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    unlikely ending, one of which most of Christendom and Judaism thoroughly believe. Yet, there is a antagonist who does not see the story of David and Goliath as it is. But as tale of a boy who had every chance to win. Malcolm Gladwell tells of his side, his view of that epic battle that happen over three thousand years ago. The question that stands is this; Was David the underdog or was he as Gladwell states, a victor from the start. Gladwell is very versed in his writing abilities and work history. His

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    The Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 Praises. It is believed the collection was written over a span of time, possibly from 586 BC and earlier. The Psalms were originally written as songs. About half of these were actually written by David. The Psalms are broken up into five sections and Psalm 123 and Psalm 124 are from the last section dealing with captivity. Psalm 123 focuses on lifting our eyes to the Lord who is on Heaven’s throne, and seeking His mercy. Our yearning for God is similar

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    Katniss And Haymitch

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    Communication to Haymitch strikes a stark resemblance to the way we pray to our Father in heaven. When Katniss was near death due to lack of water during the Games, she desperately begged aloud for water to be sent from Haymitch. When there was no response to her plea, no silver parachute containing the essential liquid, she started to doubt Haymitch. Katniss finally realized why he didn't send her water when the book explains her thoughts, “Maybe he’s sending you a message, it says. A message. Saying

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    Philistine Weapons

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    sons pass by Samuel and he said that the Lord has not chosen any of them. The last son was the youngest one who was taking care of the sheep. His name was David and the Lord said to Samuel that he was the one. Samuel poured the container of olive oil on David to appoint him in front of his brothers. From that day on, the Lord’s Spirit entered David with power. The Spirit of the Lord had gone out of Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. A servant noticed, and asked if they could look for

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    Beth Sarim

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    That among those who will be thus the faithful representatives and visible governors of the world will be David, who was once King over Israel; and Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jepthai, and Joseph, formerly ruler of Egypt, and Samuel the prophet and other faithful men named with approval in the Bible at Hebrews

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    Case and David out line In the poem “Casey at Bat” and the story of “David and Goliath” when comparing there are differences and similarities shown. The first similarity is that they both are in a losing period or need help in winning the game or war. In “Casey at Bat” it says “The Outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play” and in “David and Goliath” it says “Saul and his men heard what Goliath said, but they were so frightened

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    Comparing Saul And David

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    Saul and David had a lot in common. Both were kings of Israel while Samuel was its prophet. Both men were considered attractive. 1 Samuel 9:2 describes Saul as “a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome than he among the sons of Israel.” David is described as “he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance” in 1 Samuel 16:12. While Saul was sent to find the lost donkeys, David was a shepherd over flocks of sheep. Both men were handpicked by God. God revealed his

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    hopefully you will have a better understanding of Psalms 15. Let’s begin by looking at the history behind Psalms 15. Psalms is broken down in to 5 books and Psalms 15 falls under the first of the five books which is witness to David's life and faith. David was a young shepherd and knew the struggles and beauty of tending and keeping his flock safe. He viewed God as our shepherd and used this analogy to help spreads God’s

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    Psalm 24

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    requirements with regard to being fit to enter the temple for worship unto God (Varughese, n.d., p. 7). One course of thought among scholars and commentators for this psalm, is that it likely embodies the time when the David “brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness” (2 Samuel 6:12, New American Standard Bible; Kidner, 2014, p. 130). This occurred during the time when the Lord had given

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    Yahweh Messiah

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    Pharisees, as they questioned him and mocked him. While, King David lived a life of sin and lust, but remained faithful in his God Yahweh, yet Jesus lived a life of servitude and abstained from the sins of the flesh and his empire is unimaginable. God used Saul to establish the beginning example of what was to be a vast empire, but he needed an example of how not to lead so that future leaders were warned against it. Further, with King David and his sins ended up with Solomon and the temple, so it shows

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