“Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. David had ruled Israel for forty years — seven years in Hevron and thirty-three years in Yerushalayim.”-1 Kings 2:10-11 Verse 10 almost brings me to tears. Why? Because I’m told of the end of one of my favorite Bible heroes: the great […]
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1K2-8: Was David Acting Like A King… Or Like Vito Corleone?
“Finally, you have with you Shim‘i the son of Gera the Binyamini, from Bachurim. He laid a terrible curse on me when I was on my way to Machanayim; but he came down to meet me at the Yarden; so I swore to him by Adonai that I would not have him put to death […]