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Was David Just an Opportunist in a Rise to Power? Challenging the Story of the Valley of Elah — Part II
The story of David rise to power is very political. The well-known tale of the famous giant-slayer and second king of the Israelites, according to the Hebrew Bible, goes that after an exchange of words, a young David took a stone from his bag,...
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