Why a Hittite? Well, it is entirely possible that the author got confused, of course, but Israel’s brief period as a notable independent kingdom was enabled by the general disruption of the region during the invasion of the Sea Peoples, which among other things pretty much wiped out the Hittites. Any that were left were probably looking for shelter wherever they could find it. The period when the Hittites were a power was a few centuries earlier.

[…] Last week, we looked at the case of Uriah the Hittite. If you haven’t already read Part XXIV, please do so now. As promised, this week we’ll look at the rest of David’s reign in order to see the actions of which god approves. I will limit this analysis to Dave’s actions after the death of Saul. […]

Just as long as it’s by the 10th… I’m leaving then for France for the semester and will be giving up an internet connection… I will have a lot of catching up to do by the time I’m back in June. I’m not too sorry about that though, since I’m trading Bible belt, Republican Indiana for France, which has its faults, but also MUCH less religion.

Jaquie:

I’m a new commenter, but I’ve been reading for a while. As long as you’re taking suggestions, I Am, I’m with my family for the holidays and they do devotions every night, and last night we talked about Jonah. I really wanted to get a discussion going but… I thought you would do a better job at it so, how about Jonah for the next edition of God is a Dick? I would do it myself but… a French term paper is calling…