There will be many more wives and children, and little tolerance for criticism of his protege, whose lives run unchecked by discipline or ressect. He is unforgiving when he discovers that is not the case. Killed in battle, the father intervenes and marries his daughter off to another man, David is not yet King, he is exiled for a while during this period, he seems to forget Michal, who eventually falls in love with the man forced upon her and will have children with him, only to be summoned by David when he becomes King, as if she would then welcome him.
Lover of Yonatan, David marries his sister Michal, both children of Shaul. Sadly, his early years of solitude don’t prevent him from becoming another seeker of power and prowess through murder, mayhem and the sublimation of women. It is a turning point for young David, as will be his encounter with the giant Goliath. He is recalled some years later when his Uncle Shaul, calls for all his nephews to appear before him, wishing to identify and anoint the one he believes will become the future King.
His father can’t bear the sight of him and banishes him to the hills where he is easier to forget. And this, also, have I been: a hollow reed through which the breath of truth sounded its discordant notes.’ĭavid is the youngest of a large family of brothers, rejected by his father and siblings over a perceived betrayal that occurs between his parents. ‘I have had a great length of days, and been many things. For this he has few friends, no loves and is a dispassionate observer of events. He can foresee the future though isn’t always able to share what he knows will unfold. The Secret Chord is an imagined narrative of the biblical figure King David, told mostly from the perspective of a shepherd boy whose father David has had murdered in front of the lad one who becomes his near constant companion, the prophet Natan. So I was looking forward to Geraldine Brook’s next book, for when she inhabits certain characters, her stories can really carry you away while teaching you something of the historical era they inhabit. Caleb and Joe were the first Native Americans to attend Harvard College, their story so fascinating, it left this reader wanting to know more about them. In 2012, Geraldine Brook’s wrote a fascinating book Caleb’s Crossing (review here), about Bethia, the fictional daughter of a Minister and two Wôpanâak tribe members, Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk and Joel Iacoombs, all inhabitants of the 200sqkm island of Noepe, (Martha’s Vineyard).
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