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King David Essay Research Paper The Life

King David Essay, Research Paper


The Life of King David


In this essay I will be talking about the life of King David. He was a man who


went from being a giant slayer, to a king, to a man in exile and, then he went


back to being a great man. As a boy, David was a shepherd. He took care of his


father’s sheep. He was a very courageous boy. When a wolf tried to steal a sheep,


he didn’t run, he stood his ground and killed the wolf. One day his father told


him to go to the land where his brothers were fighting a war against the


Philistines. When he got there, he saw the giant Goliath cursing God and making


fun of the Hebrew warriors. David was the only person there with enough courage


to fight Goliath. With God’s help David killed Goliath with a sling and a stone


from a brook nearby. When he killed Goliath, the Philistines were really scared.


They all fled for their lives and the Hebrews won the war. During David’s life


he makes many friends. One of the people who was David’s friend was king Saul.


David played his harp for Saul and made him feel better when life was getting


him down. David also becomes good friends with, Jonathan, Saul’s son. Saul gets


envious of David because the people of Saul’s kingdom really like David. Saul


tried to have David killed but, Jonathan finds out about the plot and saves


David’s life. Later on in life David became king of all Israel. One day David


was up on the roo

f of his palace and he saw Bathsheba bathing on her roof.


Instead of turning away from his sinful thoughts, he had her called to his


chamber where he lay with her, and had sexual intercourse. David didn’t think


before he acted and he got Bathsheba pregnant. He had no idea how to get out of


the predicament he was in. David summoned Bathsheba’s husband Uriah back from


battle. He told Uriah to go lay with his wife for the night, but Uriah was loyal


to King David and would not leave the King’s side. That night Uriah slept with


the rest of the King’s warriors, instead of his own wife who he hadn’t see in


days. The next night David tried to get Uriah drunk so he could trick him into


lying with his wife. But still Uriah remains loyal to David and, he will not


leave his King. Then David came up with an idea to have Uriah fight in the front


of the battle where the fighting was fiercest and David knew that Uriah would be


killed. Uriah is killed in battle and David is allowed to marry Bathsheba. She


bears him a child, and life is good, but David’s sins are found out by the


prophet Nathan and he loses his position as King. The child Bathsheba had for


David dies because David sinned against God. David is exiled and he finds


himself living in a cave. God hadn’t give up on David. He still had a plan for


David’s life. By David being exiled, it allows David to write the book of Psalms.


These writings are very inspiring.

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