For my life is exhausted in sorrow and my years in sighing. Through my crime my strength stumbles and my limbs are worn out. Psalm 31:11 (Hebrew Bible) Robert Alter Exhausted in sorrow – an excerpt. When he looked up, Nathan was gone. “Call him back. Call him back.” He almost shouted, but in the…
But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. 2 Samuel 6:6-7 NASB Irreverence…
And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives. 1 Samuel 25:42-43 NASB Ahinoam– My name is Bond, David Bond. Or so the script might have gone if it…
It happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. 1 Chronicles 15:29 NASB Leaping and celebrating – We’ve commented in the past that the books…
After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will. Acts 13:22 NASB After my heart – Let’s consider David. What was his life really like?…
for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.” 1 Kings 2:9b NASB You will know what you ought to do – yada’ata et asher ta’ase-lo reads the text. You will recognize the verbs yada…
When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came. 2 Samuel 16:5 NASB Shimei – David’s last words seem to be nothing but payback. Just before…
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 1 Kings 11:4 NASB Not wholly devoted – The Hebrew for “not wholly devoted” is lo hayah levavo shalem (“not…
The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 1 Samuel 14:50 NASB Ahinoam – There is no doubt that this woman’s name is unusual. In fact, the name means, “my brother is delight.” What? A…
A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm – We all know this most famous psalm. At least we thought we knew it. Here it is in re-translated Paleo-Hebrew. Of course, the 23rd psalm doesn’t start with “The Lord is . . .” It starts with mizmor David, “a…
