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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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Front cover design: LeVan Fisher Design

Front cover painting: Gregory Mortenson

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Baden, Joel S.

The historical David : the real life of an invented hero / Joel Baden. — First edition.

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ISBN 978–0–06–218831–1

Epub Edition © AUGUST 2013 ISBN 9780062188335

1. David, King of Israel. I. Title.

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