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Ken Smith wrote:
And yet its wrong to
deny Davids accomplishments, and there has to be some reason why he inspired the loyalty he
did. Even Yahweh loved David, as the narrative makes clear (though never
says explicitly). Thats the flip side of Davids ambiguous
characterization in Samuel.
Aye, there;s the rub. Did he inspire loyalty from all, or most, of
his countrymen, or only some?
How else do you explain most of his own tribe being won over by
Absalom and deserting him? How do you explain the schism of the kingdom, with
Sheba ben Bikhri raising the flag od revolt only a short time after David
succeeded in putting down his own son's revolt?
I conclude that a lot of his countrymen, even his own
tribesmen, were dissatisfied with him
Jonathan D. Safren
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