David, A Man After God's Own Heart

The Bible says:"the first shall be the last."
David was the last child in the family
of Jesse, his father.
But God chose him to be king,
and  rejected the first son, Eliab. God looks at the heart, and  not
at physical appearance.

David came to limelight when he  slew Goliath,
the renowned enemy of Israel;
the women of Israel eulogized him
above Saul, who grew jealous
and wanted him dead.

God cannot lie; he is not a man;
his words must surely come to pass. Surely David eluded Saul several times.

David, a man after God's own heart had
two good opportunities to slay his enemy, but refrained from such.
"God forbid that I shall touch the Lord's anointed."

Then one fine day, Saul went to battle, and perished with all his sons; there was none to succeed him.
David wept bitterly when he learnt that Saul and his sons had perished in battle.

David became king, and governed in the fear of God.
And when his time came, he died
and his son, Solomon, took over. After Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king. After Rehoboam, Abijah, his became king. And so on...