I attended a free walking tour through
the City of David, which revealed enormous religious and cultural significance not just for ethnic groups living here, but for all of humanity.
Known as the seat of three major religions, it has gone by the names
the City of David, the City of Peace, and even the Holy City.
Hezekiah's Tunnel, part of Jerusalem's water system, is located under
the City of David.
Prior to the interment of the former special adviser on sports to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, a funeral service was held at
the City of David, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Victoria Island.
He visited
the City of David, and said one final prayer at the Western Wall before heading to the airport to return home Wednesday morning.
For unto you is born this day in
the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.»
Matthew and Luke agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem,
the city of David.
It happened when Augustus was Caesar, emperor of the Roman world (27B.C. - 14 A.D)(1) It happened in Bethlehem,
the city of David, where Joseph and Mary had gone to be enrolled for a census.
Thus here, in his reference to the «
city of David», Luke reminds his readers of the belief that Bethlehem was the place where a ruler like David, would be born (Micah 5:2).
«And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people, For unto you is born this day in
the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord».
Ceramic evidence indicates occupation of
the City of David, within present - day Jerusalem, as far back as the Copper Age (c. 4th millennium BCE) with evidence of a permanent settlement during the early Bronze Age (c. 3000 — 2800 BCE) The Execration Texts, which refer to a city called Roshlamem or Rosh - ramen] and the Amarna letters (c. 14th century BCE) may be the earliest mention of the city Some archaeologists, including Kathleen Kenyon, believe Jerusalem] as a city was founded by Northwest Semitic people with organized settlements from around 2600 BCE.
In that day you looked to the weapons of the house of the forest [Lebanon — the reference is to Judah's arsenal], and you saw that the breaches of
the city of David were many, and you collected the waters of the lower pool, and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
11 For unto you is born this day in
the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
The matter of what happened on the night in question in
the city of David when there was no room in the inn is not really about anything — unless there is something more to this child than a birth in poverty into an indifferent world.
And to hundreds of millions the most radiant day of all the bright and dark days in the story of mankind is that which saw his birth — no wonder an earlier and more imaginative age made it a day of weird unearthly beauty, when a strange star hung low above
the city of David and a multitude of angels broke with sudden glory the silence of the dawn.
His infancy narrative goes to pains to state that Jesus was born in Bethlehem,
the city of David (Luke 2:4, 11), of parents of the house and family of David (1:27; 2:4).
See, for example, the description in 1 Kings 2:10: «So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in
the city of David».
This is the gospel Isaiah learned from God when the religion and nation of Judah died, and
the city of David, the temple of Solomon and the ethnicity of Yahweh were demolished by Babylon in 586 BC.
On this view, the early Christian conviction that Jesus was the messiah and Son of David created the story of Jesus being born in «
the city of David.»
This meant that when the Romans, who occupied Palestine, ordered a census, he and Mary had to go to Bethlehem,
the city of David.
First of all, verse 4 says they went out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to
the city of David, which is called Bethlehem.
For there is born to you this day in
the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Not exact matches
David jones in Mandurah - given there is no other department store south
of Garden
city, it should do very well.
After 29 years
of running a successful restaurant in New York
City,
David Bouley is taking a little «me» time.
«There's a secret sauce in hiring a person who knows that I believe in him enough to take a chance,» says
David Williams, CEO
of Fishbowl, an inventory software firm near Salt Lake
City.
Eddie Nuvakhov and
David Levy are the co-founders
of LNC Productions, a video advertising agency and marketing agency headquartered in New York
City.
After the U.K.'s Brexit Secretary
David Davis effectively disavowed the deal struck over the financial settlement to be paid, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier told a handful
of sympathetic newspapers that the U.K. could forget about a sweet deal on market access for the
city of London's banks.
«You almost want to see the founder cry,» says
David Tisch, a 30 - year - old angel investor and the managing director
of the New York program
of TechStars, a business incubator that is now in five
cities.
Instead
of hiring the first one who shows up, do your homework, advises
David Moore, an angel investor and president
of City Rewards Network in Charlotte, N.C. «A lot
of investment bankers are going to call you and say «We can take your small company public for $ 50,000.»
But
city officials met behind closed doors Tuesday with company CEO
David Tran and representatives
of Gov. Jerry Brown's Business and Economic Development Office.
Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency business growth & innovation manager
David Jones said outside
of the 97 people shortlisted, the longer list
of high - quality tech talent willing to come to New Zealand was a «valuable resource» for the
city.
He added: «Myself and Andy have Ben Houchen (Mayor
of Tees Valley) all met with
David Davis and said that if Scotland has got the opportunity to speak directly to the Brexit secretary then the northern
cities should too.»
As he points out, when a review
of the
city finances under Mayor
David Miller called for improved economic development, Toronto created Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, arms - lengths organizations with a «mandate from the mayor and council... that the
city is indeed open for business.»
«People will be attracted by doing interesting things and by working with people they want to work with,» says management consultant
David Nadler, chairman
of the New York
City - based Delta Consulting Group.
On Wednesday, Quartz reporter
David Yanofsky spotted paper flyers taped around Palo Alto's University Avenue, a major artery
of tech offices in the
city, warning Palantir employees»
of their worthless company shares.
«I remember during the local elections, they told me that there was the glass ceiling and that I would not be able to win, but we won,»
David Rachline, mayor
of the southern
city of Fréjus and the election campaign manager for the National Front, told CNBC.
«There's been a sea change in the perception
of SPACs,» says
David Feldman, a New York
City attorney who specializes in small - business finance.
The chain's airport location is part
of its brick - and - mortar expansion outside the U.S., taking the brand beyond the handful
of locations it has in
cities including New York, Los Angeles and Miami, which turned celebrities Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna,
David Beckham and Steven Spielberg into fans.
Some
of the organization's founding members are still familiar names more than a century later, including realtor Henry Ceperley (whose name is seen today on Ceperley Park in Stanley Park), Hastings Saw Mill's R.H. Alexander, real estate broker M.A. McLean, and the
city's second Mayor,
David Oppenheimer (whose name is seen today on Oppenheimer Park).
Prior to joining
City Capital,
David was an Investment Banking Analyst at BB&T Capital Markets in the Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Group focusing on providing financial and strategic analysis, valuation, industry research, due diligence and preparation
of comprehensive client marketing materials.
David Einhorn, president
of Greenlight Capital speaks at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York
City, U.S. on May 4, 2016.
Jim Lopez, President and CEO, Tembec John Lounds, President and CEO, Nature Conservancy
of Canada
David Miller, President and CEO, WWF — Canada; Former Mayor,
City of Toronto Lorraine Mitchelmore, co-Chair, Smart Prosperity; former President, Canada Country Chair, Shell Canada Ken Neumann, Canadian National Director, United Steelworkers Merrell - Ann Phare, Founding Executive Director, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Vicky Sharpe, Founding President and CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada Jean Simard, President, Aluminum Association
of Canada; co-Founder and Director, SWITCH Merran Smith, Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada Rick Smith, Executive Director, Broadbent Institute John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President, Office
of the CEO, Royal Bank
of Canada Kali Taylor, Founding Executive Director, Student Energy Annette Verschuren, Chair and CEO, NRStor; co-Chair, Smart Prosperity Robert Wesseling, President and CEO, The Co-operators Galen Weston, President and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd..
Momofuku was founded by chef
David Chang in 2004 with the opening
of Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York
City.
David Samson, former chairman
of the agency that controls New York
City - area bridges, tunnels and airports, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge
of soliciting a bribe for pressuring United Airlines to reinstate a money - losing flight offering convenient access to his vacation home.
Enter
David Shepherdson and Lisa Bovill, from Kaini Industries, who launched Hullcoin which enables people who engage with charities and community groups across the
city of Hull to earn digital coins by volunteering and undertaking activities that benefit themselves.
In addition to expats from these varied Panama locales — Panama
City, Boquete and
David in Chiriqui province, the Coronado beach area, and more — you'll also meet expats from other parts
of the interior, the Azuero Peninsula, the Caribbean Coast, and beyond
As
David Dayen wrote for The New Republic during the first round
of the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes, «[T] hey're worse than a zero - sum game between metropolitan areas; they're net - negative, because the corporation extracts the subsidy while
cities lose revenue that would otherwise go to education or infrastructure investment to benefit the common good.»
On September 3, Starbucks partners welcomed
City of San Diego Councilmember
David Alvarez, Megan Glynn from Blue Star Families and the local community to dedicate the 28th and National Starbucks as the second Military Family Store in San Diego.
Arcade
City was founded by former Uber driver Christopher
David after fares dropped in his town
of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
City supervisor
David Campos, who proposed the more restrictive rules passed this month, has also accused Airbnb
of exacerbating San Francisco's housing crisis, asserting that landlords are removing rental units from the market in pursuit
of greater profits on Airbnb.