Women of the Bible Bathsheba Tamar Pastor Ritva Williams April 2016 RECAP 1040-970 BCE: The life of David, son of Jesse, descended from Boaz and Ruth. He was anointed while still a youth by the prophet Samuel as the successor to King Saul, who came to see David as a dangerous rival. Saul offered to make David his son-in-law by marry him to his daughter Merab, but later changed his mind and gave her to someone else. Saul’s younger daughter, Michal, fell in love with David and was married to him in exchange for 100 Philistine foreskins. Michal helped David escape her father’s assassination attempts. David fled into the wilderness, where he became a warlord with a militia of 400 men. King Saul gave Michal to be the wife Paltiel. As a warlord, David and his men provided protection to travelers, shepherds, villages, small towns, and even worked as mercenaries for the Philistine king of Gath. During those years David acquired his wife Abigail. She was originally the wife of Nabal a wealthy landowner with 3000 sheep and 1000 goats. Nabal refused to compensate David and his men for their protection, but Abigail who was clever and beautiful went behind his back to personally deliver provisions to David. When Nabal learned what his wife had done he had a seizure and died. David wooed Abigail and made her his wife. He also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Once David became king of Judah (~1010 BCE) he made the return of Michal a condition of the peace treaty with Saul’s descendants. We know nothing of their life together until seven years later when as the newly crowned king of all Israel, David brought the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem. Michal saw David leaping and dancing before the Lord and despised him in her heart. She scolded him for his behavior, David was not impressed; consequently she never had a child (2 Samuel 6:16-23).
Women of the Bible Bathsheba Tamar Pastor Ritva Williams April 2016 RECAP 1040-970 BCE: the Life of David, Son of Jesse, Descended from Boaz and Ruth
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