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King David wanted to bring the Ark of the Covenant to
Jerusalem, but a man was accidentally killed the first time, and the
second time he did it God's way and got it right. David also wanted
to build a temple but God told him no because he had shed too much
blood. God moved upon David to secure the borders of Israel and
establish control over the whole nation. David won major victories
over the Philistines, committed genocide against the Moabites, and
conquered Zobah, Syria, Edom and displayed extreme savagery to the
Ammonites. He placed garrisons in the defeated cities and they were
forced to pay tribute to Israel. David is described as a man after
God's own heart. He experienced great joy in bringing the Ark of the
Covenant to Jerusalem but Michal spoiled it for him. God refused to
allow him to build the temple because he had too much blood on his
hands but David did not take this to heart and continued to
indiscriminately kill people. David showed compassion to the son of
Jonathan but he failed to show any consideration to the defeated
nations and took horrible revenge when he was betrayed. |
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