David T. Abercrombie

The Star of David is a symbol used to identify Judaism. It’s supposed to represent the shape of King David’s shield (Levine 2015). This symbol is well respected in Israel, it’s part of their national flag. It’s called a hexagram or six-point star (Levine 2015). One of the first Jewish uses of the Star is part of the colophon; part of the embroidery of the title page of a book, the printer sometimes included the family name on the colophon which showed class and wealth (Levine 2015). Today the…

America loves a good underdog story. When I watch the adventure of those depicted in the films Rudy and Rocky I still get chills. It takes guts for someone who is small in stature to stand up to an accomplished, gifted athlete. Adventure after adventure, the underdog gives us someone we average people can relate to and root for. There is a reason nobody ever sides with the cliché 80’s bad guy that wears a headband and seems to always have a pretty girl under their arm. Finally, a new underdog…

In the poem “Casey at the Bat” and story “David and Goliath” , when David & Casey are compared, there are many similarities and differences. One similarity is David and Casey are both faced with difficult situations where they are being depended on by several people. David’s situation is he’s battling a giant; mentally and physically. In the passage, it states,” Sir, I have killed lions and bears that way, and I can kill this worthless Philistine. He shouldn’t have made fun of the army of the…

King David of Israel was the major source and collector of the Psalms. I also learned that Moses gave Israel the five books of the Torah, and correspondingly David gave the five books of the Psalms. Learning that The Psalms are divided into five major section: Psalms 1-41 (Book 1) Psalms 42-71 (Book 2) Psalms 73-89 (Book 3) Psalms 90-106 (Book 4) and Psalms 107-150 (Book 5). Here I found that David is listed in the superscription of 73 psalms, hwever this does not necessarily mean that David…

as well as king David who was made famous by defeating Goliath. Again, in this book we see that obedience to God brings blessings and disobedience brings curses. Regardless of whether Israel had a king or not, in order to receive blessings all were expected to be subject to God in the end. 2 Samuel This book is primarily about king David, his successes as well as his sins and failures. Davis began as a Shepherd boy who quickly rose to greatness through God’s help. Eventually David ruled all of…

daughter of Ammiel as her fourth son (1 Chr 3:5) in Jerusalem. King Solomon’s ascension to the throne was not without drama as seems to be the case in most all-biblical narrative of ascension to power. Examples are rampant all through the Bible, Saul, David, Joseph’s, and almost all kings, judges, and prophets. King Solomon is no different;…

away from God. The people are warned what would happen if they were given a king to rule them. Saul was chosen to become king but the most the people rejected him from the start. After Saul’s sin, God anoints a new king to one day take his place, David. David will become the better king over Saul. After David’s reign, another king takes charge and divides the Israel due to his sin against God. God has plans for everyone; people are given the option to follow God’s ways. When man goes against God…

David illustrates this idea perfectly, and also further goes on to show the divine forgetfulness of God. Yes, God hates sin and has to be angry at it. However, God will not be angry for eternity. With repentance and continued faith — both of which David showed greatly — God will forgive and continue to bless those who love Him. This story of the life of David just goes to show that God specializes in taking the weakest and most…

Chronicles it didn’t mention that David sent Joab to go to war as it did in Samuel. In the 2 Samuel they go into great detail about things the 1 Chronicles didn’t talk about at all. Such as the David had a great sin, while he was on the roof he spotted a women bathing and sent to gather information about her. When he found out her husband was in the war he brought her to his house and had sex with her and she became pregnant with his child. He sent a message…

It’s the year 2050, all of the glaciers in the world disappear. Planet Earth loses its winter season and the new generation of kids won 't experience snow. Everyday is like summer and regular day has sixteen hours of sunlight and 8 hours of night time. People everyday die of heat stroke. David is a average 14 year old boy. He likes to visit his grandpa to listen to his stories about snow and he always thought how it will feel like. As usual he arrived to his high school and his first class of…