We have already noted David’s sins of adultery and murder in 2Samuel 11 and also saw how he took responsibility for those actions (see 2Samuel 12.13). However, those were not David’s only sins. So, as we conclude our study of David, let’s look at another of his failures and see how he accepted responsibility for... Continue Reading →

Because of his sin, David fell “short of the glory of God” (Romans 3.23) just as we all do. He certainly did not act as a man after God’s own heart as he transgressed the Lord’s will, but his heart was willing to receive the Lord’s correction and to repent. His heart was moldable, which... Continue Reading →

Upon rejecting Saul as king, the Lord revealed through Samuel that the next king of Israel would be “a man after His own heart” (1Samuel 13.14). So far in our study of David, we have seen him to be just that: a man devoted to the ways of God and a man who put his... Continue Reading →

As God was about to make His promise to establish David’s throne and kingdom forever (2Samuel 7.12-16), the Lord reminded David of how He had “been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you,” (vs. 9). Turning our attention to 2Samuel 8, we can see that the... Continue Reading →

Many years before David's reign, the ark of the covenant was taken by the Philistines after they defeated Israel in battle (see 1Samuel 4.1-11). However, the Philistines found the ark a burden as their idols fell before it (1Samuel 5.1-5) and the inhabitants of their great cities were struck with tumors when the ark was... Continue Reading →

You may recall that David and Jonathan entered into a covenant together and that part of that covenant was David's promise to not "cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth." (1Samuel 20.15). Significantly, David... Continue Reading →

After he spared Saul's life for the second time (1Samuel 26), David once again fled to the Philistines (1Samuel 27). Shortly afterwards the Philistines gathered their forces to fight against Saul and the armies of Israel. Even though Achish, king of Gath, would have taken David with him into battle, the Philistine commanders did not... Continue Reading →

We saw in our study of 1Samuel 24 that David respected the will of God so much that he would not strike down Saul, the man who was relentlessly pursuing him. David would not strike him because he was God's anointed choice as king. However, when we come to 1Samuel 25 we see David ready... Continue Reading →

1Samuel 24 & 26 tell two similar stories that happened on different occasions. The setting of 1Samuel 24 is in the wilderness of Engedi, on the western shore of the Dead Sea. In a cave in that region, David was given the opportunity to slay his enemy, Saul. The setting of 1Samuel 26 is in... Continue Reading →

This lesson continues our look at David as he fled from Saul. These were times of great trial, but as we see in the Psalms he penned at this time, David maintained his trust in the Lord. When David fled to the cave of Adullam (1Samuel 22.1-5; Psalm 142) After David escaped from the Philistines... Continue Reading →