THE BELIEF that the Philistines were giants (or had giants among them) with six fingers and toes on their hands and feet comes from 2 Samuel 21. That’s not necessarily what those verses mean.Continue Reading
POLITICS IN David’s day was just brutal and bloody as it is today.Continue Reading
DAVID’S KINGDOM faced a strong test from his neighbors to the east and north as a coalition of Ammonites and Arameans tried to take down the new Israelite kingdom. Continue Reading
DAVID NEARS the end of his life as our chronological study of the Old Testament continues.Continue Reading
THE REBELLION of Absalom has been quashed but a new one rises up in its place.Continue Reading
OUR OLD Testament study this week moves to a new phase of David’s life as he is declared king of Judah.Continue Reading