King David Page #3

and David and I led the way.

We were climbing up the hill

on our hands and feet,

and when we got to the top,

we found the Hittites

and the Ammonites

facing us on either side

of the valley.

I urged David to turn back,

but he said,

"God will deliver them

into our hands. "

Hear how he warbles in praise

of the cuckoo bird.

What cuckoo bird?

He who has fed from my table

and now lies with my daughter.

He has robbed me of my God,

my people,

even my children.

What else can he take

but my crown?

That's a lie.

So long as David lives,

neither I nor you

nor the throne

shall be safe.

What proof do you have

of such an accusation?

Did Samuel anoint

your brother?

The prophet blessed him,

My Lord.

David has done

nothing wrong, Father.

You cannot harm an innocent man.

Samuel

anointed him in my place!

David!

The boy I-I trusted

and loved as my own son.

Then be glad of it!

Give thanks that the future

of Israel belongs

to a man worthy of your love.

Where have you hidden him?

I don't know where he is.

Don't lie to me!

When I awoke, he was gone.

Shammah.

That's the important thing.

Who cares about her mother, eh?

Find David ben Jesse!

We must wait until light.

Get horses!

Find David ben Jesse!

Jabus, you look

in the storage room!

You go to the south tower!

North tower!

David,

you must go at once

to the sanctuary at Nob.

Ask for the high priest,

Ahimelech

and show him this.

Come with me.

I cannot.

But we have a covenant

to friendship between us.

What of the covenant of honor

between a father and his son?

I would lay down my life

for you willingly,

but I will not break faith

with my father,

as I will not

break faith with you.

Forgive me.

You have the love of one

far greater than I

to care for you.

My father has no one.

May the Lord be with you.

May His light shine

within your heart...

even as you shine within mine.

"So Jacob was alone,

"and a man struggled

with him there until daybreak,

"and the man said, 'Let me go,

the day is breaking. '

"But Jacob replied,

"'I will not go,

unless you tell me your name. '

"And the man said,

'Why do you ask my name?

"'I am that I am.

"That is who I am. '

"And so Jacob called the place

Peniel, which means,

"'The Face of God'

"'because,' he said,

"'I have seen God face to face

and my life has been spared. "'

Were Moses and Jacob

the only men

to have seen him face to face?

Even Abraham was denied

the supreme revelation.

Then why did God choose Jacob?

Why has he chosen you?

God may have created man

in his own image and likeness,

but he has denied us

all understanding

of his purpose.

I knew Him once.

As a boy, I could feel

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