![]() ![]() ![]() If David wishes future generations to know him as he was, then he should consider writing down the story of his life. ![]() While deeds and great buildings testify to a man’s greatness for some years, Natan points out that deeds are forgotten buildings worn down by time. It begins when he and David are both mature men, and Natan seeks to divert his king with the idea of writing a history. Then, as Shauel had Shmuel, David will have his own prophet to advise and warn him: the young visionary Natan. This shepherd boy manages to humble the greatest champion of the Plishtim in battle and becomes beloved not only of Shauel but also of Shauel’s son Yonatan. He finds promise in the youngest son of Yishai of Beit Lehem: a handsome boy called David. ![]() The choice falls on Shauel, tall, handsome and charismatic, but Shauel and Shmuel soon diverge in their ambitions.įor Shauel, madness and doubt follow, while Shmuel seeks out another worthy to bear responsibility for the Land and to glorify the Name. Troubled by Plishtim raiders from the Levantine coast, the people come to the prophet Shmuel begging him to anoint a king which, unwillingly, he does. But their recent history has been less glorious. The men of Yudah still tell stories of how their ancestors followed the prophet Moshe out of captivity in Mitzrayim to found new cities of their own. ![]()
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