XXXX XXXXX is one of the XXXX significant XXXXXXX in Jewish history. XXXXXXXXX in XXX BCE, he XXXXX XX lord XX XXXXXX for a long XXXX, kicking XXX XXXXXX XX age XX out of 837 XXX.
XXXXX is so much that XXX XX said XXXXX him. A few XXXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXX on the XXXXXXX XXXXX - the valiant XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX XXX - XXX when XXX persona and XXXXXXXXXXXX are considered XXX in XXX, it is XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX that XXXXXXXX the XXXX majority of all.
XXXXX XX a genuine man - with XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX - XXXXX as a XXXXXX of first importance XXXXX is XX have an XXXXXXXXXXX with God. We get XXX XXXX XX the excellence of XXX XXXXXX XXXX XX read the XXXXXX, XXX XXXXXXXX of which he composed. XXX doesn't XXXX a clue:
XXX Lord is my XXXXXXXX I will not need ... (XXXX 23)
XXX XXXX XX my light XXX my XXXXXXXXX, XXXX should I XXXXX ... (XXXX XX)
I lift my eyes XX the XXXXXXXXX - from XXXXX XXXX my XXXXXXXXXX XXXX? My assistance XXXXXXXXXX from XXX Lord, Maker of paradise XXX XXXXX ... (Song 121)
Notwithstanding XXXX XX XXXXX about his XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX, XX XXX XXXX the XXXX impetus behind XXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXX.
We know XXXXXXXXXX that XXX narrative XX Israel XXXXXX this XXXXX timeframe - from XXX Exodus XXXXXXX - XX the account of a XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX between the two extraordinary old XXXXX advancements, Egypt XXX XXXXXXXXXXX (XXXXX XXX XXXXX at different occasions XX XXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXX or Persians).
At the XXXXX XXXX XXXXX takes the position XX royalty, XXXXX XXX XXXXXXX XXX both on a XXXX decrease. They're in no XXXXXXXXX to grow, XXXXX leaves a XXXXXX in the center where XXXXXX is XXXXX, and XXXXXX is permitted to XXXXXX XXXX alone XX XXXXX XXXXX extraordinary domains.
In this manner XXXXX can stifle, finally, the XXXXXXXXXX risk and XX vanquish XXX rest XX the Canaanite XXXX-XXXXX - Jerusalem - XXXX XXX Israelites XXXX XX to XXXX XXXXX XXX had the option to win. (For XXXXXXXXXX, see Part 14: Joshua and XXX Conquest of the Promised XXXX.)
For XXX a long XXXX since the Jewish individuals XXXXXXXXXX entered the Land of Israel until the XXXXXX of King David, XXXXXXXXX has stayed XXXXXXXXXXXXX. It XX a XXXX-XXXXX XXXXXXXXX by XXXXXXXXX clan called Jebusites (the XXXX town XX XXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX there now). XX is XXXXXXXXX invigorated, XXX XXXXXXXXXX of its apparently XXXXXX appearance, Jerusalem has XXX XXXXXXXXXXX - XXX solitary XXXXXXXXXX of water is a spring XXXXXXX the city dividers. The XXXXXX is XXXXXX XX from inside XXX XXXX XX a long shaft XXX XXXX XXXXX.
The XXXX XX Samuel XXX the XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX depict how XXXXX's general, Yoab, ascends a XXXXXX (XXXXXXXX "XXXX") XXXXXX XXX XXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX it. X few archeologists XXXXXXXX this XXX XXXXXX to "Warren Shaft" - a vertical XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX from XXXXX XXXXXX - which is a vacation XXXXXXXXXXX in "XXXXX's XXXX," outside XXX dividers of the XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX.
The XXXXXXX XXXXX that XXXXX XXXX XXXXX he possesses the city is XXXX it XXX capital. What's more, XXXX we XXXX XX stop XXX ask: Why XXXXXXXXX?
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX progressively XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX the XXXXXXX XX XXXXXX. XXXXXXXXX does XXX border XXX significant XXXXXXXX XXX is it situated XX XXX exchange XXXXXX. All the capital XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX the planet are worked XXXXX XXXX, oceans, XXXXXXXXX, lakes, or if XXXXXXX else XXXXXX a XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX.
(XXXXX XXX real exchange XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Israel as of XXX. XXXXX XX the XXXXX XXXXXXX, which XX one of the significant exchange XXXXXXX the XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX East, XXXXXXX from XXX Gulf of XXXXX XX the XXX Sea to Damascus. XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXX is likewise XXX Via Maris, "Method XXX XXX XXX," which XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX Egypt along the Mediterranean coast then XXXXXXX Israel and XX XX XXXXX.)
XXX XXXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXXXX to XXXX been XX XXX Mediterranean XXX. XXXXXXXXXX a XXXX like XXXXX (beside XXX present Tel Aviv) XXXXX have appeared well and good.
XX why XXXXXXXXX?
XXX XXXXXXXXXX behind XXX XXXXXXXXX has to XX XXXX an extremely interesting XXXX of the XXXXXX individuals, XXX why XXX offspring XX XXXXXX turned into a country in XXX XXXX.
XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX by living in a XXX of land XXX a XXXXXXXXXXX lot XX time, XXXXXXXX XX a typical XXXXXXXX and a typical culture. Take XXX French for instance. They XXXX't all XXXX XX XXX day XXX choose they XXXXX white wine, XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXX. A gathering XX individuals XXXX some undefined XXXX XXXXX moved into a typical bit of land (which XXXXX wound XX XXXXX as France), XXX shared a typical language. XXXXX a XXXXXX time of national experience, XXXX XXXXX XXXX a XXXXXXXXX known XX XXX French. XXXXXX XXXX, this situation XXXXX for XXXX country.
XXX Jews turned into a XXXXXXX XXX XXXX after getting XXXX XXXXXXXXXX in XXXXX. They XXXX not yet in the place that XX known for XXXXXX, they XXXX XXXXXXXX XXX great outdoors out in a dead XXXX, in the desert, at the foot XX XXXXX XXXXX. XXX Jews XXXXXX XXXX a XXXXXXX XXXXX, XXXX they XXXX a XXXXXX with XXX, XXXXXXXXX "we will XX XXX XX XXXX hear." XXX XXXXXXXXXX of Israel XX XXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXX importantly, by its shared association XXXX God.
XXXXXXXXXXX, notably, XXXXX XX XX better XXXX to identify XXXX XXX than Jerusalem.
XXXX XXXXX makes XXXXXXXXX XXX capital, he XXXXXXXXX a XXXXXX slope XX the XXXXXXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX from its proprietor Aravnah, the Jebusite. XXX buy XX recorded in XXX Bible in two spots (X XXXXXX 24:24 and X XXXXXXXXXX 21:25).
XXXX XXXXX is XXXXX Moriah.
XXXX XX the place Abraham XXXX up XX offer XXXXX as a penance XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX as XXX Bible records:
"The Lord will see," as it XX said right XX 'til XXXXX, "On the XXXX's mountain, XX will be XXXX." (Genesis 22:XX)
XXXX is the place XXXXX XXXXXX for a stepping XXXXX XXXXX to paradise, XXX XXXXXX:
"XXX wonderful XX XXXX XXXX! XXXX XX none other XXXX the XXXXX XX XXX, XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXXXXXX of paradise." (Genesis 28:17)
No XXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XX a XXXXXX that XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX in XXX of XXXXXXX's XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX to claim. (XXXXXXXXX XXX been XXXXXXXXXX or XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX in 3,000 years.)
XXXXX on XXXX XXXX XXXXXX an Islamic structure XXXXX XX XXX XXXX of XXX Rock. XXXXX XXXX brilliant XXXXX is a XXXXX which XX supernaturally XXXXX as the even shtiah, actually, "XXXXXXXX XXXXX." XXXXXXXX water and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX are synonymous, and the Torah XX known XX XXXXX XXXXXX, "water XX XXXX." According XX XXXXXXX, XXX world is profoundly XXXXXXXXX XXXX this detect, XXXX stone.
XXXX XX where God's XXXXXXX can be XXXX XXXX seriously XXXX in XXXX XXXXX XXXX on the XXXXXX XXXXX. XXXXX XXXXX lines, this is XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX to XXXXXXXXXXX a lasting XXXXXXX spot for the XXXX heavenly XXXX that XXX XXXXXX individuals XXXX - the Tabernacle and the Ark of the XXXXXXXX.
THE SITE OF XXX XXXXXX
XXXX XXXXX squanders XX XXXX XXXXXXXX the Ark to XXXXXXXXX. XXXX's XXXX, it XX an XXXXX of XXXXXXXXXXXXX collective joy. In XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX uncontrollably at this festival. XXX XXXX he XX XXXXXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX half Michal, the XXXXXX girl of Saul, who had stayed XXXX him XXXXXXX various challenges and who XXXX spared his XXXX XXXX XXXX Saul XXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXX. In any XXXX, presently Michal XXXXXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX (2 Samuel X:XX-23):
"How brilliant was XXX XXXXX XX XXXXXX today, XXX was uncovered XXXXX according to the maidservants of XXX XXXXXXXXX, XX XXX of the XXXXXXX would XX XXXXXXXXX!"
David - XXX XXX XXXXXX cared XXXXX his XXXX own respect in XXX XXXXXX XXXX he XXX XXXX an exceptional association XXXX God, - XXXXXX in awe:
"XXXXXX XXX Lord I will XXXX happy. What's XXXX, I XXXX XXX considerably XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX, XXX I XXXX XX XXXXXX in my XXXX; XXX of the maidservants of whom you have XXXXXX, by them XXXX I XXXX XX XXXX in respect."
The XXXXX XXXXXXXX XX with the XXXXXXXXXX visited on XXXXXX XXX her XXXXXX XXXXXXXX of XXX XXX XXXXXX by God to be XXXXXX's XXX XXX:
Furthermore, XXXXXX the XXXXXX girl XX Saul had XX XXX XX the XXX of her XXXXXXX.
Despite the XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX the XXX of XXX Covenant XX XXXXX XXXXXX, he isn't XXXXXXXXX XX XXX XX construct the Temple. Various reasons XXX XXXXX. One XX XXXX XXX XXXXXX is a place of XXX and a place XX XXXXXXX and David has a ton XX blood XX his XXXXX XXXX curbing the adversaries XX XXXXXX. In any case, he is XXXXXXXXXX that XXX child will manufacture it.
XXXXXXXXX XXXXX has XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX by a few XXXXXXX, some of whom XXXX him XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX. XXX, Amnon, XXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX, Tamar. XXXXXXX, Absalom plots against David XXX XXXXXXXX to have XXX dismissed. XX that XX it XXX, there XX XXX XXXXXX kid, Solomon, conceived XXXX David's association XXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX Bathsheba.
The XXXXXXXXX XX David's association XXXX Bathsheba XX one of the XXXX XXXXXXX stories in XXX XXXXX, XXX XX must be XXXXXXXX in understanding it XX a XXXXXXXX show. In XXXXXXXX, XX that as it may, XXXX is XXXX XXXXXX.
XXXXXXX one XXXXX, XXXXX is pacing the top of his royal XXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX he XXX a perspective on the XXXXX and XXXXXXX in the XXXX XXXXXXX. XXXX, there he sees a lovely XXXX washing. XXX XX XXX XXXXXX of XXX of his XXXXXXXX, Uriah, XXX Hittite, XXX XX away at war.
David XXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXX XXX XXXX through XXX XXXXX XXXX her. When she ends up XXXXXXXX, he XXXXXXXXXX that XXXXX XX put on the bleeding XXXXX, where he passes on in fight. XXXXX XX that point XXXX Bathsheba.
Now, the prophet XXXXXX pays an approach XXX XXXXX. (XXX 2 XXXXXX 12.) XX says XXXX he has come XX educate XXX lord regarding an extraordinary bad XXXX in XXX XXXX. A XXXX man with numerous XXXXX, XXXXX the XXX XXXXXX sheep of a poor man, XXX XXX it XXXXXXXXX for a XXXX.
XXXXX at what he XXXXX, King David, announces, "As XXX XXXXX, XXX XXXXXX who has XXXX this XXXXXX passing."
Reacts XXX prophet, "You XXX that man!"
XXXXX XX XXXXXXX. "I XXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXX," he says.
This XX an immensely perplexing XXXXX and XXXXX is XXXXXXXXXXXX more XXXX than XXXXX the XXX. XX fact, XXXXXXXXX was not a XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX David's troops consistently XXXX their spouses contingent XXXXXXXXXXX, in case an officer be long XXXX XXXXXXX his XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX XX remarry. In any XXXX, XXX Bible XXXXXX XXXXXXX that David XXXXX inappropriately, XXX XXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX while David XXX XXX XXXXXX infidelity in XXX exacting XXXXX, he was XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXX-XXXX.
XX XXXXX in before XXXXXXXX, the XXXXX XXXXX an excessively XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX of XXXXXX pioneers. It never whitewashes XXXXXXX's past, XXX in XXXX it remains XXXXXXXX XXXXX the XXXXXXX of XXX people groups XXXXX XX a XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX as relatives of divine beings without deficiencies.
XXXXX's XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX in XXX quietude XX his affirmation and the XXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX. XXXX is a piece of the reason that a XXXXXXXXXX deliverer XX XXX Jewish XXXXXXXXXXX XXX the world will slide XXXX David's line - he will XX "Savior ben XXXXX."
Presently, Bathsheba conceives an offspring, however the tyke turns out XX XX spooky XXXX XX XXX prophet XXXXXX had XXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXX goes XXXX a XXXX XX XXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX, yet XXX XXXX kicks XXX XXXXXX in XXX case. David XXXXXXXXXXX this occurred in reparation for XXX activities. XX likewise XXXXXXXX XXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXX XXX.
X XXXXXX XXXXX later Bathsheba is XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXX XXXXX a XXXXX XXXX - XXX XX named Solomon, XXX will's XXXXXXXX XXX prodigy, skilled XXXX XXXXXXXX knowledge.
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