In this essay I will be talking about the life of King David. He was a man who went from
being a giant slayer, to a king, to a man in exile and, then he went back to being a
great man. As a boy, David was a shepherd. He took care of his father's sheep. He was a
very courageous boy. When a wolf tried to steal a sheep, he didn't run, he stood his
ground and killed the wolf.
One day his father told him to go to the land where his brothers were fighting a war
against the Philistines. When he got there, he saw the giant Goliath cursing God and
making fun of the Hebrew warriors. David was the only person there with enough courage to
fight Goliath. With God's help David killed Goliath with a sling and a stone from a brook
nearby. When he killed Goliath, the Philistines were really scared. They all fled for
their lives and the Hebrews won the war.
During David's life he makes many friends. One of the people who was David's friend
was king Saul. David played his harp for Saul and made him feel better when life was
getting him down. David also becomes good friends with, Jonathan, Saul's son. Saul gets
envious of David because the people of Saul's kingdom really like David. Saul tried to
have David killed but, Jonathan finds out about the plot and saves David's life.
Later on in life David became king of all Israel. One day David was up on the roof
of his palace and he saw Bathsheba bathing on her roof. Instead of turning away from his
sinful thoughts, he had her called to his chamber where he lay with her, and had sexual
intercourse. David didn't think before he acted and he got Bathsheba pregnant. He had no
idea how to get out of the predicament he was in.
David summoned Bathsheba's husband Uriah back from battle. He told Uriah to go lay
with his wife for the night, but Uriah was loyal to King David and would not leave the
King's side. That night Uriah slept with the rest of the King's warriors, instead of his
own wife who he hadn't see in days. The next night David tried to get Uriah drunk so he
could trick him into lying with his wife. But still Uriah remains loyal to David and, he
will not leave his King. Then David came up with an idea to have Uriah fight in the front
of the battle where the fighting was fiercest and David knew that Uriah would be killed.
Uriah is killed in battle and David is allowed to marry Bathsheba. She bears him a
child, and life is good, but David's sins are found out by the prophet Nathan and he
loses his position as King. The child Bathsheba had for David dies because David sinned
against God. David is exiled and he finds himself living in a cave. God hadn't give up on
David. He still had a plan for David's life. By David being exiled, it allows David to
write the book of Psalms. These writings are very inspiring.
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