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Posted on 3/22/17 at 2:03 pm to PurpleandGeauld
Posted on 3/22/17 at 2:03 pm to PurpleandGeauld
A time machine would probably show us that we over romanticize everything. In reality, David's time was probably filled with mud huts and raggy clothed people living essentially in the dirt. People probably had rotten teeth, bad hygiene and you wouldn't be able to walk down the street without being approached. His palace was probably great, but even that would probably be two steps down from what we imagine.
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 3:16 pm to jeffsdad
His palace was likely a hut, too. Just a bigger hut than all the others. Bronze age Judea was likely a backwater due to the overall lack of archaeological evidence of any substantial civilization from that period. If David was a ruler then he was likely a chieftain or warlord of sorts, not a king ruling over a unified kingdom.
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