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David proved a successful commander, and as his popularity increased, so did Saul's jealousy. In the hope that the Philistines might kill David, Saul gives David his daughter Michal in marriage, provided that David slay a hundred Philistines and bring their foreskins to him; David returns with two-fold the requirement.
The First Book of Samuel and the First Book of Chronicles both identify David as the son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, the youngest of eight sons. [15] He also had at least two sisters: Zeruiah, whose sons all went on to serve in David's army, and Abigail, whose son Amasa served in Absalom's army, Absalom being one of David's younger sons. [16]
Asimov's Guide to the Bible is a work by Isaac Asimov that was first published in two volumes in 1968 and 1969, [1] covering the Old Testament and the New Testament (including the Catholic Old Testament, or deuterocanonical, books (see Catholic Bible) and the Eastern Orthodox Old Testament books, or anagignoskomena, along with the Fourth Book of Ezra), respectively.
Davos, an exclusive ski resort near Zurich in Switzerland, hosts the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum which began on Monday. Delegates from big business, governments, civil society ...
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The Book of Genesis in a c. 1300 Hebrew Bible The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa a), one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah. The Bible is not a single book; it is a collection of books whose complex development is not completely understood.
Switzerland’s skies are ablaze with jets carrying business and political leaders, news pundits and billionaires into Davos for the World Economic Forum, an annual event where the elite hash out ...
The Bible is a television miniseries based on the Bible. It was produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and was broadcast weekly between March 3 and 31, 2013 on History channel. [ 4 ] It has since been adapted as a feature film, Son of God .