David: A Man After God's Own Heart

2Samuel Begins with an Amalekite lying to David about the death of Saul. He claimed to kill Saul at Saul’s request. When Saul’s armourbearer refused to kill Saul so Saul killed himself then his  armourbearer killed himself also.

In 1Sam 30 David smote the Amalekites after they raided and plundered Ziklag and took his wives captive. This man thought to gain favor with David and save his life by saying he killed Saul thinking Saul was a hated enemy of David.

·       2Sam 1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

·       V15 he died in his lie. David had him killed.

2Sam 1:17-27 David’s praise of Saul and Jonathan

·       In these verses we see the great love David had for Jonathan and Saul.

·       V19 The beauty of Israel is slain

·       V23 They were lovely and pleasant in their lives

·       V24 Israel benefited greatly through Saul’s. 1Sam tells of the sin of Saul. Here David tells of the good things Saul did.

·       V26 David tells of his great love of Jonathan.

**Something to think about: Did David flee from Saul in fear of his own life or did he flee from Saul in fear that someday he would be forced to kill Saul?

David: A man after God’s own heart: [1Sam 13:14; Acts 13:22]

·       1Samuel 16:1-13 David, chosen by the LORD, was anointed by Samuel with a horn full of oil. The horn a symbol of power and tied to the salvation of the LORD. [2Sam 22:3; Ps 18:2; Luke 1:69]

·       Of David the LORD said 2Sam 7:14-15 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

·       2Sam 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

·       Compare 2Sam 7:18-29 (1Chron 17:16) with 1Chron 29:10-20

Ø    2Sam 7:18 private before the LORD

Ø    1Chron 29:11 before the all the congregation

Ø    The theme is the same: The LORD is exalted as head above all

Ø    Compare 1Chron 17:21 with Deu 4:7-8, 34

Ø    Through David, the LORD made the nation of Israel the envy of gentile nations.

·       The house of David was spared from being removed as the royal line 1Ki 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Ø    The key to this verse is “turned not aside”. This verse does not say David never sinned or committed iniquity. He never turned from the LORD to the gods of the heathen. (Saul also never worshiped false gods.)

Ø    The difference with the matter of Uriah the Hittite was that David pondered the iniquity in his heart to have Uriah killed so he could steal Bathsheba. This was a planned action. His other sins seen in 1Sam were not pondered in his heart as a sin against the LORD.

Ø    2Sam 12:12

Ø    Remember David’s broken heart over his sin in this matter and his repentance. See Psalm 51

David and the temple: 2Samuel 7, 1Chron 17

David is at peace with all his enemies. It is David’s desire to build a permanent temple for the ark and the mercy seat.

·       2Sam 7:7, 1Chron 17:6 The LORD never asked tribes of Israel or the judges to build Him a house of cedar.

·       2Sam 7:12-13, 1Chron 17:11-12 The LORD honors David’s desire through his son

·       2Sam 12:9-10 with 1Chron 22:8 we see the reason David was not allowed to build the temple.

·       David was allowed to design and arrange for all that was needed to build it and to run it.