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15 November 2009 @ 11:13 pm
King David says...  
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.
 
 
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i[info]i on November 16th, 2009 02:22 pm (UTC)
how many wives did he have?
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 16th, 2009 10:58 pm (UTC)
I don't know. Why?
i[info]i on November 16th, 2009 11:11 pm (UTC)
always interesting to consider the character of anyone whom you are looking to for guidance.
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 16th, 2009 11:14 pm (UTC)
Um, ok.
i[info]i on November 16th, 2009 11:15 pm (UTC)
i'm named after the guy.
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 16th, 2009 11:15 pm (UTC)
Neat.
i[info]i on November 16th, 2009 11:19 pm (UTC)
not so much. he was an asshole by all accounts.
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 16th, 2009 11:23 pm (UTC)
And this precludes something...?
i[info]i on November 16th, 2009 11:24 pm (UTC)
lots of things
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 16th, 2009 11:25 pm (UTC)
Do you have anything to say at all?
i[info]i on November 17th, 2009 12:02 am (UTC)
only that he was a warmongering, polygamous adulterer who had his son killed, and that taking his word as any kind of gospel must require a superhuman suspension of disbelief.
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 17th, 2009 03:24 am (UTC)
Ah yes, the vices of royal life are plenty.
i[info]i on November 17th, 2009 03:28 am (UTC)
i'm just jealous.
Lover of Horses[info]meus_ovatio on November 17th, 2009 03:32 am (UTC)
There seems to be some confusing regarding his son. The story as we have it is that David was at war with his own son, who attempted to usurp the throne. The story is that David ordered his men not to kill his son, but they did anyway, and this sent David into fits of sorrow. The lesson of the story becomes clear when David's own men ask David why he would weep so strongly over a traitorous son, when so many of his good friends and top men, who were like his sons, received little if any consideration. It is actually a quite powerful statement of military brotherhood.
 
 

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