다잇과 골리앗

다윗과 골리아 동영상입니다.

A passage in I Samuel says that David, armed with only a slingshot， launches a stone at the mighty giant; struck in the forehead， Goliath falls to thε ground, lifeless. Shocked, the Philistines turn and flee (1 Samuel 17:41-53). David becomes a hero, and Saul has little choice but to place him at thε head of the army ( I Samuel 18:5). Saul’s son Jonathan， the presumed heir， becomes David’s close friend. David proves an excellent military commander. When he returns from battle， says I Samuel, the women approach “singing and dancing ... with tambourines. " Unfortunately for Saul， their songs carry a subtle rebuke: “Saul has killed his thousands，" they sing， “and David his ten thousands" (I Samuel 18:5-7). Saul feels pangs of jealousy.

 

Outwardly， Saul showers awards and accolades on his military prodigy， even promising David the hand of one of his daughters， Michal. But inwardly， he has already bεgun to plot David’s downfall. Thε royal court， sensitive to Saul’s mood swings， take notice. Even Jonathan becomes aware that his father is bent on David’s death. David must seek refuge in the Philistine homelands along the coast. The Philistine plains are full of refugees from the war， David finds. Many of them flock to him. “Everyone who was in distress， and everyone who was in debt ... gathered to[David]，" the Bible says; “and he became captain over them" (I Samuel 22:2). Time and again, Saul sends men to kill David- and each time he escapes. In retaliation，thε king gives David’'s wife Michal away to nother man. David there upon takes new wives: Abigail， the widow of a rich herder, and Ahinoam, a woman from the Jezreel. Throughout this period， David keeps his eyes on his destiny-- cultivating ties with tribal elders， proving himself a loyal Israelite--even as he continues to operate in Philistine-held territory.

 

Fate comes to his aid. The Philistine armies are moving again and， according to I Samuel， Saul mobilizes his forces to meet them near Mount Gilboa， in the Valley of Jezreel. But Saul’s Israelite ranks soon give way. Saul’s sons， including his heir Jonathan， succumb to the Philistines.

 

The king himself comes under heavy fire from enemy archers. Badly wounded，Saul pleads with his armor-bearer to finish him off， but the man refuses. Saul then falls upon his own sword. The Israelite army is soundly defeated (I Samuel 31:1-7).

 

Thε next day， the Philistines find the bodies of thε king and his sons. The soldiers cut off the king’s head and later prommendy display the corpses on the fortress walls of Beth Shan. This act indicates that the Philistines now control the fortress， which improves their strategic position in the north immeasurably.

 

When the citizens of Jabesh-gilead (the town that Saul had saved from the Ammonites) learn of the desecration， they organize a party to recover the bodies during the night. The first king of Israel and his sons are cremated and buried, a last kindness performed by the grateful people of Jabesh-gilead.

 

David stands victorious over the head of the slain Goliath in this 1476 work by Renaissance sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio (1436-1488).