencing the Book of Psalms, the underlying factor is King David taking accountability for his sins and ultimately repenting. King David states, “He restores my soul; he guides me in the path of righteousness, for his name’s sake” (Psalms 23:3). Ultimately this is a portrayal of King David at his lowest low, wallowing in sorrow; but pronouncing the great mercies of the LORD....
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