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From Eternity Past
land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.”
Genesis 15:18
. Israel had become a mighty nation, respected and
feared by surrounding peoples. David commanded, as few sovereigns
have been able to command, the affections and allegiance of his people.
He had honored God, and God was now honoring him.
But in the time of his greatest outward triumph, David met his
most humiliating defeat.
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