King David - Before He Was King

(by Chris Masterson)

The debate rages over King David, Jonathan, the prophet Samuel and the pride and prejudice of Israel. To begin, there is heavy speculation over the sexual orientation of David before he was king. Many claim he was a homosexual. Others claim he was bi-sexual at most. What most fail to understand is that homosexuality in modern times and homosexuality in biblical times are two entirely different things! In biblical times, there was no bi-sexuality; at least not our modern definition of it. But there was such a thing as circumstances! Back then, regardless of orientation every male was obligated to be fruitful and multiply. Even if his true sexual preference was another male. This was called, family obligation, duty and honor! An exclusive homosexual relationship did not exist!

The Chosen One

1SAMUEL 16.7:
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance (appearance) or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Before there was a Jonathan in the life of the young King David, the LORD sent the Prophet to the house of Jesse to choose the next king of Israel. The Prophet was instructed to not display pride and prejudice upon meeting the Chosen; do not judge by the outward appearance! The Prophet (being unfamiliar with this particular family) looked over the first seven very masculine-macho sons of Jesse. They were all rejected! Jesse did exactly what the Prophet was instructed not to do; judge outwardly. The Prophet, confused, asked Jesse (in verse 11): Are these all your children? Jesse replied: There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. It may be assumed the youngest cared for the sheep because he was the youngest. But this was no mere child. Unbeknownst to most, at the time, keeping sheep (or flocks) was associated with homosexuality. Contrary to traditional school-of-thought, masculine men did the heavier chores. The young king David was no exception.

1SAMUEL 16.12:
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, [and] withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he.

This is why the Prophet Samuel’s pride and prejudice could not be factored into the Chosen One of Israel equation. The youngest son stood out like a sore thumb from among his brothers! First, he was red all over; similar to Esau in Genesis 25:25; and second, the young king David was DROP DEAD GORGEOUS! This text was originally meant for MALE EYES! Why would the writer describe a male character to his male readers as a “beautiful man that is good to look at?” In addition, the young king David played the Harp (16:23)! Not the instrument of choice for a heterosexual male! Any Bible Scholar could tell you, heterosexual men are never described as though they were woman.

David and Jonathan

1SAMUEL 18.1:
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

If you have read the text of Samuel to any degree, you could tell the text is non-poetic in nature. However, the text describing the relationship between the young King David and Jonathan jumps out of the norm right into poetry. And why would anyone write poetically about to men? It is the pride and prejudice of homophobic school-of-thought that speculates; the two had a spiritual relationship. But if we examine the raw Hebrew text of the above verse, we discover ...

The first line is the raw Hebrew text; read from right to left. The second; the English transliteration (pronunciation). And the third; the raw English translation. And from this you can clearly see the intimacy within the text. Some may argue, the word "loved" is from the Hebrew "ahab" which can mean: brotherly love as well as "erotic (sexual) love." In that case, we must apply THE CONTEXT of how the word is being used!

In 1Samuel 20:17 we discover once again that Jonathan loved the young King David as he loved his own soul. At what point can we put aside pride and prejudice and see this is an intimate relationship? I know ... the Prophet Samuel would turn over in his grave had he been dead and Israel would burn. But that is merely a homophobic response.

1Samuel 20:41 reveals:

[And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

Traditional school-of-thought suggests the text "David exceeded" refers to him running out of tears while crying. Why didn't Jonathan run out of tears? And why is young King David running out of tears so important? On the contrary, "David exceeded" was the result of the kissing and weeping that went on between him and Jonathan. It could also be translated as "until David erected" or "until David ejaculated" or both!

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