David, the son of Jesse, was Israel's greatest king, but he wasn't born that way-he was made. The journey he had to take to become the king of Israel was THROUGH the wilderness. He was hunted, battered, and bruised. He lived as an outlaw, then a warlord, then a turncoat and terrorist. He made one disastrous mistake after another, yet somehow God forged David into Yahweh's anointed, the king over all Israel.