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…
Category: <span>2 Samuel with Select Psalms and Proverbs</span>
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…
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…
David endured great difficulty while he was on the run from Saul (1 Samuel 18-31). Yet, even after he was anointed king over all Israel (2 Samuel 5), he faced…
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…
At this point in the life of David, one might think Israel’s king a prime example of covenant faithfulness—indestructible from without and within. Yet the latter portions of David’s life…
In the Lord’s covenant with David, He told the newly crowned king that his place in the flow of redemptive history was to be a conqueror, one who would be…
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…
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 23-24; Psalms 16, 71
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