Succession Planning [Proper 15B - I Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14]
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Williamson I Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 Succession Planning All Angels, Twilight Park People still talk about his dad. Star of David, City of David, Son of David. The King David Hotel, and its five-star rating: it stands today in the center of the city the great ruler put on the map some 2900 years ago. Tourists flock to see Michelangelo’s brilliant sculpture of his father’s nude form in Florence, Italy. David looms large, still…and then…and always. Solomon, his son, had a hard act to follow. David overshadowed every king who ever sat on the throne, his throne, the one called, of course, the throne of David – called that no matter who was sitting on it at the time. David’s predecessor, Saul, crumbled in his presence, became an historical footnote. And every king who followed him, until the Babylonians paused his line in 587 BCE, were chilled by his long shadow, were measured aga...