The Stories and Triumphs of David
The stories and triumphs of David in warfare are recorded; his bringing of the ark up to Jerusalem; God's awful lesson regarding holiness in connection with it; David's plan to build a temple; the evils that came from his multiple marriages in the jealousy and wickedness of his sons,—are all told with a graphic force and with such living interest that the characters stand out before us as actual moving pictures, exciting our sympathy on the one hand, or our regret or detestation on the other. Very sad is David's experience with Absalom, as is also the jealousy that existed on the part of Joab, by which he developed and manifested the regrettable weakness which led at last to his death.