King David's Triangle

David joined forces with the Philistines because his faith was weak and he faked being mentally insane. Therefore, he was really not mental but struggled with believing in Gods covenant. Not to mention he had two wives he just was refusing to go out in battle and support his troop by being an effective leader. In modern day terms he punk-out sending his troops out to battle without him while he played the coward staying behind stirring up trouble.

The Star of David or the Shield of David is made of two overlaid triangles that form a six-pointed star. It appears on Jewish tombstones, the flag of the State of Israel and other Jewish related objects. A long time ago the Star of David appeared more among Jews but did not have any special religious significance. The Jewish community of Prague was the first to use the Star David as its official symbol. In the 17th century the Star of David became the official symbol of Judaism. My pictures are the Star of David, the Israel flag, and on a tombstone.

Star of David,Hebrew(Shield of david)Magen also spelled Mogen.This Jewish symbol composed of two overlaid equilateral triangles that form a six pointed star.

Coogan expressed how YHWH disregarded traditional dominant status of the firstborn son and chose David as successor to the throne, despite him being the youngest of his brothers. Also, in David’s anointment, Coogan expresses how Samuel was not reluctant like he was when he anointed Saul. Coogan also portrays how David’s introduction to Saul’s court carried the theme of divine favor and promoted David to a legendary hero status. David is brought to Saul to provide him relief from an “evil spirit”, and David’s divine connection with God along with his musical talents provided Saul with the relief he needed. It was also David, not any other member of Saul’s army, which challenged and defeated the Philistine’s champion, Goliath. Coogan argues, however, that all of David’s actions were not solely done for his faithfulness to God, but to also establish himself in a position of power. Coogan supports this by pointing out David’s willingness to kill his fellow Israelites in 1 Samuel 25.13, 34, during his service to the Philistines. He also states that subsequent events that followed in Second Samuel proved that “David was in fact an opportunist who can be ruthless in using his power to advance his objectives” (Coogan 201), and that even his marriages were politically motivated. Coogan, more or less,

In the beginning of 1 Samuel 25, we find that Samuel is dead and Israel is in mourning. Even though the Israelites did not see Samuel as the most successful ruler they still gave him honor by burying him in his home in Ramah. With the fall of Samuel came the rising of David. David set out to Paran and came across an important figure named Nabal. Nabal was a rich figure and owned property in Carmel. Nabal was very mean and evil, but his wife on the other hand was beautiful in appearance her name was Abigail. David wanted to reach out to Nabal and thus ordered his men to go out and find him in Carmel. When the men reached out to Nabal, he did not believe them. Nabal didn’t know whom David and could quite, frankly could care less what he had to offer to him. David thought he was offering a good

~ He was Saul’s military leader in a sense from 1000-970 BCE. He fought the Philistines and won, like the bible story where David defeats Goliath. David was the king of Israel until his death, and was the king who brought the kingdom of Israel to one, united kingdom.

1 Samuel 26:7-13 Introduction: David spares Saul a second time. Observations: In this passage Saul is king, but because of an unlawful sacrifice to the LORD in a battle with the Philistines, the LORD prepares the way for a man after His own heart. (1 Samuel 13:13-14)

Opposite of Goliath is David’s slingshot with his Hebrew name engraved in the bottom handle. There are also there rocks representative of David’s three most prominent heroic characteristics: courage, faith, and leadership. The rocks stick out of the drawing and serve as a clear reminder that with strong heroic characteristics, nobody is too small to defeat Goliaths in this world. Around the edges of the piece is “1 Samuel 17” which refers directly to the chapter in the Bible that David’s story is told.

In his journey he was now accompanied by 600 men in Ein Gedi he snuck up on saul in a cave and did not kill him,but instead tore a piece of his cloth at this point saul confessed to his deed and told david he was next in line to be king.After David swore to saul he would not ruin the line of kings that did not stop his pursuit soon david was in service with the enemy Achish the philistine king of gath,he trusted david with control of the city ziklag. He then “raided city of nomads who harmed jews and gave spoils as gifts to leader of

David was outraged at the abuse and insults Goliath was yelling at the God of Israel and since no one, even Saul, were ready to fight, David pleaded and begged with Saul to allow him to go and kill Goliath. God armed him with the right tools and weapons, (slingshot and 5 river rocks). This shows that even though David was a small shepherd man, he wasn’t frightened or intimidated by the size and strength of Goliath. He didn’t need sharp spears or swords, however his confidence was in His God and not in his own strength. By doing this, God blessed David in becoming the king of Israel.

Through God, Samuel anoints David as the next king (Samuel 1 16:12-18). Eventually, the Philistines threaten to attack Israel with their new hero – Goliath, a giant who is more than nine feet tall. Saul and the Israelites are mortified (Samuel 1 17:4); however, David offers to fight Goliath. He refuses the king’s armor and publicly invokes God’s help (Samuel 1 18:46-47), killing Goliath with a sing stone shot from his sling (Samuel 1 18:48-51). David obviously cherishes religious attitudes more than the physical world, which God favors. Saul, out of jealousy, decides to send David on a death mission to kill a hundred Philistine men and bring back their circumcised foreskins – which David succeeds (Samuel 1 19:17-27). Saul continues his attempts at killing David, but fails each time. David ends up taking refuge with the Philistines (Samuel 1 27:1-7), who show mercy to him. After Saul’s passing, David gets anointed king (Samuel 2: 1-7). David does many things, such as denying the opportunity to take the throne by physical force and denying the king’s armor when fighting Goliath, to prove his religious devotion to God – something Saul didn’t quite do. Just like Abraham or Moses, David keeps his trust in God, which makes God favor David to a great extent. However, David begins to lose God’s favor through his human

After David was rejected by Saul and had knowledge that Saul was going to kill him, David fled to Philistine territory and acted as a madman to keep from being killed (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). David was granted the town of Ziklag from King Achish after David asked the king as a friend to do so (1 Samuel 27, n.d.). David suspected that Saul would discontinue his search for David once Saul knew that David was in Philistine territory. David joined forces with the Philistines because he kept the interest of his people, God's chosen people at heart and acted as a bodyguard for the Philistine king (Tullock & McEntire, 2012).

”We first encounter David as a lad in his father’s home at Bethlehem, where Samuel anointed him king over Israel (I Sam. 16 1 -13).2 A little later on he is called in to relieve Saul’s insanity by playing the lyre and is appointed Saul’s armour-bearer (I Sam. 16 14-23).3 His next appearance is in Saul’s camp when Israel is fighting the Philistines.”

The versions of the initial meetings between Saul and David vary providing questionable grounds as to which version came first, and what sources were used to recount this section of Israel’s history. The initial story of the meeting between Saul and David is found in I Samuel chapter 16, shortly after David’s anointment as the new king of Israel (Wilcox, 2014). This version references the spirit of God leaving Saul and his servants looking for someone to play the harp to soothe his anger (AKJV, I Samuel 16:15-23). Within a short period, Saul’s servants find David, and due to his attributes, they bring him back to Saul. Moreover, there is a connection between the two, and Saul asks David’s father’s (Jesse) permission for him to stay.

For Saul to be respected by the prophets and the people, he must have been a sociable and good natured man, otherwise, the fellow countrymen would not have elected him to rule over them. Nevertheless, when David gained the love and respect of the Israelites, Saul became a very suspicious and irritable man. He was consumed by this destructive desire that urged him to kill David, and his ruthlessness was observed when he intended to kill his own son after being asked and refusing to give David's whereabouts. I do not believe that Saul was stingy, to the contrary, he offered David his daughter and a very good sum of his treasure if the young fellow defeated the Philistines. Although he was generous to David, his jealousy devoured him until the point of unceasingly intending to destroy his son in law. Saul personality and the facts reported in the books of Samuel the prophet may shed a light upon Saul's character and his spiritual