Category: <span>2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs</span>

David became proud during his final days and the nation suffered as a result. David’s arrogance in taking a census in 2 Samuel 24 stands in direct opposition to his…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

Despite the latter-day dangers David had to endure, the earlier scenes of fleeing from Saul were still considered some of the most ominous of his life. David’s song of thanksgiving…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

The Lord’s discipline upon David was both formative and punitive. When David was on the run from Saul, he had done nothing to warrant the treatment he received. In those…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

David’s sin with Bathsheba was no minor offense. The Lord reprimanded David telling him that because of his sin with Uriah’s wife, the sword would never depart from his house…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

On the heels of David’s immorality with Bathsheba, the author of 2 Samuel overlooked other events that took place in Israel, recording that “some time passed” (2 Sam 13:1) between…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

Taken together, 2 Samuel 7 and Psalms 2, 40, and 110 provide a window for understanding God’s redemptive plan. In the immediate historical context, these passages referred to God’s covenant…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament

Established as king over Israel and victorious over the Philistines (2 Samuel 5), David thought it prudent to bring the ark from Baale-judah to Jerusalem (2 Sam 6:1). Someone who…

2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament