David wants to return the chesed that his friend Yonatan did for him, and to fulfill the oath they made together
After telling us that King David ruled his nation rightly and justly, scripture outlines his ministers and associates.
In these wars, David takes from the plunder of the enemy, collecting materials for the Holy Temple
Addressing the question - why does the Monarch have to be decided by heredity...
Upon hearing the prophesy that from him will emanate the monarchy, David offers a prayer of gratitude to Hashem
David is rejected from building the Temple. Did he do something wrong?
David thinks its time to move the arc from the tent, and build the Holy Temple
As David is dancing with great fervor as he escorts the arc, his wife Michal doesn't approve
David does the "tikun", and successfully brings the arc to the City of David.
After conquering Jerusalem, David tries to bring the arc there, but tragedy strikes. We take a deep dive into the importance of the arc in this class.
David fights two huge wars against the Philistines, and passes a huge test.
After conquering Jerusalem, David's kingdom expands and gains recognition among the nations. He takes additional wives and has more children.
As his first act as King of Israel, David conquers Jerusalem from the Yevusites
The tribes come to Hebron to crown David as their king
Raichav and Baana run to David with Ishboshet's head thinking it's good news, but it turns out to be bad new for them...
Two men from the tribe of Binyamin murder Ishboshet the son of Saul while he is sleeping.
After Yoav kills Avner, David mourns excessively to show the people he was not partner to the assassination
David lays a heavy curse upon Yoav for killing Avner.
While Avner leaves Hebron, Yoav calls him back, deceivingly engages him in conversation, and then murders an unsuspecting Avner. We examine many midrashim which elaborate on this event.
After their meeting to unite the kingdom, David sends Avner back, but Yoav shows up....
After lobbying for David amongst all the tribes, Avner pays a visit to David in Hebron to unite the kingdom under the Davidic dynasty.
Avner ben Nir agrees to bring the kingdom over to David and make a pact with him - but David has a condition....
When Ishboshet accuses Avner of being with Saul's concubine, Avner gets infuriated, and swears to bring the people over to Davi...
David settles in Hebron, and scripture relates who his wives and sons were. Why did so many of them go off the "derech"?
After Avner kills Asael, his brothers Yoav and Avishai want revenge
With Asael the son of Zruia chasing Avner ben Nir, Avner kills Asael with the butt end of his spear...
As Avner is making Ishboshet son of Saul King over Israel, Yoav and his men meet up with them at the pools of Givon
David and his men leave the underground and move to Hebron, the capital of the tribe of Judah, and David is anointed king by the elders of Yehuda
David's lamentation over Saul and Yonatan