DAVID WINS AN EMPIRE Nearly ten centuries before the time of King David, the Lord had promised Abraham, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates” (Gen. 15:18). Once the Lord had entered into covenant with King David, He blessed David with a realm that covered the territory of the Abrahamic covenant. AT A GLANCE The Davidic Kingdom. David’s military exploits successfully incorporated into the Israelite kingdom the powers of Edom,