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David\u2019s first act as king is to attempt to conquer Jerusalem. As he approaches the city, the Jebusite inhabitants call out to the approaching army: \u201cYou will never get in here! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back\u201d (verse 6). Later, David tells his troops:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2018Those who attack the Jebusites shall reach the water channel and [strike down] the lame and the blind, who are hateful to David.\u2019 That is why they say: 'No one who is blind or lame may enter the House\u2019 (verse 8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why do the inhabitants taunt David with these words? What does David mean by striking down the blind and the lame? According to Rashi, the blind and the lame referred to Jebusite idols. They claimed their two gods would protect the city. David was incensed that they would taunt him with idolatry. He told his army that he would reward those who destroy the idols. Rashi\u2019s reading is interesting as up until now, almost all idols had names. These seem to go by a description. It does make sense that the Jebusites would look to their gods and that David would want to destroy them. These statues were lame and blind because all idols have eyes but do not see and feet but do not walk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ralbag takes a similar approach. His understanding is that these were not idols, but statues. These two statues were guarding the gate by being connected to a mechanism that locked the city walls with iron rods. The statues were controlled by the water cistern that turned the statues and moved the rods. The taunt to David was that he could not enter the city as long as these gatekeepers were in the locked position. This is why later David tells his soldiers that removing the blind and lame statues by reaching the water cistern would be the only way to enter the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Metzudat David explains that these were not idols but actual people. The Jebusites believed that the inhabitants of the city were so strong that even the blind and lame could defend against the city. David\u2019s charge to his people is to reach the water cistern and then everyone would see that this claim was nothing more than an empty threat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak brings a midrashic interpretation. Abraham swore an oath to the Jebusites and Abimelech that none of his descendants would harm the city as long as Abimelech\u2019s descendants controlled it. The Jebusites erected two statues as monuments to this oath. One was blind like Isaac and the other was lame like Jacob. These two descendants of Abraham \u201cstood guard\u201d of the city to repel any attempt by the Israelites to conquer it. David\u2019s charge to the people is to explain that this oath is no longer in effect as the descendants of Abimelech no longer dwelled there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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If you walk west on Emek Refaim street in Jerusalem, there\u2019s a spot where the street ends, the ground seems to drop off from beneath you, and you find yourself looking down.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A sharp right turn will keep you on elevated ground; in fact, you\u2019ll soon find yourself walking uphill towards the San Simon Monastery. Turn left, and you will remain on elevated ground as well, and eventually walk uphill towards neighborhoods like Arnona and Talpiot. But right ahead of you, there is no way but down: down into what was once known as the valley of Rephaim, and through it down to the Brook of Sorek, and through it all the way down to Israel\u2019s coastal plain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Had you stood in this very spot sometime between 1892-1998, you might have seen a train chugging up the valley towards you, bearing goods and passengers form Jaffa\u2019s port. When the Jerusalem businessman Yosef Navon first approached the Ottoman government with his plan to build a Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, he followed in the footsteps of many others who tried, for millennia, to connect Israel\u2019s fertile coastal plain with its forbidding mountain range. The route he picked wasn\u2019t original either; long before Navon\u2019s train, the Philistines marched up this valley to make war against King David.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Philistines could have picked other routes for their attack. Yet they preferred the Valley of Rephaim, and probably for the same reason Navon chose it for his railway: unlike other passages, this valley is broad enough to accommodate heavy machinery. It allowed Navon to build a rail, and it allowed the Philistines to march up with their heavy iron weapons and their chariots. But these preparations ultimately failed them: by circling around the Philistines and forcing them to flee to the coastal plain through a narrower route, David turned their heavy weapons into a liability. The boy who killed an armored giant with a stone became the king who deprived well-armed armies from what they saw as their advantage. And so the Philistines retreated, never to make a serious stand again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The site of this final defeat lies roughly where Navon\u2019s railway ended, in what became, in recent years, a hub of restaurants, live concerts and cultural events. If you follow in the Philistines\u2019 footsteps all the way there can enjoy a classic Jerusalem-esque juxtaposition, and sip iced coffee in the very place where a war that spanned three biblical books and several centuries had come to a decisive end.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In the book of Deuteronomy (17:15) we see the instruction of how to appoint a king. It is up to the Jewish people yet dependent on God choosing the right candidate. It is the perfect blend of popular monarchy whereby the monarch is the ruler of people, and the divine right of kings, where God is the sole authority to the monarch.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the book of Samuel II, chapter 5, we see this concept play out. The tribes of Israel come to David in Hebron and declare loyalty to him. They acknowledge God\u2019s desire to have David as king, and then the elders make a pact and anoint David as king of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is the third anointing David goes through \u2013 first by Samuel (Samuel I, Chapter 16) and then by Judah (Samuel II, Chapter 2) and now here by all of Israel. Each anointing expands David\u2019s power, first he is anointed by God\u2019s instruction, then he fulfills the blessing of Jacob to his paternal ancestor Judah, whereby his descendents would appoint from their midst a King, and then by the entire people of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In some ways we see these anointings as correlating to the life of David. Shepherd. Warrior. Leader. The shepherd wanders in solitude, caring for his flock but oftentimes going unnoticed. Moshe was also a shepherd, and like David, the only one who was following the journeys of the flock was God. Moses was divinely appointed in his act of shepherd, so too David.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then David acts as warrior, commander of the battlefield. He does not yet have the ability to rally an entire nation around him. Like a warrior, he commands the respect of those who are nearest to him, and so it makes sense that he is anointed by his tribe mates, exalted to lead over them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Finally, he moves from being warrior to leader. He is able to transcend his battlefield experience, into a vision that encompasses all of the people of Israel; he is articulate, visionary, and unifying. So he is finally anointed by the elders of all the land.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He is the king with divine right. 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Our chapter features the first usage of the term \u201cZion\u201d as a moniker for Jerusalem. Yet the meaning of the word is shrouded in mystery, leading commentators to offer a host of different interpretations. Perhaps the most common is the association between Zion and the biblical word \u201c<\/span>tziya<\/span><\/i>,\u201d a place of desert and barrenness. On this suggestion, the name Zion is associated with the fact that Jerusalem is less bountiful than other areas of Israel. What is more, at a later point in history, the name became associated with the destruction of Jerusalem, which was symbolized by barrenness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Professor Yair Zakovich, however, notes that in a number of biblical texts, the symbolism of Zion is inverted, so that it refers to bountiful plenty. Psalm 126, recited as the introduction to the Grace after Meals on Sabbath and holidays, refers to Zion in context of bounty. We anticipate that God will restore Jerusalem \u201clike watercourses in the Negev\u201d (126:4), and that \u201cthey who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy\u201d (126:5). In these verses, we \u201cdream\u201d of a Zion that is suddenly no longer barren, but filled with (unexpected - as in the Negev) watercourses. The Jews will once again reap their harvest in the time of redemption - precisely the opposite of the symbolism of Jerusalem as a barren wasteland.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Second, Psalm 133 reads:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A song of ascents of David. How good and how pleasant it is that brothers dwell together.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>It is like fine oil on the head running down onto the beard, the beard of Aaron, that comes down over the collar of his robe, like the dew of Hermon that falls upon the mountains of Zion. There the Lord ordained blessing, everlasting life. (v. 1-3)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Taken together, a striking juxtaposition emerges between Zion and bounty. While we do not initially know that the referent is Zion, in light of verse 3, verse 2 compares Zion to \u201cfine oil\u2026 running down onto the beard.\u201d God has ordained for Zion \u201cblessing, everlasting life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Finally, Zakovich notes, the book of Isaiah takes one final step, clinching the transformed symbolism of Zion:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Truly the Lord has comforted Zion, Comforted all her ruins; He has made her wilderness like Eden, Her desert like the Garden of the Lord. Gladness and joy shall abide there, Thanksgiving and the sound of music (51:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Remarkably, the verse compares Zion during the redemption to nothing less than the Garden of Eden, the ultimate paragon of bounty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Biblical names, then, with Zion as a chief example, may be examined not only for their original etymology, but also for their evolving symbolism throughout the Bible. In the case of Zion, nothing less than a stunning inversion of the word\u2019s symbolism occurs over the course of biblical history.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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What does it take to be sure of oneself and one\u2019s path in life?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David was selected from among all his brothers and anointed by a prophet. He defeated a lion, a giant, and hundreds of Philistines. With no effort on his part, Saul\u2019s killer brought him Saul\u2019s crown; the last real supporter of Saul\u2019s house defected to David\u2019s side and then was killed for good measure; and Saul\u2019s potential heir was killed in his bed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If that weren\u2019t enough \u2013 II Samuel chapter 5 opens with \u201call the tribes of Israel\u201d formally approaching David, acknowledging him as the superior warrior and as God\u2019s chosen ruler, and (re-)anointing him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Is David sure yet?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cDavid kept growing stronger, for the LORD, the God of Hosts, was with him\u201d (v. 10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Still not.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Only after <\/span>King Hiram of Tyre sent materials and workers who \u201cbuilt a palace for David\u201d (v. 11) \u2013 only then do we read \u201cThus David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingship \u2026\u201d (v. 12).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is it about the help of a non-Jewish king that leaves David fully confident in his position as the Jewish king?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On one hand, this is often the way of confidence. We might basically know something \u2013 but external validation brings that knowledge to a whole new level, as when one feels prepared for a test and then receives the confirmation of an \u201cA,\u201d or tests a solid theory in the lab and finds that it holds. In the realm of decisions, as well: a Jew who observes kashrut will sometimes walk just a little taller when a non-Jewish acquaintance commends that commitment. Perhaps even for King David, what he\u2019d long known became all the more real when he discovered an outsider knew it too.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On the other hand, Malbim (on 7:1) suggests David\u2019s knowledge in this verse refers more specifically to his conclusion that it must be time to build God a Temple:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Two conditions were necessary for building the Temple: One, having a king; and two, having rest from their enemies\u2026 David thought both conditions were fulfilled\u2026 He saw the house that Hiram built him as a sign \u2018<\/span>that the LORD had established him as king over Israel\u2019 (5:2)\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this understanding, David\u2019s \u201cknowledge\u201d was not a reaction to Hiram\u2019s recognition, but to the physical palace he\u2019d built.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Of course, David then discovers he\u2019s wrong and the Temple will have to wait. We might also note, then, that \u201cknowledge\u201d \u2013 even about something that seems to have universal support \u2013 is rarely 100%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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For a couple of years now, our family, along with hundreds of others, has regularly hosted Christian groups for Friday night dinner. It is moving to share Shabbat with people who, though usually visiting Jerusalem for the first time, feel that it is a place that they have always known through their bible study. Some speak of the sense of belonging they feel here.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps the origins of these feelings are in today\u2019s chapter, in which David conquers Jerusalem and sets up his capital here. Why Jerusalem? Some scholars and commentators have suggested that David chose it as the site of Mount Moriah and the Akeidah, or because of its strategic importance a place ringed with mountains.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Others have noted that Jerusalem was not in the territory of any of the tribes. The Book of Joshua, (15:63) recounts that the men of Judah tried to conquer Jerusalem from the Jebusites who lived there but didn\u2019t succeed. An almost identical verse in Judges (1:21) adds that the tribe of Benjamin also tried to take Jerusalem, but they didn\u2019t manage either. Jerusalem was coveted by both tribes but possessed by neither.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Making peace between his own tribe, Judah, and the tribe of Saul, Benjamin was an urgent priority for David in the early years of his reign. So, some have pointed out that establishing his capital in a place right between both tribes\u2019 land was a brilliant move towards unification of the warring factions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The rabbis drew\u00a0 halachic implications from this unique aspect of Jerusalem\u2019s status. For example, Jerusalem residents were not allowed to take payment for hosting guests in their homes on the pilgrimage holidays, (though the guests were encouraged to leave a gift, Yoma 12a). As the exclusive patrimony of no tribe or family, those who lived in the city held it in trust for the rest of the Jewish people who treasured Jerusalem and came to worship there three times each year.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Today, Jerusalem is both the eternal capital of the Jewish people, established over 3000 years ago by King David, and also a city that is special to billions of other people worldwide. 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How long did David rule as king? Our chapter tells us that \u201cDavid was thirty years old when he became king and he reigned forty years\u201d (Shamuel II, 5:4). The simple answer then would be: forty years. However, the next verse, which breaks down the total time, leaves an unaccounted six months:: \u201cIn Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty three years\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Gemara (Sanhedrin 107a) devotes a lengthy and moving discussion to the issue: \u201cRav Yehuda says that Rav says: one should never bring himself to undergo an ordeal (trial) as David, King of Israel, brought himself to undergo an ordeal and failed\u201d. David, explains the Gemara, wanted to know why does the opening of the Amida prayer include the three forefathers and not him? \u201cExamine me\u201d, he says (Psalms 26:2), thinking of his dedication and devotion to God. But God tested him and David failed, in the matter of Bathsheba (coming up in chapter 11), because a \u201chalacha\u201d escaped him: \u201cthere is a small limb in a man\u201d, continues the Gemara: \u201cif he starves it, it is satisfied but if he satiates it, it starves\u201d. This is in reference to one\u2019s sexual desire, where accordingly the more one overindulges himself, the more he desires it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David is punished with six months of leprosy, \u201cand the Divine Presence abandons him and the members of the Sanhedrin dissociated themselves from him\u201d. His affliction of leprosy, reminds us of Moses, the first \u201cmetzora\u201d (leper - Exodus 3) when speaking ill of God\u2019s plan for His people. In a way, David too, could not hold back to allow God\u2019s plan. The Talmud continues, telling us that Bathsheba was intended for David since creation but their unity only occurred via suffering. In that way it was both successful, begetting Solomon, but also lacking: Kind David\u2019s kingship was imperfect. The building of the long sought-after Temple was transferred to his son, and the ultimate redemption \u2013 delayed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The forty years, equal to the number of the letter <\/span>mem<\/span><\/i>, the heart of the Hebrew alphabet and letter sounding the core of existence, were cut short, just by a bit. Not enough to take all the glory away; enough to make it deficient.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

King David was pained twice: by the \u201cact\u201d itself and by its publicity. Yet, by bringing it to the text, it allowed us a king who is human, and participation in the unfinished task.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our chapter records how David was appointed king over Israel in Hebron (verses 1-5). Then: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The king and his men set out for Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the region. David was told, \u201c\u2018You will never get in here! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back\u2019... But David captured the stronghold of Zion; it is now the City of David (verses 5-7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This perplexing narrative of David\u2019s confronting the blind and the lame in capturing the city of Jebus -- later his capital, Jerusalem (see I Chronicles 11:4) -- is elaborated in the early medieval composition Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer (Chapter 36). This extended midrashic narrative begins with Abraham\u2019s purchasing the Cave of Machpelah (Genesis Chapter 23),\u00a0 according to the Midrash, from the Jebusites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They made this sale conditional on Abraham\u2019s taking an oath, confirmed in a perpetual deed, that Abraham\u2019s descendants would not take possession of Jebus without the agreement of their Jebusite descendants. To ensure the future fulfillment of this covenant, the Jebusites set up copper images in the city street on which they inscribed Abraham\u2019s oath. Later, David was initially unable to enter Jebus, when he was told: \u201c\u201cYou will never get in here! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back\u201d (5:6). The Midrash learns that these \u201cblind and lame\u201d were the copper images that had been set up by Jebusites (see Psalms 115:4-7 -- \u201cTheir idols... They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk\u201d). And it was because of Abraham\u2019s oath preventing the Israelites from conquering Jebus, inscribed on these copper idols, that David\u2019s advance was temporarily halted. So then, David said to his men: \u201cWhoever attacks the Jebusites first will be the chief officer\u201d. And it was Joab, son of Zeruiah, who attacked first, and became David\u2019s chief (I Chronicles 11:6). According to the midrash, David ordered that the one to become chief would be the one who removed from Jebus the blind and lame idols on which was inscribed Abraham\u2019s oath.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Part of the wall of ancient Jebus has now been uncovered in the City of David excavations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In 1867, British engineer Charles Warren explored a shaft that ran from a water source near the Gihon Spring to a shallow pool located in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The tunnel, commonly known as Warren\u2019s shaft, and its accompanying tower defense system, can be dated to the 18th<\/sup> century BCE, the period of Canaanite control of Jerusalem. According to 2 Kings 5:7\u20138, King David conquered the city by sneaking in through the watercourse.<\/p>\r\n

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In this chapter, all of Israel comes to acknowledge David\u2019s reign and, perhaps as a consequence of his broader acceptance, he decides to move his capital from Hebron, which was strictly Judean, to the more broad-based Jerusalem\u2014then known as Jebus. As he approached the city, however, he received the following enigmatic message: \u201cYou will not enter here until you remove the `<\/span>ivrim<\/span><\/em> and the <\/span>pischim<\/span><\/em>\u201d (6). While there are various ways in which these critical words have been translated, the consensus (including, inter alia, King James and the Jewish Publication Society) is that the former are \u201cthe blind\u201d and the latter are \u201cthe lame.\u201d Just who were these blind and lame who were ostensibly preventing David\u2019s conquest of Jebus?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi (and others), following the Midrash, explained:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

[Jebus\u2019s inhabitants] were from the descendants of Abimelech [King of the Philistines]. They had two idols, one [depicting] a blind person and one [depicting] a lame person. They were made to represent Isaac [who was blind] and Jacob [who limped]. [Placed] in their mouths was the oath Abraham swore to Abimelech [to be gracious to his descendants up to four generations, Genesis 21:23-24]<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Equally perplexing is David\u2019s retort: \u201cWhosoever strikes a Jebusite and reaches the [water] pipe (<\/span>tzinor<\/span><\/em>), and the blind and lame who are despised by David, wherefore they say \u2018neither blind nor lame shall enter the house\u2019\u201d (8). Rashi, in keeping with his previous remark, identified the <\/span>tzinor<\/span><\/em> as a tower or spire, explaining that it was there that the Jebusite idols were kept, and it had to be taken first.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yosef Ibn Caspi (14<\/span>th<\/span> century), however, took a highly original track, combining both verses to produce the following interpretation:\u00a0 Inside the entrance to Jebus, as to every walled city, was a pool of water that was frequented by the wretched of society, such as the blind and the lame. The Jebusites were actually taunting David, saying, \u201cYour chances of conquering the city are as poor as they are to overcome these wretches, who, alone, can defeat you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After the successful conquest, David solidified his rule by building a royal palace, in which he was assisted by Hiram, King of Tyre, whose assistance would be welcomed later in the construction of the first Temple by Solomon (1 Kings 5). David also took additional wives and concubines and although it is not specifically indicated, chances are that some or even all of those marriages were politically inspired.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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5:6 \u201cAnd the king went, and his men with him, to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land, and he said to David, saying \u2018You shall not enter here unless you can remove the blind and the lame,\u2019 which is to say \u2018David shall not enter here!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Commentary: This puzzling phrase, together with its even more enigmatic occurence in verse 8, is a notorious crux. The most disparate theories have been proposed for how to read the words of the text and how to reconstruct what is said to go on in the conquest of the city. The Qumran Samuel scroll for this verse reads: \u201cYou shall not enter here, for the blind and the lame have incited [<\/span>hesitu<\/span><\/i> for Masoretic <\/span>hesirkha<\/span><\/i>], saying \u2018David shall not enter here.\u2019\u201d This variant has the advantage of fluency, but one suspects it may have been invented to make a difficult traditional text more intelligible. The explanation proposed by Yigal Yadin is probably the most plausible: he points to a Hittite text for the swearing in of troops in which a blind woman and a lame man are set before the men with the monitory imprecation that their fate will be like that of those wretches if they fail in their duty. The Jebusites, then, might have displayed the lame and the blind on the ramparts with an analogous curse against those who would presume to attack the city. This taunting curse would explain why these maimed figures are \u201cdespised by David.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cDavid Conquers Yerushalayim, or The Beginning of Ir David\u201d <\/a><\/u>by Rachel Leshaw: The Davidic history of the Jewish people\u2019s connection to Jerusalem.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhy Jerusalem?\u201d<\/a><\/u> by Racheli Shafier: Sources on the significance of the holy city.<\/p>\r\n

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  1. The riddle of the blind and the lame<\/em>. Who are the \u201cthe lame and the blind, who are hateful to David\u201d (verse 8)? And what\u2019s the connection between them and the water channel?David must have understood; the readers of the text over the generations - not so much. Which has led to a wealth of creative interpretations - worth checking out.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Foreign relations<\/em>. Hiram, the king of the northern kingdom of Tyre sends a shipment of raw materials and craftsmen (verse 11) to build a palace for David. The desire for a political-economic alliance testifies to David\u2019s strength and stature in the region.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. All His Sons<\/em>. More of David\u2019s Jerusalem progeny whom we haven\u2019t met, with some unlikely names. By the way, this is the final list. Not everyone was born at once - or even by this time. Solomon is on the list, and he will only be born in 7 chapters.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Marching orders<\/em>. Note the detailed battle plan laid out in verses 24-25, and also - the general who presents it.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. God\u2019s got his back<\/em>. This is how success sounds in Biblical: \u201cDavid kept growing stronger, for the LORD, the God of Hosts, was with him\u201d (verse 10).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"II Samuel 5","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"II Samuel","chapter":"5","chapter_main_number":"268","date":"20260908","wall_id":"268"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/59503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}