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King David,
The 2nd King Over Israel
The books of Kings, As compared with Chronicles, Kings and Samuel give the
history from the human point of view, while Chronicles gives the same history
from the Divine standpoint.
David means (well-beloved)
Who was David?
Ruth 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Matthew 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and
David the king begat
Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias.
His youth before his introduction to the court
of Saul
The early life of David contains in many important respects the
antecedents of his future career. It appears that David was the youngest
son, probably the youngest child, of a family of ten, and was born in
Bethlehem 1085 B.C.
The annual sacrificial feast is being held when Samuel appears, sent by God to
anoint one of Jesse's sons as they pass before him.
1 Samuel 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab,
and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.
7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height
of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;
for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said,
Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen
this.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said
unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.
The Lord hath not chosen from Jesses
older son, Samuel sent for the youngest, David, who was "keeping the sheep," and anoints
him.
Notice The Lord chosen David
because, go back up to Verse 7 the Lord looketh in his heart.
1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold,
he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come
hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
beautiful
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for
this is he.
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The Lord chosen David out of all his older
brothers and anointed him to be King over Israel
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his
brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So
Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
David was of short stature, with red or auburn hair, such as is not unfrequently
seen in his countrymen of the East at the present day.
In later life he wore a beard. His bright eyes, and generally he was remarkable
for the grace of his figure and countenance fair of eyes, comely, goodly, well made and of immense strength and agility.
Evil Spirit Entered Saul
1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the
Lord troubled him.
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An evil spirit entered Saul; notice the spirit
of the Lord departed from Saul.
15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God
troubleth thee.
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An evil spirit from God troubleth thee
16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a
man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the
evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou
shalt be well.
17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and
bring him to me.
18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of
Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man,
and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is
with him.
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son,
which is with the sheep.
1 Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
His swiftness and activity made him like a wild gazelle, his feet like hart's
feet, and his arms strong enough to break a bow of steel.
Psalms 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
After the anointing David resumes his accustomed duties, and the next we know of
him he is summoned to the court to chase away the king's madness by music, and
in the successful effort of David's harp we have the first glimpse into that
genius for music and poetry which was afterwards consecrated in the Psalms.
After this he returned to the old shepherd life again. One incident alone of his
solitary shepherd life has come down to us, his conflict with the lion and the
bear in defence of his father's flocks.
David and Goliath
All Israel were afraid to go up against Goliath and David came up and heard
Goliath and told King Saul he would fight Goliath.
1 Samuel 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,
they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
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Greatly afraid = feared exceedingly
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah,
whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went
among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to
the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the
battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and
the third Shammah.
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Jesse had eight sons
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David being the youngest = about seven-teen
years old
14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed
Saul.
15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's
sheep at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and
presented himself forty days.
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40 = the number significant of probation
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Verse 10 - The Philistine said, I defy the
armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that
we may fight together.
17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren
an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to
the camp to thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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Their pledge = a token from them of their
welfare = a message or letter, or a lock of
hair.
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Genesis 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not
thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come,
and I will send thee unto them. And he said to
him, Here am I.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the
valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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Where was this?
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By = About sixteen miles south-west of Jerusalem
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Elah = OT:425 Elah = a place in
Palestine
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the
valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep
with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him;
and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the
fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array,
army against army.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the
carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his
brethren.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the
champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same
words: and David heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from
him, and were sore afraid.
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All the men of Israel, were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is
come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be,
that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with
great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his
father's house free in Israel.
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David wanted the will of God
26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What
shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and
taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the
living God?
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So
shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the
men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said,
Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those
few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the
naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou
might test see the battle.
29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the
same manner: and the people answered him again after the former
manner.
31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they
rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of
him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
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David is saying, I'll fight this Philistine, Let
no man's fear him
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a
man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth:
and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew
him.
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It was some years after this that David suddenly appears before his
brothers in the camp of the army, and hears the defiant challenge of the
Philistine giant Goliath.
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With his shepherd's sling and five small pebbles he goes forth and
defeats the
giant.
The number five: the number of Grace
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear:
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,
seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out
of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will
deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul
said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to
go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot
go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put
them off him
40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones
out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a
scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare
the shield went before him.
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he
was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with
staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto
the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a
spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts,
the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee,
and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the
Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the
earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and
spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to
meet David, that David hasted, and
ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and
smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the
stone sunk into his forehead; and
he fell upon his face to the earth.
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Revelation 2:17 we know this
stone of the end times is the truth, the seal of
God in your forehead
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and
smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and
drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith.
And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
More reading
1 Samuel 17, for the end times
it's the stone of truth, when the elect
are delivered up.
His relations with Saul
Relations with Saul. We now enter on a new aspect of David's life.
The victory over Goliath had been a turning point of his career.
Saul inquired his parentage, and took him finally to his court. Jonathan was
inspired by the romantic friendship which bound the two youths together to the
end of their lives.
Unfortunately David's fame proved the foundation of that unhappy jealousy of
Saul towards him which, mingling with the king's constitutional malady, poisoned
his whole future relations to David.
His position in Saul's court seems to have been first armor-bearer, 1 Samuel 16:21;
and 1 Samuel 18:2, then captain over a thousand.
1 Samuel 16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and
he loved him
greatly; and he became his armour bearer.
1 Samuel 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
And finally, on his marriage with Michal, the king's second daughter, he
was raised to the high office of captain of the king's body-guard, second only,
if not equal, to Abner, the captain of the host, and Jonathan, the heir
apparent.
David was not chiefly known for his successful exploits against the Philistines,
by one of which he won his wife, and rove back the Philistine power with a blow
from which it only rallied at the disastrous close of Saul's reign.
He also still performed from time to time the office of minstrel; but the
successive attempts of Saul upon his life convinced him that he was in constant
danger.
He had two faithful allies, however, in the court the son of Saul, his friend
Jonathan, and the daughter of Saul, his wife Michal.
He at first found a home at the court of Achish, among the Philistines; but his
stay was short.
Discovered possibly by "the sword of Goliath," his presence revived the national
enmity of the Philistines against their former conqueror, and he only escaped by
feigning madness.
1 Samuel 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
His first retreat was the cave of Adullam. In this vicinity he was joined by his
whole family.
1 Samuel 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and
when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to
him.
And by a motley crowd of debtors and discontented men, which formed the nucleus
of his army.
1 Samuel 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,
and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became
a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
David's life for the next few years was made up of a succession of startling
incidents.
He secures an important ally in Abiathar, his band of 400 at Adullam soon
increased to 600.
1 Samuel 23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
1 Samuel 23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told
Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he for bare to go forth.
He is hunted by Saul from place to place like a partridge.
1 Samuel 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a
mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God
delivered him not into his hand.
15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the
wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
1 Samuel 23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David:
wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And
when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that
side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for
Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for
the
Philistines have invaded the land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the
Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
1 Samuel 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of
En-gedi.
1 Samuel 26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
He marries Abigail and Ahinoam.
1 Samuel 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five
damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David,
and became his wife.
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also
both of them his
wives.
Finally comes the new of the battle of Gilboa and the death of Saul and
Jonathan.
1 Samuel 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
The reception of the tidings of the death of his rival and of his friend, the
solemn mourning, the vent of his indignation against the bearer of the message,
the pathetic lamentation that followed, will close the second period of David's
life.
2 Samuel 1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned
from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
David's reign =
king of Judah at Hebron 7 1/2 years and in Jerusalem 33 years
over all Israel & Judah
2 Samuel 2:1 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord,
saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto
him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
2 Samuel 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the
house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were
they that buried Saul.
Here David was first formally anointed king.
To Judah his dominion was nominally confined.
Gradually his power increased, and during the two years which followed the
elevation of Ish-bosheth a series of skirmishes took place between the two
kingdoms.
Then rapidly followed the successive murders of Abner and of Ish-bosheth.
2 Samuel 3:30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2 Samuel 4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and
came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at
noon.
The throne, so long waiting for him, was now vacant, and the united voice of the
whole people at once called him to occupy it.
For the third time David was anointed king, and a festival of three days
celebrated the joyful event.
1 Chronicles 12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:
for their brethren had prepared for them
One of David's first acts after becoming king was to secure Jerusalem, which he
seized from the Jebusites and fixed the royal residence there.
Fortifications were added by the king and by Joab, and it was known by the
special name of the "city of David.
2 Samuel 5:9 So
David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And
David built round about from Millo and inward.
1 Chronicles 11:17
And David longed, and said, Oh that one
would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that
is at the gate!
The ark was now removed from its obscurity at Kirjath-jearim with marked
solemnity, and conveyed to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:4
But the ark of God had David brought up
from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for
it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
The erection of the new capital at Jerusalem introduces us to a new era in
David's life and in the history of the monarchy.
He became a king on the scale of the great Oriental sovereigns of Egypt and
Persia, with a regular administration and organization of court and camp; and
he
also founded an imperial dominion which for the first time realize the prophetic
description of the bounds of the chosen people.
Genesis 15:18-21. During the succeeding ten years the nations bordering on his
kingdom caused David more or less trouble, but during this time he reduced to a
state of permanent subjection the Philistines on the west, the
Moabites on the east, by the exploits of Benaiah, the Syrians on the northeast
as far as the Euphrates, the Edomites, on the south; and finally the Ammonites, who had broken their ancient
alliance, and made one grand resistance to the advance of his empire.
2 Samuel 8:1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote
the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah
out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line,
casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he
to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so
the Moabites became David's servants, and brought
gifts.
3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,
as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
2 Samuel 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout
all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became
David's servants. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son
of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew
two lion like men of Moab: he went down also and
slew a lion in
the midst of a pit in time of snow:
Three great calamities may be selected as marking the beginning,
middle and close of David's otherwise prosperous reign, which
appear to be intimated in the question of Gad, "a three-years
famine, a three-months flight or a three-days pestilence.
2 Samuel 10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto
Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me.
And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for
his father. And David's servants came into the land of the
children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of
Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought
against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and
encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and
it be called after my name.
29 And David gathered all the people together, and went
to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight
whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it
was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the
city in great abundance.
31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put
them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of
iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he
unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David
and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and
said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto
thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before
thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three
days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I
shall return to him that sent me.
Of these the first (the three-years famine) introduces us to the last notices of
David's relations with the house of Saul, already referred to.
The second
group of incidents contains the tragedy of David's life, which grew in all its
parts out of the polygamy, with its evil consequences, into which he had plunged
on becoming king.
Underneath the splendor of his last glorious campaign against
the Ammonites was a dark story, known probably at that time only to a very few the adultery with Bath-sheba
and the virtual murder of Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time
when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his
servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the
children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still
at Jerusalem.
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Ammon = a son of Lot; also his posterity and
their country: Ammon, Ammonites.
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Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine,
East and West: Rabbah,
Rabbath.
2 And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from
off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and
from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was
very beautiful to look upon.
3 And David sent and inquired after the woman.
And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came
in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her
uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told
David, and said, I am with child.
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah
the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how
Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy
feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there
followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all
the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down
unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy
journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah,
abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord,
are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine
house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou
livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to
morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that
day, and the morrow.
13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before
him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on
his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his
house.
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David
wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand
of Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in
the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him,
that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he
assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men
were.
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and
there fell some of the people of the servants of David;
and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the
war;
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end
of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto
thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did
fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died
in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that
Joab had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed
against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were
upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants;
and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto
Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the
city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her
husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and
fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and
bare him a son. But the
thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
Her husband Uriah was treacherously killed
by the order of David
After the death of her husband David made
her his wife and she lived with him in the palace.
Four sons sprang from this marriage, after
the first child, the adulterine, had died.
The clouds from this time gathered over David's fortunes, and hence forward "the
sword never departed from his house.
The Lord told David, thou shalt not build an house unto
my name, Your son Solomon shall build an house for my
name. Why? Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made
great wars.
1 Chronicles 22:8 But the word of the Lord came
to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly,
and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build
an house unto my name, because thou hast shed
much blood upon the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall
be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from
all his enemies round about: for his name shall
be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness
unto Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he
shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I
will establish the throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever.
11 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and
prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord
thy God, as he hath said of thee.
The outrage on his daughter
Tamar, the murder of his eldest son Amnon, and then the revolt of his
best-beloved Absalom, brought on the crisis which once more sent
him forth as wanderer, as in the days when he fled from Saul.
2 Samuel 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart
from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel 15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and
all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the
Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed
on before the king.
The final battle of Absalom's rebellion was fought in the "forest of Ephraim,"
and terminated in the accident which led to the young man's
death; and, though nearly heartbroken at the loss of his son,
David again reigned in undisturbed peace at Jerusalem.
The closing period of David's life, with the exception of one great calamity,
may be considered as a gradual preparation for the reign of his successor. This
calamity was the three-days pestilence which visited Jerusalem at the warning of
the prophet Gad.
The occasion which led to this warning was the census of the people taken by
Joab at the king's orders, which was for
some reason sinful in God's sight.
A formidable conspiracy to
interrupt the succession broke out in the last days of David's reign; but the
plot was stifled, and Solomon's inauguration took place under his father's
auspices.
1 Kings 1 By this time David's infirmities had grown upon him. His last song is
preserved a striking union of the ideal of a just ruler which he had placed
before him and of the difficulties which he had felt in realizing it.
2 Samuel
23:1-7. His last words to his successor are general exhortations to his duty.
1
Kings 2:1-9. He died, according to Josephus, at the age of 70, and "was buried
in the city of David."
After the return from the captivity, "the sepulchres of
David" were still pointed out "between Siloah and the house of the mighty men,"
or "the guard-house."
Nehemiah 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of
Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place
over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was
made, and unto the house of the mighty.
His tomb, which became the general sepulchre of the kings of Judah, was pointed
out in the latest times of the Jewish people. The edifice shown as such from the
Crusades to the present day is on the southern hill of modern Jerusalem commonly
called Mount Zion, under the so-called "Coenaculum;" but it cannot be identified
with the tomb of David, which was emphatically within the walls.
David's Sons and
Daughters
2 Samuel 5:13-16 And David took him more
concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from
Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. And
these be the names of those that were born unto him in
Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, and
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
Bath-sheba was the daughter of Eliam or
Ammiel; both names have the same meaning.
"The seventh daughter," or "the daughter of an oath," also
called Bathshua bath-shua`, "the daughter of opulence".
1 Chronicles 3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in
Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of
Abigail the Carmelitess:
2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur:
the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and
six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and
Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
1 Chronicles 3:5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem;
Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua
the daughter of Ammiel:
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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