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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 | 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 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]]. | 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]]. | ||