David: Hero or Tyrant? #7Readers of the Bible never think of King David as a schemer or conniver, but as a pure heart. But make no mistake; the Israelite “confederacy” is dying, to be supplanted by a new warrior-king, whose entire reign would be consumed with bloodshed. David may have built himself an empire, but he has also bequeathed a nightmare. To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, “This is the way tribal confederacies end, not with a bang, but a whimper." Dr. Kenneth Hanson http://drkenhanson.com/
