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Introduction:
Saul is dead and David is no longer on the run.
About 7 years have passed with David ruling over Judah from Hebron in the south and Ishbosheth, Saul’s one remaining son, ruling over Benjamin and the rest of Israel from Mahanaim in the north.
Ishbosheth’s commander of armies and potential ally of David, Abner, is dead, having been assassinated by David’s military commander, Joab.
And with chapter 4, Ishbosheth was assassinated by 2 men who thought they would be rewarded by David.
But as was the case with the Amalekite messenger in chapter one who claimed to have taken Saul’s life, David had the assassins put to death.
David had reigned seven years in Hebron over the tribe of Judah; now he was to reign over the entire nation for thirty-three years, making a total of forty years.
David had reigned seven years in Hebron over the tribe of Judah; now he was to reign over the entire nation for thirty-three years, making a total of forty years.
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In the last chapter,
In our chapter for tonight, the tribes of Israel now make David king.
The tribes of Israel now make David king.
He is the only viable military leader with a proven record of victories in past campaigns (5:1–5).
One of David’s first acts is to take the strategic city of Jerusalem, and make it his capital (vv.
6–16; see Jerusalem).
The Philistines recognize the threat David poses as Israel’s king.
They organize a preemptive strike intended to kill him before he can weld Israel together (v.
17).
David, guided by God, deals the Philistines a series of quick defeats, foreshadowing the end of that sea people’s military and technological dominance.
David at last is in command of his people, and immediately reveals the vigor that will mark his actions throughout his long future reign.
In our chapter, the elders of the tribes of Israel will anoint him as their king.
This was David’s third anointing.
This was David’s third anointing—Samuel had anointed him at home in Bethlehem, and the men of Judah had anointed him at Hebron (2:4).
See for David’s song of victory after God had defeated all his foes and given him peace.
Prior to this:
Samuel had anointed David at his home in Bethlehem.
The men of Judah had anointed him at Hebron.
is David’s song of victory after God had defeated all his foes and given him peace.
In that Psalm he wrote:
From taking on bears and lions while guarding his father’s sheep … to defeating Goliath … to battles both mental and physical … the Lord has brought David through.
The LORD had the prophet Samuel anoint David as His choice for King of Israel and the LORD has seen David through.
As for the rest of Israel, they were not left with a lot of choices.
As was the case with Saul, even though God chose for king a man like the people wanted, it was still God who appointed Saul as king.
God was in control.
And God also chose David, who was a man after God’s own heart, and as for the people, there was really no other choice but David.
God was in control.
David is the only viable military leader with a proven record of victories in past campaigns (5:1–5).
He is the only viable military leader with a proven record of victories in past campaigns (5:1–5).
One of David’s first acts is to take the strategic city of Jerusalem, and make it his capital (vv.
6–16; see Jerusalem).
The Philistines recognize the threat David poses as Israel’s king.
They organize a preemptive strike intended to kill him before he can weld Israel together (v.
17).
David, guided by God, deals the Philistines a series of quick defeats, foreshadowing the end of that sea people’s military and technological dominance.
David at last is in command of his people, and immediately reveals the vigor that will mark his actions throughout his long future reign.
As the elders said in verse 2, “When Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in.”
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2 Samuel
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One of David’s first acts is to take the strategic city of Jerusalem, and make it his capital (vv.
6–16; see Jerusalem).
Prior to this point, Jerusalem was in the hands of the Jebusites.
The Jebusites were descended from the 3rd son of Canaan.
He is the only viable military leader with a proven record of victories in past campaigns (5:1–5).
One of David’s first acts is to take the strategic city of Jerusalem, and make it his capital (vv.
6–16; see Jerusalem).
The Philistines recognize the threat David poses as Israel’s king.
They organize a preemptive strike intended to kill him before he can weld Israel together (v.
17).
David, guided by God, deals the Philistines a series of quick defeats, foreshadowing the end of that sea people’s military and technological dominance.
David at last is in command of his people, and immediately reveals the vigor that will mark his actions throughout his long future reign.
In our chapter, David will take Jerusalem from the Jebusites to make it the new capital of Israel.
By chapter 6, David is fully established ruling from Jerusalem and the Ark of the Covenant is brought there.
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Also in this chapter, David takes on the Philistines.
Of course, the Philistines had personal experience with David.
As a young man, he had killed their great hero Goliath.
In order to marry Saul’s daughter Michal, David had slain 200 Philistines.
And of course there were other battles and skirmishes between David and the Philistines.
But let’s not forget that when David was on the run from Saul he had lived in Ziklag with permission of the Philistine king and had raided and worked on their behalf.
In fact, the Philistine king grew to trust David enough to make him his personal bodyguard.
So, the Philistines were very much aware of what David was capable of and they recognized the threat David posed to them as Israel’s king.
And to mitigate what could be a disaster for them, they organized a preemptive strike intended to kill him before he can weld Israel together (v.
17).
But David, guided by God, deals the Philistines a series of quick defeats.
This foreshadows the end of the military and technological dominance they had been enjoying over the Israelites.
So, David is at last in command of all Israel.
And very quickly we see reveals the strength of character and military capability that will mark his actions throughout his long future reign.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank You for everyone here this evening.
Thank You that You know each of us by name and have caused us to walk with You.
Lord, we open up Your word desiring to hear from You ... not man's word or wisdom, but Your Words and Wisdom.
Please soften our hearts to receive from You.
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The assassination of Ishbosheth left the eleven tribes without a king.
There was no more able heir to claim Saul’s throne.
As we saw in the last chapter, there was yet a surviving male grandson of Saul, Mephibosheth.
But he was physically unfit to rule.
The other possible claimant was Abner, Ishbosheth’s military commander who already had his eyes on the throne.
But Abner was dead, murdered by Joab.
Before he was assassinated, Abner had made a peace deal with David and had begun work to pave the way for David to be made king of all twelve tribes.
I find it interesting that the elders of Israel make 2 statements about why they are finally come to David to anoint him king.
First, he had led Israel’s armies under Saul.
Second, the Lord had already chose David to be king.
These 2 things seem out of order.
The fact that David was God’s chosen king should be their first concern.
And the fact that David led Israel in battle under Saul is supporting evidence.
However, we could also look at this from the perspective of David having been faithful in his responsibilities under Saul.
And now being recognized as King with the leaders of all the tribes convening at Hebron and crowning him king.
The next step was for the leaders of all the tribes to convene at Hebron and crown David king.
The next step was for the leaders of all the tribes to convene at Hebron and crown David king.
The qualifications for Israel’s king were written in the Law of Moses in .
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From verse 15 of , we see that the first and most important requirement was that he was to be chosen by the Lord from the people of Israel.
He was to be a king “whom the Lord your God chooses.”
Verse 2 of our chapter reminds us that the people were aware that Samuel had anointed David king some 20 years before this.
They knew that it was God’s will that David ascend the throne.
The nation needed a shepherd, and David was that shepherd.
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