The land is divided among the twelve tribes, establishing their presence in the region.Monarchy and DivisionThe Israelites eventually establish a monarchy, with Saul as their first king, followed by David and Solomon. David, a man after God's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14), unites the tribes ...
Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart...
Jezebel, in the Bible, the wife of King Ahab, who ruled the kingdom of Israel. By interfering with the exclusive worship of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the prophets Elijah and Elisha, she provok
Zadok the Priest, the most popular of George Frideric Handel’s four coronation anthems for George II; the others of which are “Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened,”“The King Shall Rejoice,” and “My Heart Is Inditing.” All the anthems, including “Zadok