Philistines

because his size and physical strength have nothing to do with his performance in battle. When David became aware of the situation, he went down to the army. When David volunteered to fight Goliath Saul responded: “Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth” (1 Samuel 17:33). Saul says this because even the strongest men of his army are afraid to fight him, and he does not believe David can do it. Saul also says…

David needs to win unless he wants his army and the rest of the Israelites to become slaves to the Philistines. Goliath said, “But if I kill him, your people will be our slaves.” A difference between David and Casey is that David trusts in God. “Today the Lord will help me defeat you.” and Casey is just plain arrogant “There was ease in Casey’s manner as…

David was eighteen years old when Saul hired him as a musician and his permanent armor-bearer. The Israelites and were Philistines in the midst of a confrontation. Goliath of Gath, a Philistine, stepped out every day and challenged a single warrior to combat, but the Israelites were afraid. Goliath was ten feet tall and was covered in all the armor and weaponry of that time. One day, David took a leap of…

Biblical Allusions “Viva La Vida” alludes to a parable given by Jesus about a fool who built his house on sand and a man who built his house on rock. The song says “And I discovered that my castles stand. Upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand” because in the Bible the fool did not listen to Jesus and built his house on sand and it fell when rain came unlike the man’s house built on rock (salt). Pillars of salt is also a reference to Genesis 19:26, in which Lot’s wife was told if she looked back…

Before Saul's reign Samuel, was told by God that a Benjamite was to come to Israel, was ordered to anoint him king of Israel by the lord himself for he was the one who destined to defeat the Phillistines, the Israelites' greatest enemy. When anointed King he led his army of 3,000 strong to defeat an encampment, and was victorious this king was Saul. During one of his battles he was desperately outnumbered, out armed and outflanked and his troops were scattering. So he disobeyed Samuel and God…

the relationship and the tension between Saul and David. There were instances when Saul attempted to take David’s life, but Yahweh intervened and spared him. Several years later, in 2nd Samuel, under David’s rule, Judah reached triumph over the Philistines, Ammonites, and several other enemies. David had proved to Judah that he is capable of being a great king and had won them over. Yahweh offers David a convent to allow the line of kings to come to be in David’s line, and that his family…

of Goliath. Goliath was a mighty man, a giant, who fought with the Philistine army. Goliath was single handedly demoralizing the whole of the Israelite army in duels that no man could accept without dying. David, who was just merely a boy at the time, took on Goliath with no armour and no sword. With just a sling and a stone, and the power of God behind him, he slew Goliath. A feat that no man could fathom, especially the Philistines, who fled Israel immediately (King). At this time, David was…

similarities and differences. One way they are similar is that they both were confident in themselves. “Casey at the Bat” says “There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face” and “David and Goliath” says “David in the name of the Philistine gods and shouted, “Come on! When I’m finished with you, I’ll feed you to the birds and wild animals!”. Both of these show that Casey and David are confident, Casey with the prideful smile and David confident he will kill the giant. Another…

“The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.” ~ Author unknown. All leaders wrestle with advice being given to them, State leaders especially because they are put in a public stage. A wise response to Advice given makes a leader a comic hero, whereas if he responds foolishly, the leader is a tragic hero. A comic hero should be able to listen to God even when things aren’t going good, the tragic hero stumbles on his own decisions. The two heroes of 1 Samuel, tragic…

and ends up betraying their “Friends”. Back track a whiles farther, and we meet Delilah. The name translates to faithless one which shows a glimpse of what Delilah is like at heart. In Judges chapter 16 verse 5, it states, “ And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ‘Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him.…