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DAVID’S CHILD DIES HE ACCEPTING THE LORD’S JUDGMENT
David’s Child Dies he Accepting The Lord’s Judgment. David said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, ‘Who knows, the LORD may be gracious to me and the child may live.’But now he is dead; why should I [continue to] fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him [when I die], but he will not return to me.”
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, GIVING REIN TO SELF-INDULGENCE
David And Bathsheba, Giving Rein To Self-Indulgence. David sent word and inquired about the woman. Someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And when she was purified from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
DAVID DEFEATS AMMON AND SYRIA
David Defeats Ammon and Syria. But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.
DAVID’S KINDNESS TO MEPHIBOSHETH
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth. David said to him, “Do not be afraid, for I will certainly show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall always eat at my table.”
DAVID’S VICTORIES VICTORIOUS ON EVERY SIDE
David’s Victories Victorious On Every Side. Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went.
DAVID’S PRAYER OF GRATITUDE
David’s Prayer of Gratitude. Then King David went in and sat [in prayer] before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house (family), that You have brought me this far?
THE ARK TABERNACLED IN THE CITY OF DAVID
The Ark Tabernacled In The City Of David. Now King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing and gladness.
THE ARK BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem. David was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD into the City of David with him; instead he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
DAVID DEFEATS THE PHILISTINES
David Defeats the Philistines. David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You hand them over to me?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly hand them over to you.”
DAVID ANOINTED KING OF ISRAEL
David Anointed King of Israel. Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out [to war] and brought Israel in [from battle]. And the LORD told you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over them.