2 Samuel 1

Intro

now to the story of David

after the very sad ending of the first book

probably only look into a couple things from David’s reign

becomes more of a history book as it goes

A Messenger from Israel

a messenger from Israel comes with news of the battle

He killed Saul seemingly out of mercy, but also to come tell David and win his favor

David orders the man killed for the reason he would not kill Saul

David then goes to Judah, the land of his tribe, and becomes king by the mountain

the nation is split as it will be after Solomon until both sides fall and are exiled

A Civil War

Abner makes Saul’s son king of the northern kingdom

they have a weird combat competition but then have a full scale battle anyway

Abner kills his pursuer whose brother will kill Abner for it later and then David will curse for killing Abner

Abner leaves Ish-bosheth, named “shame” because Baal is in his name

Ish-bosheth is murdered by his captains who were of Benjamin

A Covenant and A Prayer

David finally unites the kingdom and is made king over all of Israel in Jerusalem

builds his palace of cedar and wants to make a temple for the Lord

God makes a covenant- promising of things much farther into the future than anyone would have understood

David gives a prayer of thanks

Application

for all of David’s flaws, he only ever sees himself as a humble shepherd boy serving God

its when he sees himself as the unstoppable king that the problems come

this is the story of how a shepherd boy began the line that would lead to the true king

maybe one more story of David and then we will move on to other things

he never stops being after God’s motivation