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He was laying siege to the Amalekite capital. For half a year, twelve thousand of Israel's finest soldiers had been camped outside the city walls, and… nothing. Can you feel the fr...
Let me tell you a story that’s practically ripped from the pages of a spy thriller, only this one is ancient. It all begins with Joab, a key figure in the Israelite army. He had a ...
That's the story of King David and his son Absalom. David, the shepherd-turned-king, the sweet singer of Israel…he faced many trials. But according to Legends of the Jews, as retol...
King David certainly did. We all know David. Shepherd boy turned giant-slaying hero, then King of Israel. But even kings have their moments of doubt, their times of struggle. And s...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
He's a bit of a background character, isn't he? One of David's many sons. But according to the Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, there's so much more to his st...
The stories we think we know sometimes have surprising twists, especially when we start digging into the details. Let's talk about Tamar, daughter of King David. You might think of...
