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[[File:'David' by Michelangelo JBU14.JPG|thumb|alt=Head of Michelangelo's David|Michelangelo’s David]] | [[File:'David' by Michelangelo JBU14.JPG|thumb|alt=Head of Michelangelo's David|Michelangelo’s David]] | ||
(c.1043–c.973 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.) one of the most loved and revered figures in Hebrew history, was born the youngest son of Jesse of Bethlehem. | David (c.1043–c.973 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.) is one of the most loved and revered figures in Hebrew history, was born the youngest son of Jesse of Bethlehem. | ||
I Samuel 17 records how, as a young shepherd boy, he single-handedly slew the Philistine giant Goliath. | I Samuel 17 records how, as a young shepherd boy, he single-handedly slew the Philistine giant Goliath. | ||
When the disobedient King Saul rejected the word of the L<small>ORD</small> and the L<small>ORD</small> rejected him from being king, “for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry,”<ref>1 Sam. 15:22.</ref> the L<small>ORD</small> sent [[Samuel]] to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to anoint the shepherd boy David, youngest of Jesse’s sons, to be king of Israel. | |||
As the successor of Saul, David rose to become king of all of Israel, reuniting the [[twelve tribes]] as one nation and greatly extending its borders. He established Jerusalem as the capital and there enshrined the [[ark of the covenant]]. | |||
David is honored as the “ideal king”—symbol of the bond between God and nation. | |||
His soul reembodied as the Lord [[Jesus Christ]]. | His soul reembodied as the Lord [[Jesus Christ]]. | ||
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