King David: A Biography King David, “ the man after God’s heart,” was the nagid king YAHWEH wanted Israel to have. Despite his sinfulness, in all that he did, he sought to serve the LORD. This was evident both in his personal life as well as in his performance as king as Israel. The Role of a Nagid King: The king is to be God chosen, a brother of Israel, must not acquire a large …showed first 75 words of 2293 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2293 total…a nagid king almost his whole reign. He made a few mistakes as he slept with Bathsheba and then had Uriah killed. He also made a mistake to take a census of all of the fighting men in Israel and Judah. He was punished by God in both of these incidents but was a good king and pleased God enough to make an eternal promise that Jesus would be in David’s line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**