Posted on 10/13/2020 6:04:20 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.”
17 So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.”
18 One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.”
19 Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.” 20 So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.
21 David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers. 22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
23 Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.
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by REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
“David Playing the Harp before Saul”
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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
“David Playing on the Harp Before Saul”
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by AERT DE GELDER
“David Playing the Harp to Saul”
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by ADRIAEN COLLAERT
“David Playing the Harp Before Saul”
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by GEORGE OWEN BONAWIT
“David Plays the Harp for Saul”
The Church of the Ascension, New York, NY
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by EUGENE DELACROIX
“David Playing the Harp for Saul (study)”
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by GOTTLIEB SCHICK
“David spielt vor Saul”
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by FRANS FLORIS I
“David Playing the Harp before Saul”
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by BERNARDO CAVALLINO
“David Playing Harp to Saul”
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by HARTWELL JAMES
“David Playing Harp for King Saul”
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by NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH PLYUSNIN
“David Playing the Harp to Saul”
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by ANTOINE-JEAN GROS
“David Charming Saul's Melancholy”
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by COCHIN VAN LOO
“David Plays Harp for King Saul”
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by ERASMUS QUELLINUS
“Saul Listening to David Playing the Harp”
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by LUCAS VAN LEYDEN
“David Playing the Harp Before Saul”
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after Lucas van Leyden
“David Playing his Harp for Saul”
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by Julius Kronberg
“David Och Saul”
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by JULIUS KRONBERG
“Saul and David”
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by FRANZ JOSEPH DOBYASCHOFSKY
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by STEFANO BIANCHETTI
“David Playing the Harp for King Saul”
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“David Plays the Harp for King Saul”
Calvary Chapel, Biola* University, La Mirada, California
* BIOLA = Bible Institute Of Los Angeles
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by MATHIEU MÉRIAN
“David Playing Harp for King Saul”
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after Rembrandt
“David Playing Harp Before Saul”
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by JAMES TISSOT
“David Plays Harp before Saul*”
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by ERNST JOSEPHSON
“David and Saul”
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by LAURA JAMES
“David Plays for Saul”
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by RICHARD McBEE
“David & Saul”
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by RUTH COLLET
“David Plays the Harp to Saul”
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by RUTH COLLET
“David Plays the Harp to Saul”
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Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France
“David and Saul”
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SNEAK PEEK: Next time, DAVID & MR. BIG If you're sensing the Holy Spirit is suggesting
that you read ahead, we'll be in 1ST SAMUEL 16. .
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R E S O U R C E S . .
If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:
"DAVID PLAYS HARP FOR SAUL"
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the artist's name is unknown
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting
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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:
REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN
GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours
JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes
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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE
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Finally, here are links to the
PREVIOUS 99 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
, with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you
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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!
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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA Q u a l i t y The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art:
this is The Bible in Paintings, not “Great Paintings” nor even “Good Paintings.” So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don’t need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby’s. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm asking the Holy Spirit to guide. Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.P a c i n g The pace may seem glacial to those eager to see their favorite events. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence; if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic. But where there is no art, that Bible passage goes untold here. The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing. Always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I’m just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.. .
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The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!
But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.
Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).
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#39 is for you.
Thank you!! When you enter the upper chapel, you are enveloped in the most brilliant display of light and colors, for a moment our world disappears and you feel only the spiritual blessing of this experience. Hard for me to explain but it is a treasured feeling.
That sounds like a small taste of heaven.
Music Therapist! That was my profession for 35 YEARS, long before they had a name, a college course, or a certification for it. LOL.
BTW, when he sat at his harp, the zany, crazy, anarchic Harpo suddenly had the face of an angel.
And now you’re a Prayer Therapist. And, when seated finally, Harpo was a gifted harpist.
“Prayer Therapist”
I like that. But I need to be careful...as a Massachusetts Resident I might be arrested for doing “Prayer Therapy Without A Proper License”!
Just don’t hide your prayer therapy, even in MA, under the proverbial bushel basket.
That didn’t come out right: it is the last thing you would ever do.
No Problem!
Harpo... Lego...
“Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.”
1 Chronicles 28
10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things...
The company was founded on 10 August 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen.[6] The word "lego" is derived from the Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well". In the first half of 2015, The Lego Group became the world's largest toy company by revenue, with sales amounting to US$2.1 billion, surpassing Mattel, which had US$1.9 billion in sales.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Group
Founded on Erev Tisha B'Av (the eve of the destruction of the Temple):
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=08%2F10%2F1932
The standard Lego brick *is* a house...
As in a byte is 8 bits. Byte in Hebrew is spelled the same as beit, "house" [בית].
LEGOLEGOLEGO... You think they impress the name enough times on those building blocks? ;)
Goel, Go El, loge...
It never ends!
SAUL HIRES A HARPIST
Were there any strings attached?
So do I. My main man Tissot is very hard to top.
Every time I listen to the story of David and his harp playing and then the Goliath battle where Saul makes inquiry about who David is after listening to him play the harp for him several times I feel a little puzzled so I looked it up to see if others felt the same way. . .and yes they do. . .one site suggested about 4 reasons. . .I guess we will never really know until we get to heaven. . .but when there, it will be so stupendous the question regarding why did Saul come across as not knowing who David was will be a mute point. Or perhaps God may layout a graphic answer chart of all the questions on earth we may have had for Him . . .I seriously doubt it though.
A well-reasoned article. Thanks for directing me to it.
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