Excited to Announce the Upcoming Amazon Short Story: David
This article is hitting on a couple of points in regards to the upcoming book. The book is a brief summary of who exactly King David was as a teen and where he came from, in a story you have never read before!
This upcoming book is a psychological and historical point of view. And this story details what his life in these years can do for you — for your life, your motivation, and your ways of living, even relationships. Life principles are not limited to religion, so forget that this is based on a Bible story, it’s real life.
“When a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth.” 1 Samuel 17 : 34 & 35.
Why My Version is Different
Throughout my story of David, I compare psychological concepts with historical texts to bring you the person. Not take one biblical selection and pretend that no pastor or theologian ever does additional research.
Foremost, David was a warrior
There have been authors that noted David “boasted” about killing a lion and a bear THAT attacked his flock when he told King Saul about these situations. I would like to talk about how this perspective boils the blood of real warriors. First off, warriors don’t give a sh*t about most situations, they just respond the best they can. Some people need to look beyond themselves, I think these writer’s are talking about themselves.
Military veterans don’t tell you their deepest stories, you have not earned them, you really don’t care and we know that, and you were not there in the fire. When we are in the room with a bunch of soldiers, discussing warrior stuff, well — we discuss warrior stuff. There is not gloating or boasting; the facts are told. David was stating that the king was incorrect by using his experience, because the king was incorrect, and David told it the way it was. That is a warrior, through and through. That is how a Navy SEAL takes over a room. By experience.
Example of other books and writers. Many translations say “smote” when David killed a lion(s) and a bear(s). The New Living Translation reads “with a club”. David did not kill anything with no tiny club (he was smaller than his brothers), especially a large Syrian Bear. Which would have been the bear of his era and location — your Bible did not need to tell us that, if we did our research like the Bible says to do (God wants us to realize our life does not reflect anyone else’s). Syrian Bears are not the largest, however. But, look at it. What warrior is that dumb to run at this with a club, much less a teen shepherd?
So, what combat strategy did David use (if he ultimately used a club to kill the aggressive animal)?
Another reason we know what David used:
Let’s take this to the Meriam-Webster Dictionary.
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice… — Numbers 20:11
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. — 1 Samuel 17:50
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. — 1 Chronicles 13:10
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. — Acts 12:23
Smote just means “hit”. With a rock, hand, paper airplane, or whatever. God told David to ONLY BRING STONES when he faced Goliath. So, with stones David “smote” Goliath, then used an object (in this case a sword) to ultimately end the battle. David trained with and was proficient with the items God told him to use, God id not call him to use a spear, use armor, or pretend to be someone he was not.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smote
This is not rocket science. The Bible tells us everything we need to know. If we study it. If we don’t study it, we’re just a box of rocks. Stupid. Google is a lifesaver. Use it. The key is cross-reference, cross-reference, cross-reference; all pastors will tell you to cross-reference them.
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In the short story I discuss how David was born. There are conflicting stories as to whether David was born from a prostitute or his mother (but a different father). I tackle this fact, too, and give you the truth of it. Again, the Bible does not need to give us 2+2, when it brings us all the intel we need and we have basic sciences, like psychology. Even history alongside reading the Bible.
This short story will be hopefully completed on Halloween, not ready for sale yet. Just two months away! Release date is dependent on research speed.
“Thrown to the sheep, forgotten, came out a king” what’s your excuse? A prophet came to the house of David’s father, Jesse and asked Jesse to bring all his sons. Back then, prophets were basically law. So, in this instance when Jesse was asked to bring all his sons, with no hesitation Jesse did not give a rats fourth-point-of-contact about David — to a prophet!
Guess what the prophet saw when David walked in the room? A God-fearing warrior who lived a life defending helplessness with a wicked aim with a Shepherd’s Sling. Imagine what David could do with an army after he becomes proficient. He was one of the greatest kings and warriors to ever walk the planet. He did not kill a leopard with a spear, he took out at least 1 lion and 1 bear before the age of 16 with just his staff, Shepherd’s Sling, and knife (maybe a sword, probably not). I think Spartans came from David.
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