The life of a Kingdom Leader must navigate between strong, decisive, and bold exploits, balanced with patient, merciful, and kind displays of caring for others. Most leaders have a personality that tilts toward one of these things above the other. Rare is the Kingdom Leader who faithfully operates in these two types of authority with holy consistency. David knew how to kill giants. They wrote songs about his ability to destroy foreign enemies. You definitely did not want to get on David’s bad side. Yet, in this beautiful chapter from his life, the man of war is also seen to be a true man of grace and kindness. May we all consider that the warrior leaders must learn gentleness, and that the gentle leaders must learn when and how to wage war. David was the rare leader who could expertly accomplish both.