The prophets promise that a new David will arise to reign over a united kingdom. Judah and Israel will be bound back together under a single king.<\/p>\n
That sounds like a prophetic extension of David\u2019s story, but in fact it\u2019s something more like a simple repetition. David was first anointed king, after all, during Saul\u2019s reign, and from that point to Saul\u2019s death the kingdom of Israel was divided between the small band of warriors around David and the company of king Saul.<\/p>\n
After Saul died, David reigned over Judah at Hebron for seven years, and for some of those years Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, reigned over the rest of Israel. Israel began <\/em>as a divided kingdom, and David\u2019s ascent to the throne was simultaneously a union of divided tribes.\u00a0<\/p>\n The new David unites a divided Israel \u2013 just like the original David.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The prophets promise that a new David will arise to reign over a united kingdom. Judah and Israel will be bound back together under a single king. That sounds like a prophetic extension of David\u2019s story, but in fact it\u2019s something more like a simple repetition. David was first anointed king, after all, during Saul\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[778,526],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-2-samuel-2","category-david"],"yoast_head":"\n