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Gospel images - David and Solomon

Bible overview
Paintings of scenes in the lives of David and Solomon.
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David the shepherd. <br/>Then Samuel said to Jesse, ‘Are all your sons here?’ And he said, ‘There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.’ And Samuel said to Jesse, ‘Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.’ <br/>1 Samuel 16:11 <br/>Full text: I Samuel 17:33-37 – Slide 1
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David anointed king. <br/>Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. <br/>1 Samuel 16:13 <br/>Full text: 1 Samuel 16:13 – Slide 2
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David and Goliath. <br/>And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. <br/>1 Samuel 17:49 <br/>Full text: 1 Samuel 1-11, 40-52 – Slide 3
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The covenant between Jonathan and David. <br/>Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. <br/>1 Samuel 18:3 <br/>Full text: 1 Samuel 17:57-58, 1 Samuel 18:1-5 – Slide 4
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David spares Saul's life. <br/>Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, ‘My lord the king!’ <br/>1 Samuel 24:9 <br/>Full text: 1 Samuel 24 – Slide 5
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Nathan rebukes David. <br/>Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man!’ <br/>2 Samuel 12:7 <br/>Full text: 2 Samuel 12:1–15 – Slide 6
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David brings the Ark to Jerusalem. <br/>And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. <br/>2 Samuel 6:14 <br/>Full text: 2 Samuel 6:12-23 – Slide 7
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Solomon’s Judgement. <br/>He then gave an order: ‘Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.’ <br/>The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, ‘Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!’ <br/>But the other said, ‘Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!’ <br/>Then the king gave his ruling: ‘Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.’ <br/>1 Kings 3:25-27 <br/>Full text: I Kings 3:16-28 – Slide 8
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