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King David knew that feeling all too well. Imagine this: David, the shepherd boy who famously felled Goliath, now a king, is out hunting. But this isn't just any hunt. The Satan, t...
That's what happened to Abishai, David's cousin, in this fascinating little story from Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg. The scene is set on a Friday, just as the Shabbat, the...
King David knew that feeling well. Imagine this: David, the shepherd-king, the sweet singer of Israel, is locked in battle, far from home. He's facing Ishbi, a Philistine warrior, ...
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...
King David, the sweet singer of Israel, knew that feeling all too well. According to the Legends of the Jews, collected and retold by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, David’s reign wasn’t all...
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...
