(1055 years before Christ.)
After Saul was dead, David was made king, and he reigned for 40 years.
He captured Jerusalem and made this city the capital, and then he and
the whole house of Israel brought the Ark of the Covenant thither with
shouts of joy and sound of trumpets. He executed judgment and justice to
the whole people, and he remembered Jonathan and said to his son: I
restore to thee all the lands of Saul, and thou shalt eat at my table.
He was the light and the sweetest singer of Israel, and composed many
beautiful psalms, which are found in the Book of Psalms in the Bible,
and speaks in many of these of the Messiah, or the Savior who was to
come. He subdued the nations round about and was very powerful.
David intended to build a house for the Lord. But the Lord spoke to him
through Nathan the prophet and said: When thy days be fulfilled, I will
set up thy seed after thee. He shall build a house for my name, and I
will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. And thy house and thy
kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee, thy throne shall be
established for ever. (2 Sam. 2-10.)