Thank you for the verse. I wonder why Netanyahu did not reference the ‘Sword of the Lord’, instead used the phrase, the Sword of David, given it was not Goliath’s sword that gave David the victory?
Because it was King David, who with his sword that once belonged to Israel’s worst enemy, thereafter called the Sword of David, chose Jerusalem as his Capital and the seat of Hebrew Culture. He made Jerusalem the Holy City when he brought the Ark of the Covenant to rest there.
If you know anything about the War Scrolls, the main premise was to carry the Lord’s Word in one hand and a sword in the other. Peace if there could BE peace and Righteous War if no other way could be found.
Netanyahu was speaking of the much larger role of David as a great general and defender of Israel, not just the battle with Goliath.