Hebrew life and times . CANAANITE WHETSTONES CANAANITE OR HEBREW NAILS Cuts on this page used by permission of the Palestine Exploration Fund. UNDER DAVID AND SOLOMON 77 up between Joab, Davids chief general, and Abner, whowas the real power in the other kingdom. David didnot dare to punish Joab, yet he plainly showed his dis-pleasure. When finally Ishbaal himself was murderedin his sleep, David put the assassins to death. By this policy he pleased the people, both in the northand in the south. And after seven years of division theleading men of all the tribes came to David at Hebron,in Judah
Hebrew life and times . CANAANITE WHETSTONES CANAANITE OR HEBREW NAILS Cuts on this page used by permission of the Palestine Exploration Fund. UNDER DAVID AND SOLOMON 77 up between Joab, Davids chief general, and Abner, whowas the real power in the other kingdom. David didnot dare to punish Joab, yet he plainly showed his dis-pleasure. When finally Ishbaal himself was murderedin his sleep, David put the assassins to death. By this policy he pleased the people, both in the northand in the south. And after seven years of division theleading men of all the tribes came to David at Hebron,in Judah his headquarters, and made him king overthe entire Hebrew nation, north, east, and south. Davids victories.—Soon after this David declaredhis independence of the Philistines. War broke outand for a time it went against the Hebrews. But inthe end they were able to rally their resources undertheir new leader, and inflicted two crushing defeats ontheir old enemies, which made them instead of thePhilistines once and for a
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