the ark of the covenant is the splendid golden container that holds the scrolls which contain the laws of moses and which are carried by the israelites throughout their wanderings in the desert. it had two cherubim, who were thought to stand in the presence of god, mounted on it. and between those cherubim was this empty space. and the empty space was the presence of god. david has this giant ceremony, and he marches the ark of the covenant up the hill and into jerusalem. david wants this big show to show the people that they re no longer a nomadic people. the problem with it is before he moved the ark of the covenant to jerusalem, god lived with his people.
trying to kill him for so long, david publicly mourns saul s death to such an extent that he has the armor bearer killed for killing the king. david knew that politically, it was important to mourn the death of the king of israel. now the entire kingdom recognizes there is only one man to lead them.
jerusalem had remained in the hands of the native population, which the bible describes as jebusites. and the jebusites were holdouts. they were still hanging on to that last little bit of canaan. the jebusites today are invoked essentially, again, in a political discourse whereby some modern palestinians argue that they are their ancestors. it s so important to understand jerusalem s history because many of the modern conflicts are rooted in the past. so if you can prove that you are descended from the jebusites, then you can say, we have the earliest claim to the city versus the israelites. but if david wants the jebusites city, he ll have to take it by force. david says to his troops, if
it s almost as if that now that david s finally reached the position of king, he decides, eh, that s enough, and he lets his guard down. and that s when bathsheba comes into his life. david is out on the roof of his palace, and he look as cross and sees this beautiful woman having a bath. and he s struck by her great beauty. of course he s being a peeping tom, right? he knows that she is the wife of one of his commanders, but he admires her. he decides he has to have her. i wonder if david could take back any moment in his life, if
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