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One is in the Book of Ecclesiasticus, a part of the Apocrypha for Jews and Protestants, but part of the Bible for Catholics. There we are told: “Hezekiah fortified his city, bringing water within the walls. He drilled through the rock with tools of iron and made cisterns for the water” ( Ecclesiasticus 48:17 ).
- Mount Moriah – Why That Spot Was Chosen
- The Significance of Threshing
- Yeshua's Sovereign Right to Thresh
The location is not specified at that point, but God had decided where it would be way before the Israelites got to Canaan. With hindsight, we can see God had put his prophetic mark on his spot back in Genesis 22: it was the place where God told Abraham he was to sacrifice Isaac– Mount Moriah. The mount of God's bitterness. So how did the Israelite...
The context of King David's initiative to purchase that threshing floor was the need to stop the Angel of Death, who was exacting the punishment for sin. As believers this link makes sense – it's the cosmic place of God's victory over sin and where the power of death was stayed. But what has threshing got to do with it? Threshing floors crop up (ex...
We need, as Paul says, to consider the kindness and the severity of God. The motif of sifting the wheat from the chaff reappears in the last supper. Yeshua turns to Peter, the one on whom he was counting to feed his sheep, and says: “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your fai...
King David as Builder. Everyone knows that King Solomon was a great builder. What we learn from the Bible (see 1 Kings 9:15–20) has been confirmed by the archaeologists’ spade—especially at Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer (three sites specifically mentioned in the passage in Kings), each with its distinctive Solomonic gate.
The site is also home to the Siloam Tunnel, which, according to a common hypothesis, was built by Hezekiah during the late 8th century BCE in preparation for an Assyrian siege. However, recent excavations at the site suggested an earlier origin in the late 9th or early 8th century BCE.
- Ir David (in Hebrew)
- settlement
- Bronze Age – Byzantine period
- Jerusalem
Jan 14, 2023 · Its excavator, Eilat Mazar, dated the building to the 11th–10th centuries B.C.E. That King David’s palace is prominent and prominently located is referenced in the Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 11; 2 Samuel 16:22).
Apr 15, 2024 · David (flourished c. 1000 bce) was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah. He founded the Judaean dynasty and united all the tribes of Israel under a single monarch. His son Solomon expanded the empire that David built. David is an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
David Buys Araunah’s Threshing Floor. 18 That very day, Gad approached David and told him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor that belongs to Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up, just as Gad had ordered, consistent with the Lord’s command. 20 When Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his staff ...
