King David Research Paper

I'll be discussing the life of King David. The name David stands for one who is well beloved. His mom was not brought up in the Bible at all. The first book of Samuel represents David as the youngest of the eight kids of Jesse from the city of Bethlehem. A few years after his ordain, David fought and miraculously killed Goliath. David's faith led the future king to conclude that God would ultimately defend those who pray to him and worship him, the problem was the Israelites didn't believe in any higher powers and this angered God very much. Because of some heated arguments over the throne, King David ruled only the tribe of Judah after the death of Saul. His rule over only one tribe, that started when he was around the age of thirty, lasted a little over seven years. After that, all the elders of Israel recognized him as the only ruler of all the

After a couple complications, he eventually brought the Ark of the Covenant to the city. As a ruler, he carried out extremely successful military campaigns against the Amalekites, Ammonites, Edomites, Moabites, Philistines, and Syrians. Unfortunately, many of David's problems were caused by his own self. His frowned upon a secret relationship with Bathsheba, the planned killing of her spouse and attempted to cover up his sins cost him headaches, the life of a child and trouble within his home. Because he did his own evaluations and overviews of his military instead of having faith in the word of God he lost over 70,000 Israelites. His very lenient rules in his own house added to his son Absalom rebelling against him and his other son Adonijah who tried to steal the crown from his brother Solomon. The life of King David quickly ended after proclaiming his son Solomon the next ruler of Israel. King David passed away at 70 years old after ruling his people for over 40