In Sunday-School, David was always told to me in a very positive light. He was often described as a just and noble king, but when I try to remember the stories about David, I was only told a very small portion of his battle with Goliath. I was certainly not told that David cut off Goliath\u2019s head when he had won the battle. Every time a character from the Bible is mentioned in class that I recognize, I realize that the ink on the paper depicts a much more grim version of these characters that what was told to me at Sunday-School (maybe for the better when I was learning about these characters as a child). It\u2019s horrific to read that David would send Uriah on a suicide mission out of jealousy after raping Uriah\u2019s wife, Bathsheba. The more we dive into the nitty gritty of the Bible, the more horrified I become that tales like these are written in the Bible. This book is definitely written for mature audiences only, and it\u2019s astonishing how little I actually know about the Bible and its stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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