My Bible Essay
Who is the character?
King David
What is the character’s background?
David was born in Bethlehem which is also the place where Jesus was born. David had eight siblings and his parents were called Jesse and Nitzevet. He married Bathsheba and Abigali and with them he had 24 children. He was King for Judah from the year 1010-970BCE.And he was also the second king of Israel.
What did this character do?
When David was alive he did many things and some of them will be mentioned in the following.
David successfully defeated the enemies of Israel, which created the ability for his son, Solomon, to reign in peace. After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines. Then he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to
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With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. It was David who made Jerusalem the capital of Israel. And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, you shall not come in here, but the blind and the lame will repel you, thinking, David cannot come in here. Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion that is, the City of David. He also moved the center of worship to Jerusalem as well. So they brought the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. It was David's desire to build a permanent structure for the house of God, but he was not allowed to do so. But God said to him you shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood. However, he did design the house that his son Solomon