David’s Wars and Their Significance (2)

We are occupied with David's successes in war. As was said, in order to appreciate these successes, regard must be had to the boundaries of the land that the people of Israel, in fulfillment of the promise, was made to inherit. As was explained, according to Num. 34 this inheritance was small. As was stated it included but a narrow strip of land approximately 160 miles in length and whose greatest width measured 50 miles. The territory occupied by the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan...