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It’s a heavy idea, and in the vast tapestry of Jewish legend, we find a powerful example of this in the story of King David and the Gibeonites. We pick up the story after the earli...
The story revolves around a famine in Israel, a famine attributed to King Saul's transgression against the Gibeonites. You see, long ago, Joshua had made a pact with the Gibeonites...
We know David yearned to build a house for God, a permanent resting place for the Ark of the Covenant. Yet, it was his son, Solomon, who ultimately fulfilled that sacred task. Why?...
But even kings, even the "sweet singer of Israel," aren't immune to mistakes. And one mistake, in particular, almost cost him everything: the census. Now, you might be thinking, wh...
That’s exactly the situation King David found himself in, according to the Legends of the Jews. He wasn’t choosing between dinner options, though. This was a divine reckoning. You ...
As Ginzberg retells it in Legends of the Jews, at that very moment, an angel descended, not to offer comfort, but to execute judgment. The angel slew four of David's sons, the prop...
According to the Legends of the Jews – that incredible compilation of rabbinic lore by Louis Ginzberg – David's death was less an ending and more of a…scene change. Think of it as ...
Not just any dinner party, but a celestial banquet in Paradise, a feast for all the righteous souls who've ever lived. And King David? He's about to play a very special role. Accor...
We often hear about the patriarchs, the kings, the prophets... but what about their wives? Take David, for example. We know him as the shepherd boy who slew Goliath, the king who u...
