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What Happens When We Dig Deeper Into Scripture?
The CAN-DO Bible® Devotional Year 3 — Trimester 1 — Day 42
The beauty of Bible study comes from peeling back the rich layers and peeking inside. Today, as I was reading today’s text, I came across 1 Chronicles 29:29 in the World English Bible:
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer. (WEB)
I couldn’t help but dive into this verse I hadn’t recognized before, “David the king, first and last.”
In my search, I found the name David is common in the Hebrew language, it means “beloved” or “uncle”. However, no other person in all of the Bible has this name.
It’s common in monarchies to name heirs after famous kings. According to an article on a jewelry website in the UK:
Charles has by far the most number of sovereigns to its name with a whopping 54 different monarchs being called Charles. Most of these Charles’s hail from France with Sweden, Spain, Monaco, and Italy making up the rest.
Second on the ranking of male baby names is Louis. France is also the largest contributor of monarchs called Louis with Andorra, Monaco, Italy and Germany having a few as well. John is our…
