The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero
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Israel, modern, 5, 179, 186, 260–263
Jabesh-Gilead, 128–129
Jebusites, 158, 159, 174, 259
Jehoiachin, 152
Jehoram, 194
Jerusalem: after Babylonian exile, 256; City of David, 161–162; cultic center establishment, 167–172, 175–177, 179, 261; David’s palace, 163–165; map, 160; Solomon’s temple, 248–249, 256; taking of, 158–159; Temple Mount, 161, 173–175
Jesse, 22–25, 36
Jesus, 5, 257
Joab: and Abner, 131–132, 136–137, 147–148; in Absalom stories, 196–198, 207–210; blamed for David’s sins, 210, 222, 260; David’s selection of, 162–163; death, 242–243, 244; Sheba and Amasa, 217–219; Uriah’s death and, 224–225
Jonathan, 57, 70–75, 107, 114, 128, 151
Joshua, 146
Judah: Absalom’s death aftermath, 212–213, 215–218; Babylonian conquest of, 152; “House of Judah” creation, 125–126; raided by David, 100–101, 121; in Saul’s reign, 58–59; in Solomon’s reign, 246–248; tribal system in, 91, 124; united monarchy impact, 246–247, 251, 257–258, 260–262; wilderness conditions, 83–84. See also David in the wilderness; David’s path to kingship; David’s reign
Judaism, 14–15, 261, 262
Judges 5, 49
judgment by elders, 199–200
Keilah, 87–89, 91, 98, 119, 121
le-David superscriptions, 27–31
levirate marriage, 96–97, 98
line of David, 4–5, 33, 176, 245–246, 255, 257
literary conventions, 13, 39–40, 66–67, 69, 74, 183. See also apology
lyre playing stories: defining David, 20, 21–22; Goliath story disconnect, 22–25; psalms authorship and, 18, 32, 34–35; in Saul-David rivalry, 35–36, 62, 63, 75
Maacah, 189
Mahanaim, 207–208, 211
maps: David’s kingdom, 184; Israel’s neighbors, 178; Jerusalem, 160; Philistine/Israelite towns, 58; Saul’s death, 106; Saul’s kingdom, 48
Meribbaal, 149–153, 214–215
messianic hopes, 4–5, 6, 9, 14, 246, 257
Michal, 63, 64–65, 75, 78, 134–135, 190–191
military coup, 68–69, 162
Moab, 180–181
modern response, 8–10, 12–16, 262–265
Moses, 18–19, 34
murder, 259–260
Nabal’s murder, 7–13, 94–99, 120
naming practices, 227–229
Nathan, 202, 205, 224–227, 233–234
national self-identification, 260–261
Near East cultures: administration of justice, 199; divine kingship, 149–150, 175; geopolitical distinctions, 56, 260; habiru, 102–103; leadership, 57, 203; literary conventions, 13, 183; naming practices, 229; patronage system, 143–144; royal house arrest, 151–152; royal marriages, 65, 189; royal succession, 68–69, 232–233, 259; same-sex relations, 72–73; Sea Peoples invasion, 50–51; vassaldom, 134; wealth of kings, 248
Nob story, 84–85
Obed-edom, 168–169
Philistines: attack on Keilah, 87–89; David allied with, 99–101, 104–105, 112–113; Israelite victory over, 180; Judah as territory of, 126–128; reaction to unified Israel, 141–142; rivalry with Israel, 50–52, 56, 58–59; triumph over Saul, 105–110; young David’s victories over, 53–55. See also Goliath slaying
physical impairment, 149–150
physical relations, 72–74
pilgrimage, 172
psalmist image: authorship by association, 18–19; as character defining device, 19–22; contradictory to Goliath story, 22–26; historical truths and, 35–37, 41–42; as iconic, 3; origination of belief, 32–35; textual evidence dispute, 26–32, 271n15, 272n16
rape stories, 192–193
Rechab, 138–140
regional practices. See Near East cultures
relics, 172. See also ark of the covenant
religious politics, 5
Rock of Separation, 90
royal Davidic ideology, 175–176, 245–246, 255–257
royal house arrest, 151–152
royal succession. See dynastic succession
rule of three, 66
sacrifice, 169–170, 171, 249
same-sex relations, 72–74
Samson, 52
Samuel, 22, 36–67, 66
Samuel’s ghost, 105
sanctuary, 172, 240, 244
Saul: bones of, 153–154; death, 94, 105–107, 119–120, 126; and the Gibeonites, 145–148; in Goliath account, 23–26; kingdom overview, 47–50; love for David, 75; retribution for death of, 203–204; royal succession, 68–72, 143–144
Saul rivalry: anointing stories illustrating, 36–37; apology and, 75–76, 222; bias toward David, 35–36, 61–67, 69; historical perspective, 63–64, 67–69; Jonathan’s role, 70–75; lyre playing illustrating, 35–36, 62, 63, 75; military accounts launching, 52–54, 60–63; Nob incident, 84–85; reasons for exile, 76–81; Saul as mentally unstable, 35–36, 61–63, 65–69; Saul’s death, 105, 108–114. See also David in the wilderness
Saul’s descendants: killing of, 143–149; relocation of bones, 153–155; sparing of Meribbaal, 149–153
Sea Peoples, 50–51. See also Philistines
Septuagint, 25–26, 30, 34
sexuality, 72–74
Shalem cult, 167
Sheba, 216–219
Shiloh sanctuary, 166–168
Shimei, 203–204, 213–214, 243, 244
Solomon: biblical narrative, 189–190; questionable paternity, 226–230; reign, 246–251; taxation system, 163, 250, 251; temple of, 33, 176, 248–249, 256
Solomon’s coup: apology, 230, 236; Bathsheba behind, 233–236, 239–242; David validating, 236–237, 242–243, 253; ending David’s dynasty, 245–246; securing power, 242–246; supplanting Adonijah, 237–240
spoils redistribution, 123–124
succession. See dynastic succession
superscriptions to psalms, 27–31
Talmud, 5, 15, 19
Tamar, 191–193, 196, 296n12–13
Tekoa, wise woman of, 197
temple, Solomon’s, 33, 176, 248–249, 256
Temple Mount, 161, 173–175, 249
theology of kingship. See divine rule
threshing floor, 88, 173–175
Tiglath-Pileser I, 60
tribal society: David and Solomon dismantling, 248–251, 258; intact in Saul’s rule, 49–50, 63–64; Judah’s lack of unity, 91, 124; military engagement, 49–50, 59
Uriah, 223–230, 240, 241
Uzzah, 168
warrior legends, 39–40
witch of En-dor episode, 105
Zadok: service to David, 163, 203, 206, 212, 213, 231; in Solomon’s succession, 232, 236, 237, 238, 240
Ziba, 152, 153, 214, 215
Ziklag, 100, 108–109, 110, 121
Ziph, 89–90, 91, 119
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOEL S. BADEN is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Yale Divinity School and the author of several works on the Hebrew Bible, including J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch; The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis; and The Promise to the Patriarchs. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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