Questions tagged [david]
Questions about King David, second king of Israel.
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How does Jesus' argument from David and the showbread work?
Jesus defended his disciples gleaning on the Sabbath by retelling a story about David. Mark 2:23-28 (ESV):
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his ...
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In 2 Samuel 11:4, what does it mean by "David slept with Bathsheba because she was pure"?
From 2 Samuel 11:4 (NKJV),
Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.
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Why was Abishag the Shunammite important?
When we shift from Samuel to Kings, we start with this fairly benign story:
King David was now old, advanced in years; and though they covered him with bedclothes, he never felt warm. His courtiers ...
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To what extent is Psalm 51:4 poetic exaggeration?
The context of Psalm 51 is clear:
To the choirmaster. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
These events are described in 2nd Samuel 11–12....
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Who incited David to take a census and what's wrong with taking a census anyway?
According to 2 Samuel 24:1 (NRSV) it was the Lord who incited David:
Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go, count the people of ...
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How old was David when he fought Goliath?
1 Samuel 17:33 (NRSV) says:
Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to
fight with him; for you are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from
his youth.”
I have taken ...
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How does the act of "foot washing" lead to the act of "sexual intercourse"?
In 2 Samuel chapter 11,after King David had slept with Uriah's wife Bathsheba we read in 11:5,
The woman conceived and sent word to David,saying,"I am pregnant."
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David's sons served as priests?
2 Samuel 8:18 says: "...and David's sons were priests."
How could David's sons be priests if he was a Judahite and priests were Levites?
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Can we harmonize the two meetings of David and Saul?
My daily reading reached the moment when Samuel anointed David, which is followed immediately by the first meeting of Saul and David:
Now the spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil ...
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In 2 Samuel 21:19, was Goliath killed twice?
In 2 Samuel 21, we are told that Goliath was killed by Elhanan:
19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a ...
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David and Goliath: David's Reasons For Fighting
From 1 Samuel 17:
23 As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. 24 Whenever the ...
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Why did David and Jonathan need the arrow signal?
Just before David left Saul's service for the last time, he and Jonathan arraigned a way to communicate with one another in code:
Jonathan, out of his love for David, adjured him again, for he loved ...
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Did David keep household idols?
The biblical account of David's first escape from Saul in 1 Sam 19 mentions that his wife Michal camouflaged his escape by hiding an "image" (KJV) or a "household idol" (NASB) in his bed.
Is that to ...
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Is David the Godfather?
As David neared the end of his life, he calls Solomon to himself and gives him some final instructions recorded in 1 Kings 2:1-10. It starts out how you'd maybe expect, with David admonishing Solomon ...
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Temple in Psalm 138
The first verse of Psalm 138 is clearly stating David as author of the Psalm. In verse 2 it says:
I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name
for your unfailing love and your ...
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Why does David mourn the death of his adult son Absalom and not the death of his baby son?
When David's son from Bathsheba died David stopped mourning and got up and ate, stating that nothing could be done for his son now:
[21] Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you ...
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Jesus's genealogy: 28 generations or 41 since David?
These questions keep me wondering:
Firstly, how is it possible that Matthew and Luke came up with completely different genealogies of Jesus ancestors, if they are both following the masculine line?
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David's righteousness in the Psalms
In the Psalms, there are several places where David portrays himself as righteous and blameless. For example, Psalm 26:
1Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have ...
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Why did God forgive David (2 Samuel 12:13), but not Judas (Matthew 27:3-4) for an identical confession of sin?
How can only the confession of David (for betraying Uriah) receive God’s forgiveness, but the identical confession along with additional repentance of Judas in Matthew 27:3-4 (for betraying Jesus) ...
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Does Jesus misquote Psalm 8:2?
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to
the son of David!" they were indignant, and they said to him,...
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How did the Lord 'put away' the sin of David? 2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
[2 Samuel 12:13 KJV]
How, and when, did the Lord 'put ...
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Why does God refer to David as his Firstborn? Psalm 89:27
Psalm 89:20 ,27 NASB
20 “I have found David My servant;With My holy oil I have anointed
him,27 “I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings
of the earth.
David was not a firstborn ...
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What does "the key of David" imply in Revelation 3:7?
The Bible speaks of "the Key of David" when it says:
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that ...
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When was Ruth written?
The setting of Ruth is in the time of the Judges:
Ruth 1:1 During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner ...
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Why does God not just permit but seemingly encourage David's polygamy in 2 Samuel 12:8?
I'm hoping you can help. I'm struggling with a verse that seemingly supports God's approval of concubinage and taking of many wives.
The context here has to do with David's lust for more women.
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Why is David's throne established by so much deceit?
This question made note that David acts in a deceitful manner towards the priest when he goes to ask for help as he flees from Saul. This isn't the only time, however, that deceit is a feature in ...
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Jeremiah 30:9, David as King
Jeremiah 30:9 says, according to the NIV: "Instead they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them."
Most of the other translations are the same.
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Is Psalm 51:11 proof that people in O.T. times could have the Holy Spirit indwelling them too, just like in the New Testament?
Psalm 51:11 (ESV):
Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Does this mean that people in the Old Testament could have the Holy Spirit indwelling them too?
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Did David not defile himself by taking back Michal in 2 Samuel 3?
After being threatened by Saul, David leaves his wife who subsequently is given to another man. Years later when David becomes king he requests that his wife be given back to him.
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Is there any scripture that supports the suggestion that Jesus's mother Mary was a descendant of King David?
I recently tried to research a question I had: "Why does the gospel of Matthew consider Jesus Christ to be a descendant of David even though Joseph was not his biological father?" Apparently ...
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Is Jesus from the line of David?
I have been reading the New Testament in more depth for the last 3 years and am seeing a lot of discrepancies in the texts. I am feeling a bit deceived that all these years I have been told lies. ...
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Why did David advise Solomon to kill Joab? [duplicate]
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Is David the Godfather?
Joab was a loyal captain in charge for King David and he won lot of battles for his king. He had also risked his life in many occasions for the sake of ...
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How did David trick Achish?
I got to this section this week and I feel like I'm missing something:
David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Gizrites, and the Amalekites—who were the inhabitants of the ...
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Jeremiah 21 King Nebuchadnezzar same as in Daniel?
Jeremiah 21:2 says that King Nebuchadnezzar is attacking Israel. Is this the same Nebuchadnezzar that places Daniel in a high government position? I know that many kings had the same names at that ...
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Should "A Psalm of David" be written as "A Psalm to David"?
It has recently been said to me that the Hebrew phrase for "A Psalm to David", which appears at the beginning of many Psalms, should actually be translated "A Psalm to David".
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Is Michal's childlessness a consequence of her criticism to David's dance (2 Samuel 6:23)?
The statement about Michal's childlessness comes immediately after David's reply to her attack on his behavior (2 Samuel 6:20-23). It seems plausible to read this as a consequence (judgment from God) ...
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David's Brinkmanship with the Philistines at Apheq
In I Sam 28 Achish enlists David in his forces for the coming battle between the Princes of Philistine and the Israelites in which Saul meets his end. David's words to Achish are ambiguous, leaving us ...
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Why Was A Benjamite Chosen as Israel's First King? (Gen 49:10, I Sam 8-9)
Since Jacob had blessed Judah and prophesied that (Genesis 49:10):
The scepter will not turn aside from Judah until Shiloh comes, and to him the obedience of the people will belong
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How would marrying Saul's daughter be a snare/stumbling block to David?
1 Samuel 18:20-21 (KJV):
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand ...
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David's son(s) Eliphelet
I came across 1 Chronicles 3:6 and 1 Chronicles 3:8 today, which discusses some of David's children. The translation I was reading has 2 instances of the name Eliphelet. I noticed that some ...
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How was David's sin possible?
In the book of 2 Samuel, Chapter 11 we see David comitting a great sin which even God found unacceptable.
The sin is familiar to us. He saw Bathsheba bathing, had her brought to him, and lay with her ...
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Is 2 Kings 23:25 intended to be literal, King Josiah even better than King David?
With regards to this statement about Josiah:
Before him there was no king alike him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law ...
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Why would being a "man of war" prevent David from building the temple of God (1 Chron. 22:8, 29:3, 1 Kings 8:18-19)?
There are several instances in the Old Testament (and one or two in the N/T) where we read that David was not allowed to build a temple for God:
1 Chronicles 22:8: "But the word of the LORD came ...
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Jesus' Lineage and Descent from David [closed]
Is Jesus' descent from King David through his mother or father? Since his father is not his biological father, I assume His lineage must be though his mother? And He must be descended from King David ...
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Did David's mother have children to different fathers or does 2 Samuel 17:25 have another explanation?
In 1 Chronicles 2:13-17 (NIV), it's said that David and his brothers were the sons of Jesse, and that they had a sister named Abigail:
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son ...
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Why did David fear Joab? 2 Sam 3:39
David is a great warrior(no doubt), at a very young age, He killed Goliath, killed a bear and he he generally considered fearless. But, while going through the Bible, I discovered David feared Joab ...
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Interpreting the Significance of the Stones, Sling, and Forehead in David's Slaying of the Philistine
Consider 1 Sam. 17, 48-51---
And when the Philistine arose and was coming, and drew nigh to meet David, David made haste, and ran to the fight to meet the Philistine. And he put his hand into his ...
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Did David pray to angels in Psalms 103:20-21?
Psalms 103:20-21 (NIV):
20 Praise the Lord, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
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When did Nahash, king of the Ammonites, show kindness to David?
2 Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent
some of his servants to console him concerning his father. But when
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Does Psalm 51:5 indicate that David was the illegitimate son of Jesse Or his woman?
Psalm 51:5
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my
mother conceived me.
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