QUOTE : it was plain by Canaanite standards, a simple elevated wooden seat carved from a tree, with two lion Cherubim also carved from wood at each side of the arms. To David, it represented Yahweh’s messiah king, anointed by Yahweh’s holy Seer to bring heaven and earth into unity. As in heaven, so on earth, he thought. They waited by the entrance for the king’s arrival. Saul stepped out from the back of the room and approached the throne. He was attended by his wife and two lovely young women. He sat upon his throne with the women by his side and pronounced, “Approach.” Jonathan led David the fifty feet up to the throne. As the two men approached, Saul became nervous. Sweat beaded on his forehead. The dark shade, unseen by everyone else leaned in from behind him and whispered in his ear. “Who is this vagrant? Why have you brought him here?” Saul choked out, “Who approaches my throne?” Jonathan said, “Father, this is David ben Jesse of Bethlehem. You asked for a skilled musician. This is the one whom the servants discovered.