Books tagged: king david

"The Harp of Destiny" begins with a young David, a humble shepherd in Bethlehem, chosen by God to be the future King of Israel. The story follows his transformation from anointed shepherd boy to the legendary warrior and leader, examining the trials he faced and the choices he made along the way. The novel portrays David's complex relationships, including his friendship with Jonathan, his...

From Shepherd to King is the fourth book in The Crown Series. It's all about the life of David, the shepherd boy who slew Goliath with a slingshot, and who lived as a fugitive for years while he fought to establish the nation of Israel and then became its King.

The four books of the Kingdoms are believed to have been translated into Greek and added to the Septuagint around 200 BC, when a large number of refugees fled from the war in Judea and settled in Egypt. The four books of the Kingdoms would later become two books in the Masoretic Texts, the books of Samuel and Kings.

David is a young boy who God has big plans for but first he must learn to trust God with his life. It's not an easy time for David as he fights both a bear and a lion in preparation for the biggest battle of his young life.

Ahithophel was a good friend and the privy counselor to Israel’s greatest king. His wisdom stood in stark contrast to the meaning of his name. He was known for his advice—so much so that every word he spoke seemed as though it had come directly from the mouth of God. Ahithophel had the gift of wisdom.

David was the greatest king that Israel ever had, and this book looks at some of the well-known and some much less well-known episodes in his life, as well as key relationships such as Saul, Jonathan, Goliath, and  Absalom, in order to draw valuable lessons from this great man of God for Christians today.

This is a retelling of George’s Peele’s DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, AND THE TRAGEDY OF ABSALOM In easy-to-read language. Many Elizabethan plays are based on mythology, but this is the only extant history play based solely on the Bible (and the playwright’s imagination).

The Book of Psalms chapters 1 – 41 records many of King David’s prayers, songs, praise for the Lord God, and prophecy regarding the promised Christ. It includes words of belief, hope, love, mercy, peace, and righteousness. David believed what the Lord God said regarding salvation, the future time of resurrection, and the final judgments via the Christ.

Could anything be so fearful as coming to grips with a fierce lion; or a hungry, raging bear; or a boastful, profane, bragging and blasphemous Philistine giant? But these were the chilling experiences of the boy David. God used these and other experiences to mold David into the man who would later become king of Israel.

The Septuagint’s 1ˢᵗ Kingdoms retells the story of the unification of Israel under the Benjamite King Saul in the aftermath of the collapse of the Egyptian New Kingdom. The events of 1ˢᵗ Kingdoms continues the history of the Hebrews told in the book of Judges, as the era of the Judges ended with Samuel, who anointed Saul, the tallest man in the land, to rule over the Israelites.