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    God's King
    God's King
    God's King
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    God's King

    By Paddick Van Zyl

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    Who was God's King? A look at the life and times of King David of Israel reveals this. David was called a man after God's own heart for a very good reason.

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    PublisherPaddick Van Zyl
    Release dateMay 22, 2015
    ISBN9780620659284
    God's King
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    Paddick Van Zyl

    Ordained minister of the gospel with a passion for books, writing and teaching. A philosopher at heart. Enjoy good food and good company..... "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you..." Maya Angelou

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      God's King - Paddick Van Zyl

      God's King

      Lessons From The Life and Times Of King David

      Paddick Van Zyl

      Published by Paddick Van Zyl at Smashwords

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      © Paddick Van Zyl 2020

      Disclaimer

      This book is designed to provide condensed information. It is not intended to reprint all the information that is otherwise available, but instead to complement, amplify and supplement other texts. You are urged to read all the available material, learn as much as possible and tailor the information to your individual needs.

      Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible. However, there may be mistakes, both typographical and in content. Therefore, this text should be used only as a general guide and not as the ultimate source of information.

      The purpose of this book is to educate. The author shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information contained in this book.

      No portion of this book may be copied, or used without prior written consent and permission from the author.

      Copyright Paddick Van Zyl

      ISBN 978-0-620-65928-4 (e-book) (SA) Published: 15 June 2015

      Updated : 14 September 2018; 10 March 2020

      Acknowledgement

      My sincere appreciation and thanks to Graemme Marshall & Peter Eddington (UCG) as well as Chana Weisberg (Chabad.org) and Dorothy Valcàrcel for allowing me to quote from their writings in my book.

      All Scripture, unless otherwise indicated, taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      Index

      Disclaimer

      Prologue

      Section I David's Early Life David's Roots And Childhood

      Section II David's Adult Life

      Section III The Psalm’s of David

      Epilogue

      End Notes

      Bibliography

      About the Author

      Make Contact with the Author the Author

      Prologue

      What made king David, the king of Israel so great? What was it about him that we can glean from his life and what valuable lesson for life may we gain from studying his life?

      His was probably one of the most interesting and controversial reigns in Biblical history and yet he was mightily used of God, so much so that it has never before or after been said of another that he was a man after God's own heart (Acts 13:22), that is a testimony to desire.

      My aim with this book is to take a closer look at David the person, the shepherd boy who became David the king. This also inspired the title of this book. His relationships. His worship. His character. He was chosen by God, to be God's king for the nation of Israel, God's own people. He did not choose or appoint himself as others did. I believe these key areas to be important, not that his conquests were not important. The question to ask is: how did David behave in any given situation? Who did he look to as his mentor?

      Join me as we look at the life and times of this remarkable boy and man- David.

      Christ Greetings

      Pastor Paddick Van Zyl

      Section 1

      David's Early Life

      David's Roots & Childhood

      What do we know about the early life, especially the childhood of King David? The New King James Bible does not mention anything specific other than that David was a young boy and tending his father, Jesse's sheep, as can be seen in the book of 1 Samuel chapter 16. We find mention of his bloodline the first time in the book of Ruth chapter 4 verse 17: Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. From scripture (Ruth 4:19-22) we can see that the blood line looks something like this: Perez, Hezron, Ram, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, who fathered Salmon who fathered Boaz, who fathered Obed, who fathered Jesse, the father of David and his 6 brothers. They are from the tribe of Judah.

      Born in the land of Judah, in Beth-Lehem in the year 2854 and only ten generations removed from Judah, on the sons of Jacob. He belonged to the princely family of his tribe as Jewish history reveals:

      'David belonged to the princely family of his tribe, which had given Israel princes and leaders. One of David's early ancestors, Nachshon, the son of Aminadav, won fame at the crossing of the Red Sea, after the liberation of Israel from Egypt. He was the first to jump into the sea, whereupon the sea was divided for Israel. Since then, Nachshon was the most honored of all the princes of Israel. (He was the first to bring his offerings to the Mishkan, which was erected in the desert in the following year).' 1

      Chana Weisberg, editor of The Jewish Woman Organization, and lecturer on issues relating to woman, shares her insights into the early life of David in an article she published entitled: Nitzeve, Mother of David. As Chana notes:

      'David was born into the illustrious family of Yishai (Jesse), who served as the head of the sanhedrin (supreme court of Torah law), and was one of the most distinguished leaders of his generation. Yishai was a man of such greatness that the Talmud (Shabbat 55b) observes that Yishai was one of only four righteous individuals who died solely due to the instigation of the serpent—i.e., only because death was decreed upon the human race when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge at the serpent’s instigation, not due to any sin or flaw of his own. David was the youngest in his family, which included seven other illustrious and charismatic brothers.'2

      This seems to fit in exactly with the royal setting and backdrop into which baby David should be born into, seeing he is to be

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