WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.000 Alright, so 2 Samuel is our home group book for the next year. This is the guide and commentary that the leaders will be using. 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:24.000 ! If you don't have one and you want to get one, that's Dale Ralph Davis's 2 Samuel, Out of Every Adversity. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:38.240 So that's really quite a good book. It talks about all the issues, got good discussion questions at the end and it's really accessible and it's not written in a too technical kind of way. 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:43.019 So really a good book to get for yourself as well to work through that. 00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:53.020 And of course, we're following on from 1 Samuel about a year, 2 years ago. 00:00:53.020 --> 00:01:12.780 So, a lot of what you hear tonight, if you were here for that, will be familiar, but it's good to recap that and refresh those things because essentially 1 and 2 Samuel originally were one book as circulated in the Old Testament. 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:20.180 So a lot of what we said there are still relevant for 2 Samuel. And it's 2 years ago, let's be honest. 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:25.640 So 2 Samuel, but first for something not very different. 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:44.480 Before we dive into the book itself, it's good to recap a bit about covenants and how the Bible works, how the biblical story works and how the biblical story brings us to this place in the Bible of 2 Samuel. 00:01:44.480 --> 00:02:01.080 The Bible story is God's kingdom coming through covenants, God's kingdom breaking into this world and being established in this world by way of God's covenant with his people. 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:18.900 And that kingdom, as it's visible in this world, grows as the covenants that God makes with his people become more visible and expand through the course of the history that we find in the Bible. 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:27.419 Just like that tree that's grown from that little seed into a sapling, into a little tree, into this massive tree like the fir tree that we've got out the back. 00:02:27.419 --> 00:02:31.500 That's very helpful in many ways. 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:55.459 So the story is God's people, the story works towards an ideal and as we see it unfold in the history of the Bible, it is a story of God's people in God's land, under God's rule, awaiting a Sabbath rest that is promised to them. 00:02:55.460 --> 00:03:02.460 And that is what the message is to Israel as they come out of Egypt. 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:07.640 At the Exodus, as they go into this promised land, there is the idea of rest. 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:14.540 If you go into this land and obey my law, then you will enjoy the blessing of rest. 00:03:14.539 --> 00:03:18.179 But there is always this idea of an eternal rest that is coming. 00:03:18.459 --> 00:03:28.939 Right from Genesis 3, really, where our labour is now afflicted and affected by toil and marked by toil. 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:30.859 Work is hard now. 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.239 Even from there, there is the idea that there will be a rest from those things. 00:03:34.659 --> 00:03:38.439 The creation account itself, God resting on the seventh day. 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:43.439 And it's always administered by a representative. 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:54.000 God's people are led by Moses, and then we've got the judges, and then Saul, David, and the rest of the kings. 00:03:55.139 --> 00:04:01.840 And of course, it works towards Jesus, ruling and reigning over his people. 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:12.439 And the ideal that it works towards is God's kingdom in a new creation. 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:22.560 Where, finally, his son will reign over God's people. 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:28.560 And at the moment, we're not quite in that Sabbath rest yet. 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:42.420 But we're in this time, in this epoch, between those representatives and the not yet, the waiting for the full fulfillment, the full culmination of all of this. 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:50.900 Where God's people are under God's son, and under his bride, the church. 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:58.860 We are under the authority of Christ, in this time mediated through the church. 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.000 But we're still awaiting a Sabbath rest. 00:05:03.900 --> 00:05:05.759 How does the covenant work? 00:05:06.900 --> 00:05:11.500 The covenants in the Bible all have an element of grace, starting with grace. 00:05:12.420 --> 00:05:13.840 There's an element of law. 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:15.860 We'll unpack this now. 00:05:17.960 --> 00:05:23.120 And that law has aspects of blessing and curse attached to it. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:29.879 But regardless of how that plays out, there's always grace in the end. 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:35.180 Which, as we go through the Bible story, is very good news. 00:05:37.700 --> 00:05:40.819 So, two main types of covenants in the Bible, really. 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:42.100 Works and grace. 00:05:42.420 --> 00:05:46.060 Covenant of works with Adam in the Garden of Eden. 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:55.020 Debated by some scholars, but generally in Reformed circles, we buy into that. 00:05:55.080 --> 00:05:56.660 That there was a covenant of works with Adam. 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:59.980 That Adam was given tasks. 00:06:00.200 --> 00:06:04.819 If he obeyed God, that would have led to eternal life, eternal blessing. 00:06:05.400 --> 00:06:06.759 We're not talking about that now. 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.599 We're talking about the covenant of grace, which follows from that. 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:19.099 And unfolds through the rest of the Bible story, leading to the fulfillment in Jesus Christ. 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:23.939 So, how does the Bible story grow? 00:06:23.939 --> 00:06:27.420 Like we said, in various stages in this covenant of grace. 00:06:27.420 --> 00:06:33.860 There's the covenant of restoration with the seed of the woman. 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:35.420 Genesis 3, like we said. 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:37.740 Covenant of preservation with Noah. 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:41.460 I won't destroy the earth again, as with this flood. 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:43.660 Covenant of promise with Abraham. 00:06:43.660 --> 00:06:47.000 In you all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:52.320 And looking forward to Abraham's seed and doing that. 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:55.060 The covenant of law with Israel, Moses. 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:58.079 And they all have signs attached to them. 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:03.019 The rainbow with Noah, circumcision with Abraham. 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:07.139 The Sabbath attached to the covenant of law with Moses. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:08.620 That's a sign of that. 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:10.819 The covenant of the kingdom with David. 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.000 And then the covenant of fulfillment made with the church. 00:07:15.540 --> 00:07:16.439 The new covenant. 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:27.160 And really what we see in the book, this book and the Bible up to now, the historical books, 00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:34.120 is that covenant of law with Israel and the covenant of the kingdom with David. 00:07:35.339 --> 00:07:41.899 And as we start to Samuel, we're still in the transition between those two stages, really. 00:07:41.899 --> 00:07:48.539 We transition into Samuel between those two stages of the unfolding of the covenant. 00:07:48.739 --> 00:07:51.639 Up to now they've been under the law of Israel. 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:53.379 They've been out of Egypt. 00:07:53.739 --> 00:07:55.399 In Exodus received the law. 00:07:56.339 --> 00:08:03.120 And we're about to see in 2 Samuel, God expanding the covenant into the next phase. 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:04.399 The covenant with David. 00:08:05.779 --> 00:08:09.000 So that's important to keep in mind with what's going on in 2 Samuel. 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:17.379 Generally, this is the unfolding of the next stage of God's plan for his people. 00:08:18.660 --> 00:08:20.040 The covenant of law. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:25.100 That was the stage that we're in up to now. 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:27.860 God said, I will be your God and you will be my people. 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:31.040 And this applied to the people in the land in this way. 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:39.019 So God elected Israel's fathers while there were still, you know, idolaters, Abraham and all of them. 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.480 He rescued them from Egypt. 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:45.860 He graciously blessed them even through Balaam, the unbeliever. 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.259 And he graciously gave them the land through Joshua. 00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:52.659 All the initiative of God. 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:57.719 Grace is the starting point of that covenant. 00:08:57.959 --> 00:09:00.719 People sometimes try to separate these things, grace and law. 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:03.519 We can't really do that. 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:05.139 They're intertwined. 00:09:07.079 --> 00:09:08.779 But the covenant starts with grace. 00:09:09.939 --> 00:09:14.139 The law is they must obey God's laws as the way of life in the covenant. 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:16.519 God says, this is how you should live. 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:18.639 And makes it pretty clear. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:24.720 And out of that law, attached to that is blessing and curse. 00:09:25.939 --> 00:09:30.340 Their stay in the land is conditional on them obeying the law. 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:34.379 In the land that God's given them, Canaan. 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:36.860 Blessing means enjoying life in that land. 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:41.279 Curse means slavery to their enemies and exile ultimately. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:45.559 So what do they do? 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:50.599 They go and disobey God's laws and they fall into idolatry. 00:09:51.059 --> 00:09:52.859 And ultimately they go into exile. 00:09:53.859 --> 00:09:57.599 But before that, I mean right from the beginning, they go into the land. 00:09:58.139 --> 00:09:59.759 They fall into idolatry. 00:09:59.859 --> 00:10:02.399 And that's the whole story of judges, isn't it? 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:03.479 Right from the beginning. 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:04.779 It doesn't take them very long. 00:10:06.579 --> 00:10:08.359 And they start to disobey God's laws. 00:10:09.319 --> 00:10:11.439 They're led into idolatry by various people. 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:15.220 And God has to raise up leader after leader for them. 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:17.560 To rescue them from that. 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:20.160 And from their enemies. 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:21.520 And give them rest. 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:25.860 And there's a downward spiral in judges. 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:37.900 In 1 Samuel we then saw, isn't it, that God responds ultimately after that whole saga in judges. 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:40.139 And they cry out, we want a king. 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:43.759 They of course say, we want a king like the nations. 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:46.980 And that's a sinful request. 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:52.980 Because God told them in Deuteronomy, don't ask for a king like the nations. 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:54.519 And they go and do exactly that. 00:10:55.459 --> 00:10:58.179 So he graciously responds to that request. 00:10:58.439 --> 00:11:00.240 And gives them what they asked for. 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:02.819 Choose a Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:07.700 And Saul must now respond by faith to God. 00:11:09.460 --> 00:11:11.220 For this grace shown to him. 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:12.640 And chosen as king. 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:16.220 There's a lot in Deuteronomy. 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:17.520 Deuteronomy 17. 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:20.200 About one day when they do get a king. 00:11:20.300 --> 00:11:22.220 How this king should live. 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:23.480 And obey and lead them. 00:11:25.260 --> 00:11:27.900 So that's already established. 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:30.639 Israel's king must obey God's laws. 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:32.019 And study them. 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:33.019 And meditate them. 00:11:33.340 --> 00:11:35.159 And meditate upon them. 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:37.459 And govern in accordance with them. 00:11:37.579 --> 00:11:39.299 That's been established for a long time. 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:42.360 Blessing for the king is. 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.100 It will go well with him and the nation. 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:47.279 The nation is blessed. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.500 Or cursed. 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:50.779 In many ways. 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.059 Through the actions of the king. 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:53.879 The representative. 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:55.319 And the red ministers. 00:11:55.539 --> 00:11:56.139 God's people. 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:58.259 If the king disobeys. 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.100 He and the nation will be swept away. 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:01.960 So there's really a question of life and death. 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:03.600 In the covenants. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.240 So what we're coming to now. 00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:09.480 Is the covenant of the kingdom. 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.519 The covenant God makes with David. 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:17.740 Transitions from the covenant with Moses. 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:20.399 And particularly chapter 7. 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.460 So when we get there. 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:22.899 That will be a big thing. 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:25.000 That we'll look at. 00:12:26.139 --> 00:12:26.860 So grace. 00:12:27.019 --> 00:12:27.299 Again. 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.220 God responds in grace to David's poor background. 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:32.720 He's not wealthy. 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:34.360 He's not well thought of. 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:34.960 His family. 00:12:35.179 --> 00:12:35.480 They're not. 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.939 They don't have high status. 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:38.539 He's not even the eldest. 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:42.580 God knows all the moral failures. 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:44.100 That we'll see of David. 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:45.620 Already. 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:47.699 And yet still chooses him. 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.879 To make a covenant with him. 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.319 In this way. 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:52.939 And to get him to lead the people. 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:55.160 And the covenant isn't just any covenant. 00:12:55.280 --> 00:12:58.720 God promises to establish the kingdom of his son forever. 00:12:58.940 --> 00:12:59.640 Through David. 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.980 Which is an incredible thought. 00:13:03.400 --> 00:13:05.060 Given where David was. 00:13:05.280 --> 00:13:06.160 At that stage. 00:13:06.880 --> 00:13:09.220 Before God called him. 00:13:09.660 --> 00:13:10.340 And now again. 00:13:10.380 --> 00:13:12.040 David must respond by faith. 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:14.260 In God's covenant's promise. 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:17.159 Saul had to do that. 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:19.860 We've seen how tragically he failed in doing that. 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:20.539 In 1 Samuel. 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.939 That's the question now in 2 Samuel. 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:23.379 Isn't it? 00:13:23.439 --> 00:13:25.019 Is David going to be different? 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:28.600 Is David going to respond in faith to God's promises? 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:31.159 Unlike Saul. 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:33.279 That's the cliffhanger that we're on. 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:34.360 That's the tension. 00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:36.360 That the writer of Samuel. 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.960 wants us to feel. 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:39.340 Again. 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.539 David and his son are to obey God's laws. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:43.320 And that. 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:48.039 Word son there is important. 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:50.600 In that covenant with David. 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.399 It comes up. 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.279 You know. 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:54.300 We see Solomon succeed. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:55.700 David. 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:58.060 Not quite into Samuel. 00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:59.899 Beginning of 1 Kings. 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:02.559 But that's kind of a tension. 00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:03.779 That runs through it as well. 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.179 Is. 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:06.199 Is one of the sons. 00:14:06.199 --> 00:14:07.519 Going to be the son. 00:14:07.699 --> 00:14:09.539 That is talked about in 2 Samuel. 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:10.259 And. 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.319 We looking back. 00:14:11.439 --> 00:14:12.079 Know that. 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:12.799 Ultimately. 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:14.000 That is Jesus Christ. 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:15.620 Who is a descendant of David. 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.480 But. 00:14:17.699 --> 00:14:17.860 You know. 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.559 We'll talk about a bit. 00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:19.699 About this a bit. 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.779 As we go along. 00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.860 With something like this. 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.340 We. 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:27.679 Often run the risk. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.960 Of jumping too quickly. 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:29.759 To Jesus. 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.939 It's always a good thing. 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:32.659 To go to Jesus. 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:34.299 And that's where we need to end up. 00:14:34.819 --> 00:14:35.039 But. 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.039 Reading back. 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.779 We sometimes. 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.659 Maybe do ourselves. 00:14:39.079 --> 00:14:39.439 A disservice. 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.819 Of dwelling in the text. 00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.600 As it. 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.299 Is. 00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:43.500 And. 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:44.819 You know. 00:14:45.459 --> 00:14:46.379 Not letting ourselves. 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:47.319 Feel the tension. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.779 That the readers of that time. 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.600 Would have felt themselves. 00:14:49.939 --> 00:14:50.059 So. 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.220 Maybe as we kind of. 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:52.299 Go through this year. 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.699 Try and do that. 00:14:53.699 --> 00:14:54.019 And see. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:55.240 How would someone have read it. 00:14:55.319 --> 00:14:55.960 At the time. 00:14:56.199 --> 00:14:56.379 You know. 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.360 Or between then. 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:57.699 And. 00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:59.500 Seeing how this is fulfilled. 00:14:59.500 --> 00:14:59.980 In Jesus. 00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:00.940 Um. 00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:02.980 I think that helps us. 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.220 Um. 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.580 The grace is that. 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.659 Although David's son. 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.320 Might sin. 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.220 Um. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.179 God will not. 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.320 Remove his love. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:12.820 From him. 00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:14.560 But will establish the throne. 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.120 Of his kingdom. 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:15.500 Forever. 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.220 That's the promise. 00:15:16.280 --> 00:15:17.480 That God makes to David. 00:15:17.640 --> 00:15:17.879 Isn't it? 00:15:17.920 --> 00:15:18.920 This is an eternal. 00:15:19.540 --> 00:15:19.879 Kingdom. 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.360 An eternal throne. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.300 And. 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.220 That is. 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:24.360 That is the grace. 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.460 Already right there. 00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:26.379 Um. 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.320 That's good to. 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:28.600 Remember. 00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:29.480 So. 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:29.980 Why don't you say. 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.180 Samuel. 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.760 That's a bit of. 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.260 Kingdom. 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:32.840 Um. 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:33.580 By the way. 00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:34.760 On. 00:15:35.020 --> 00:15:35.360 Covenant. 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.580 If you want to read more. 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.420 John T. 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:37.800 Rhodes. 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:38.819 Our minister in Leeds. 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.479 Has written this. 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:41.279 Very very helpful book. 00:15:41.719 --> 00:15:41.959 Uh. 00:15:41.959 --> 00:15:42.699 On covenants. 00:15:42.819 --> 00:15:43.059 It's. 00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:43.679 Again. 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.459 Very accessible. 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.000 And. 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:45.740 Really. 00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.259 You know. 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.959 Easy to read. 00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:47.199 And. 00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:49.079 Really unpacks all of this. 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:50.559 How God deals with these people. 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:51.719 Through covenants. 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:51.899 So. 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.219 Yeah. 00:15:52.979 --> 00:15:53.759 Highly recommended. 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.120 I don't think we've got any at the book table at the moment. 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.500 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:56.939 You know. 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:58.459 Maybe we'll get some in future again. 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.059 Um. 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.579 So why don't you Samuel. 00:16:03.959 --> 00:16:04.279 Uh. 00:16:04.359 --> 00:16:04.679 Quick. 00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:05.759 Recap. 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.399 Just of where this fits in. 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.819 In the. 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.399 In the Old Testament. 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.759 The Old Testament. 00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:11.720 The. 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.679 The Jewish Bible. 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.659 They structure it in. 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.379 Three ways. 00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:15.720 And if you. 00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:17.659 Buy a Hebrew Old Testament. 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:18.959 It doesn't say. 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.860 The Old Testament. 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.500 Obviously. 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:21.459 Um. 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.519 But it says. 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:22.840 The. 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.840 The Torah. 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.840 The Nevi'im. 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.699 And the Ketuvim. 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.500 The instruction. 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.480 The prophets. 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.620 And the writings. 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:29.360 The Torah. 00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:31.480 The first five books of the Bible. 00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:33.039 And that's sometimes called law. 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:33.720 You know. 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.819 That's one way of. 00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:34.899 Of. 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:35.179 Of. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.419 Translating Torah. 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.079 But it's more. 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.759 Instruction. 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.420 More broadly. 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.259 So. 00:16:39.900 --> 00:16:40.720 Still valid. 00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:42.220 And feeding into all of the others. 00:16:42.400 --> 00:16:42.980 The prophets. 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:43.759 Um. 00:16:44.280 --> 00:16:45.300 And that's really where. 00:16:46.300 --> 00:16:47.400 One and two Samuels. 00:16:47.540 --> 00:16:48.460 Still fit in as well. 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.040 And in the writings. 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.340 That's various things like. 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.259 The wisdom literature. 00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:52.920 And. 00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.160 Psalms. 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.700 And so on. 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:55.980 Um. 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.980 So we're in the prophets. 00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:58.320 Um. 00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.520 And the prophets again. 00:16:59.520 --> 00:16:59.960 Oh. 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.020 Oh. 00:17:00.020 --> 00:17:00.100 Yeah. 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.040 Oh. 00:17:00.040 --> 00:17:00.120 Yeah. 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.100 Yeah. 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.120 Yeah. 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.180 Yeah. 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.180 00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:00.620 Yeah. 00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.299 Yeah. 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:12.359 So the former prophets. 00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.139 Um. 00:17:13.379 --> 00:17:14.200 That's where it sits. 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.759 The kind of. 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.220 Early. 00:17:16.419 --> 00:17:16.579 Uh. 00:17:16.639 --> 00:17:17.059 Before. 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.079 The. 00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.519 The exile. 00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:20.659 And just before the exile. 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.839 And then the latter prophets. 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.759 You know. 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.079 Isaiah. 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:23.480 Jeremiah. 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.319 Ezekiel. 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:24.879 Daniel. 00:17:25.159 --> 00:17:26.059 Isn't there as well. 00:17:26.179 --> 00:17:26.899 And the twelve. 00:17:27.419 --> 00:17:27.799 Prophets. 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:28.799 Um. 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.679 But we're in that. 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.519 Former prophets. 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.980 It's still fairly early on. 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:33.839 Um. 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.379 The prophets. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.759 What do prophets do? 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.799 Prophets speak God's word. 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.799 Into the world. 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.220 Um. 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.099 And. 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.039 You know. 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:46.539 We'll see later on as well. 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:46.899 You know. 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.259 That's. 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.419 That's how. 00:17:49.199 --> 00:17:50.679 The New Testament writers. 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.519 Viewed Samuel as well. 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.639 And the books of Samuel. 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.339 Um. 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:54.779 As. 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.319 God's word being proclaimed into. 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.480 The world at the time. 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.279 Um. 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.799 And still into the world. 00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.139 You know. 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.660 Into the world they were living in. 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.339 Uh. 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.599 After Jesus had come already. 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.379 Um. 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.500 So that is. 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.740 Really the way that we should look at these books too. 00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:12.639 They're not just historical writings. 00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.160 About. 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.759 Events that happened. 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.119 They are God speaking his word. 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:17.839 Um. 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.799 Into. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.240 Our world. 00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:21.400 And our lives as well. 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.840 Um. 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:22.980 And a quick recap. 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.519 Samuel. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:25.040 Starts with Eli. 00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.220 Um. 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:29.280 Disappears off the scene fairly quickly. 00:18:29.800 --> 00:18:30.160 Um. 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.780 Samuel. 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.480 The prophet. 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:32.759 Um. 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.720 Judges. 00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.860 He's the last judge. 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:37.780 Um. 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.420 And then. 00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:38.700 The. 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.080 The. 00:18:40.080 --> 00:18:41.320 The bulk of. 00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:42.140 One Samuel. 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:42.620 Really. 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.500 Is the reign and decline of Saul. 00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:46.080 And then. 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:48.280 The rise of David. 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.259 Um. 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.400 Through a lot of adversity. 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.000 Um. 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.880 And that's where the title of that. 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:53.960 Uh. 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:55.820 Dale Rolf Davis commentary is. 00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.759 Out of every adversity. 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.519 That's what David says. 00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.120 When he. 00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.420 When he. 00:18:59.480 --> 00:18:59.759 When he. 00:18:59.759 --> 00:18:59.780 When he. 00:18:59.780 --> 00:18:59.780 00:18:59.780 --> 00:18:59.820 When he. 00:18:59.820 --> 00:18:59.820 00:18:59.820 --> 00:18:59.820 00:18:59.820 --> 00:18:59.820 00:18:59.820 --> 00:18:59.820 00:18:59.820 --> 00:19:00.100 When he. 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.100 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.100 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.100 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.100 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.100 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.100 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.560 When he's crowned. 00:19:00.560 --> 00:19:02.060 At the beginning of 2 Samuel. 00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:02.640 And he says. 00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:05.200 Lord you've rescued me out of every adversity. 00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:07.140 He really suffers quite a lot under Saul. 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.220 Um. 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.860 Um. 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.380 But that's the. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.500 That's the. 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.140 That's one Samuel. 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.279 Um. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.900 Just worth. 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.140 Think. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.960 Remembering. 00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.039 Um. 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.360 Hello. 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:24.640 Okay. 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.860 Um. 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:28.259 At the end of Ruth. 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.459 We've got. 00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:30.039 Ruth. 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.339 Needing to be redeemed. 00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:33.319 By our kinsman redeemer. 00:19:33.459 --> 00:19:34.759 And there's a Mr. So and So. 00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:35.479 Um. 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:35.979 Who's the. 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:37.139 The nearest person. 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.259 Um. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.759 Um. 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:41.319 Boaz. 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.879 Takes over. 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.099 Mr. So and So. 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.299 Again. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.500 Think about. 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:46.859 You know. 00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.940 For all eternity. 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.539 He'll be known as Mr. So and So. 00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.220 Um. 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.680 Boaz takes over. 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.879 He steps in. 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:54.920 And. 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.940 From there. 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.119 From that. 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.400 Union. 00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.680 Uh. 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.299 David is a descendant. 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.319 And from there. 00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.059 Jesus Christ. 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.460 So. 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.059 It. 00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.559 This has been predicted. 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.920 And been. 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.539 Been. 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.599 Ordained by God. 00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.240 A long time. 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.920 Before already. 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.519 We see the seeds of that. 00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.259 Already in Ruth. 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.799 Um. 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.220 Yeah. 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.259 Um. 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.740 In terms of. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.680 Structure. 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.879 Of 1 and 2 Samuel. 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.259 Um. 00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.500 Again. 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:23.960 They're kind of. 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.940 We've got them as two books. 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.460 In the Bible. 00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:26.799 But. 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.680 They really. 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.019 Are. 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.859 Apparently. 00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.399 As best we can tell. 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.779 Were. 00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.720 Written and seen. 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.519 As one book. 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.480 Um. 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.039 From a very. 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.740 Very early. 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.619 Time. 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.379 Um. 00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.139 So. 00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.700 We've got our. 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.079 Kind of. 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.160 Start of 2 Samuel. 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:44.740 Really. 00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.319 In the middle. 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.079 Of a block. 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.400 Um. 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.539 In a story arc. 00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.099 That goes. 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:50.099 Right from 1 Samuel. 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.639 Um. 00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:52.019 So just worth keeping in mind. 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.339 As we delve into it. 00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:53.879 Next week. 00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:54.900 Um. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.340 Um. 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.780 From this. 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.880 Commentary. 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:58.200 From Delrell Davis. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.840 That we'll be using. 00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.100 This is how he devised it up. 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.120 So 1 Samuel 1 to 7. 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.420 Primary focus is. 00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:04.320 Is Samuel. 00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.680 And there's a summary section. 00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:07.000 At the end of 1 Samuel 7. 00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.380 Um. 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:10.220 1 Samuel 8 to 14. 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.480 Is Saul. 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:13.160 Saul coming into power. 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:14.900 Well. 00:21:15.780 --> 00:21:16.680 Summary of that. 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.140 Um. 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.660 Um. 00:21:17.780 --> 00:21:18.180 And then. 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:20.360 The section that we're going to delve into now. 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.980 And that we've finished. 00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:22.120 When we've finished 1 Samuel. 00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.600 Is. 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.640 David 1. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.160 Um. 00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.460 1 Samuel 15. 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:30.280 Through to 2 Samuel 8. 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.040 Is. 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:34.759 David really coming into. 00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:35.960 Into power. 00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:37.340 David coming into. 00:21:37.540 --> 00:21:38.240 Office as king. 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.259 David being anointed. 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.580 Uh. 00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.600 The death of Saul. 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:43.100 That transition happening. 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:46.100 The contestation that happens around that. 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.699 It's not easy. 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.459 It. 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:50.079 It's not obvious. 00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.240 It's going to be. 00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.339 Right from the beginning. 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.259 We'll see people. 00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.219 Disputing. 00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:54.740 Um. 00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:56.319 David's claim to the throne. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.379 Uh. 00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.279 Which. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.599 Uh. 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.399 They shouldn't be. 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.039 Given that. 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.059 God. 00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:03.139 Anoints him. 00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.859 As king. 00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.419 But. 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.219 That's the case. 00:22:05.219 --> 00:22:06.399 So that's the story. 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.079 Through to. 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:09.259 2 Samuel 8. 00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.539 2 Samuel 7. 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.579 Is. 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.339 Is. 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:12.919 Is. 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:12.919 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:12.919 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:12.919 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:12.919 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:14.039 The high point there. 00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.500 Isn't it. 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.199 Where God. 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.299 Makes this covenant. 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.279 With David. 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.380 And establishes. 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.019 David's throne. 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.500 Forever. 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.460 And. 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.759 2 Samuel 8. 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.500 Ends again. 00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.700 With a summary section. 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:25.960 And. 00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:26.819 Uh. 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.740 These summary sections. 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.100 You know. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.720 We can read that. 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.819 Read that. 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.620 Very quickly. 00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:31.840 Um. 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.019 It's. 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.640 It sounds a bit dry. 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.460 Um. 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.680 So David reigned. 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.660 Over all Israel. 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.660 And David administered. 00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.680 Justice and equity. 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.580 To all his people. 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.860 Joab. 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.860 The son of Zeruiah. 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.579 Zeruiah. 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.379 Was over the army. 00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.719 And Jehoshaphat. 00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:48.119 The son of Ahilud. 00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:48.759 Was recorder. 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.099 And Zadok. 00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:51.279 The son of Ahitub. 00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.079 And Ahimelech. 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.219 The son of Abiathar. 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.819 Were priests. 00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.059 And Zeruiah. 00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.679 Was secretary. 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.519 And Benaiah. 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.339 The son of Jehoiada. 00:22:57.459 --> 00:22:59.679 Was over the Cherithites. 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.039 And the Pelethites. 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.719 And David's sons. 00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.619 Were priests. 00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:04.679 Um. 00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:06.819 But there's a lot of theological richness. 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.419 In there. 00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:07.979 Um. 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.099 Um. 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.720 How does David. 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.460 Administer. 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:10.860 Just. 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.339 Uh. 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.279 Obviously reign. 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.339 He administered justice. 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.940 And equity. 00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.960 To all his people. 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.099 Um. 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.559 That's the ideal of the king. 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.039 Isn't it? 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.759 Um. 00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.779 And I think. 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:19.960 Just. 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.259 You know. 00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.360 Even in the. 00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.180 In the. 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.539 In who's listed there. 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:25.680 It reinforces this idea of kingdom. 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.019 The kingdom is now established. 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.099 The kingdom is ordered. 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:30.360 There are people doing these various things. 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.019 Um. 00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:33.660 It's such a contrast to judges. 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.640 You know. 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:37.099 Just not very long before that. 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.359 Where it ends with. 00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:40.740 Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.539 Um. 00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.240 So. 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:44.959 There is a message that comes with that as well. 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.139 Um. 00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:47.319 The middle block. 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.199 Uh. 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.179 David 2. 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.279 So 9 to 20. 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.719 Is a long stretch. 00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:53.379 Again with a similar kind of a. 00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:54.740 A summary section. 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:55.980 Um. 00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.199 And. 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:59.759 We'll unpack a bit more about what happens there. 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.000 But. 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.699 And then he has the last section. 00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.699 21 to 24. 00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.339 As kingdom. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.579 Um. 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:05.659 Um. 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.299 Just a heading. 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:08.819 Um. 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.419 Zooming in on 2 Samuel a bit. 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:12.480 Just from this Delo of Davis. 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.619 Commentary again. 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.740 Um. 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.879 The title for 1 to 8. 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.619 Is. 00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:19.579 A man after God's own heart. 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.099 Um. 00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.599 Again. 00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:24.220 That's the big contrast with Saul. 00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.679 Isn't it? 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.319 Saul was. 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.720 Not a man after God's own heart. 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:29.079 He was not the king that. 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.079 Uh. 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.319 Israel should have wanted. 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.460 He is the one they wanted. 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.259 He didn't have a heart. 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.759 Um. 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.700 That was. 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:40.079 After God in the first place. 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.579 Um. 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:43.779 But now we have a man who's after God's own heart. 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.319 Picked by God. 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.940 Specifically to be. 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.660 The king over Israel. 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.539 Um. 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.900 In the middle block again. 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.119 So that's really. 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:55.619 The heading he gives for that is. 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:58.539 A servant under God's rod. 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.720 Um. 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.980 A servant under God's rod. 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.039 Now. 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:08.319 When we go through those. 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.299 Those chapters. 00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:13.100 We'll see why he does that. 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.460 Um. 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.200 Quite early on. 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.140 In. 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.920 That section. 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.740 Um. 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.839 Chapter 10. 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.240 11. 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.120 11. 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.880 Um. 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.420 Is. 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.400 Bathsheba and Uriah. 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.360 Um. 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.479 Um. 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.659 Again. 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.099 Quite shocking. 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.419 Um. 00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:29.500 Uh. 00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.459 What happens there. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.000 Quite disappointing. 00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.240 For the reader. 00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:36.199 Here's this king. 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:38.159 A man who's after God's own heart. 00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.599 And. 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:41.179 It doesn't take him long. 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.099 To. 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.559 Um. 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.979 Fall for his own particular. 00:25:45.979 --> 00:25:46.459 Sins. 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.379 Um. 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.699 And. 00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.000 Uh. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.779 To transgress God's law. 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.299 Um. 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.019 And. 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:54.299 To basically follow his own lusts. 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.619 Um. 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.319 And. 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.759 A last chunk of that. 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.559 Section of 9 to 20. 00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:02.339 Is actually the outworking of that. 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.039 Um. 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.980 There's. 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.079 Uh. 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:10.220 David and his family. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.539 Suffers. 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.859 Quite significantly. 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.140 As a result of that. 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:14.940 Um. 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:17.319 It's not that when God. 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.859 Made the covenant with David. 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.699 And he established. 00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:21.139 David's throne forever. 00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.500 That. 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:23.479 That means there would be no consequences. 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.779 Um. 00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:25.779 Going forward. 00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.779 Um. 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.859 Uh. 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.740 David's children suffer. 00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.539 Um. 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.559 The child dies. 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.019 Uh. 00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.459 And then. 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.419 We've got the shocking. 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.019 Uh. 00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.339 Episode of. 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.419 Um. 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.639 Tamar. 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.599 Uh. 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.939 And. 00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.619 Uh. 00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.639 What's his name? 00:26:46.479 --> 00:26:46.879 Um. 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.320 Um. 00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.440 Here. 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.400 Sorry? 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.500 Um. 00:26:55.260 --> 00:26:55.680 Yes. 00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.180 Amnon. 00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:56.840 Um. 00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:59.960 Who sleeps with his sister. 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.280 Um. 00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.220 Absalom kills him. 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.360 There's a whole. 00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:06.920 Spiraling out of control. 00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.920 It almost feels. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.760 At that stage. 00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.260 Which again. 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.760 You know. 00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.420 Makes us think. 00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:11.500 What is going on? 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.579 Um. 00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.759 What is the. 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.740 What is. 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.640 What is going to happen? 00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.359 Um. 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.259 But. 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.140 He is a servant under God's rod. 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.460 Um. 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.640 And. 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.400 We see through those chapters. 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.000 How. 00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.980 David really. 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:28.839 Realizes both his dependence on God. 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.400 His own. 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.400 Limitations and inadequacies. 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.059 Um. 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.619 Um. 00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.059 And we. 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.059 We are reminded. 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.039 To look forward. 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.460 To the true king. 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.379 Who is going to be. 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.319 The. 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.259 The promised king. 00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.619 The king we look forward to. 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.460 And reminded that David is not. 00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:44.019 Is not. 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.879 That king. 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.559 Just yet. 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.259 Um. 00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.200 Yeah. 00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.200 And then the last bit. 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.639 Kingdom. 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.179 Kingdom in God's hands. 00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.079 We've covered that. 00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.279 Um. 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.179 On that last bit. 00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.880 I like. 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:03.140 This bit from Robert Bergen's. 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.259 New American commentary. 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.900 A bit more. 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.320 So. 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.360 He kind of divides it. 00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.440 Roughly in the same. 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.440 You know. 00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.840 The first block. 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.680 Although he says. 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.539 Two Samuel one. 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.960 Goes with one Samuel. 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:14.060 That's the end of Saul's dynasty. 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:16.140 He lumps everything together. 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.880 Two to twenty. 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.720 And say that's. 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.960 David reigns as king. 00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:20.220 I think that's maybe a bit. 00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:22.000 Broad brush stroke. 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.900 Um. 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.519 Over it. 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.860 Um. 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.360 But the last bit. 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.660 Is kind of an aside. 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.100 Illustrations of David's. 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.759 Roles in his. 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:31.079 In his relationship with. 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:31.939 The Lord. 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.879 And we've got a whole bunch. 00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.299 Of different. 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.199 Almost vignettes. 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.899 In that section. 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.500 So it feels a bit. 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.819 Batchy. 00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.299 But it's. 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.799 It's probably designed. 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.299 To show. 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.839 Different aspects of. 00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.779 David's roles. 00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.539 In his relationship. 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.079 Uh. 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.579 With the Lord. 00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.480 Leading the people. 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.539 Leading worship. 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.799 Various types of things. 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.139 Um. 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.879 What are the functions. 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.639 Of 2 Samuel. 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:54.919 Um. 00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:54.980 Um. 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.039 Um. 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.960 A couple of different things. 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.299 You can. 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.160 You can argue. 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.960 To Samuel. 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.460 Roles. 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.220 To Samuel. 00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.779 Plays. 00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.559 Um. 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.400 And they're not. 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.920 Mutually exclusive. 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.259 Um. 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:10.019 Firstly. 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.900 It is history. 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.460 It records. 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.960 Historical events. 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.319 Gives us an insight. 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.299 Into what happened. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.420 And what is. 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:19.539 What was the historical unfolding. 00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.220 Of this. 00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.539 Plan of God. 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:21.960 For. 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.019 The salvation. 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.660 Of. 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.779 Of his people. 00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.339 And. 00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.259 Uh. 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.740 The. 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.740 The. 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:27.859 The. 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.160 Glorification of his son. 00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.859 Um. 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.579 That plays out in history. 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:32.979 And. 00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.779 To Samuel. 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.879 One and two Samuel. 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.519 Gives us. 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.079 Part of that story. 00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.719 Um. 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:39.799 We can date some of the events. 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.299 You know. 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.759 If David. 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.439 Started to reign as king. 00:29:42.479 --> 00:29:43.079 Is about 10. 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.979 10 BC. 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.699 You know. 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:44.959 Then. 00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.299 You know. 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.259 You can work from there. 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.479 And. 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.479 You know. 00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.419 David was born. 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.459 About 1040. 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.359 Um. 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.799 You know. 00:29:52.979 --> 00:29:53.179 Uh. 00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:53.740 Up to. 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.519 Abner. 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.899 Murdered by Joab. 00:29:55.959 --> 00:29:57.000 And to Samuel 3. 00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:57.619 And so on. 00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.519 All those kinds of events. 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.479 The first couple of chapters. 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.079 That's about. 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.819 1003 BC. 00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.539 Um. 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.799 So quite quickly actually. 00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:05.000 This in terms of dating it. 00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.579 Chronologically. 00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.539 Um. 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.539 The bulk of. 00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.139 To Samuel. 00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.879 Lay out. 00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:10.399 Less than a thousand years. 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.119 Before. 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.519 Jesus was born. 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.500 Um. 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.720 But yeah. 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.259 We can do that. 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.379 Um. 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.039 Literary art. 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.460 I'll talk a bit more about. 00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.460 Hebrew narrative. 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.639 And how we look at that. 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.339 When we look at. 00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.159 The. 00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.559 The. 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.240 The text. 00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.079 Um. 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.939 But. 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.259 You know. 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.519 People who study these things. 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.980 Say it is actually quite a. 00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.059 Quite a. 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.779 High quality work. 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.299 Of. 00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.960 Literary art. 00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.519 Um. 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:35.899 Uh. 00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.500 You know. 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:36.779 And. 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.460 We. 00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.899 We maybe miss that. 00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.819 Through our kind of. 00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.619 Over familiarity. 00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.779 With the text. 00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.059 But. 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.720 We'll. 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.599 We'll look at that a bit more. 00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.039 As we go. 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.539 Um. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.579 On tonight. 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.000 But. 00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:46.839 Yeah. 00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.259 Don't. 00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.000 Don't let the. 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.639 Don't let the. 00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.000 Um. 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.960 The art. 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.359 The. 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.539 The prose. 00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.220 Of the narrative. 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.460 Of. 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.839 Pass you by. 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.600 And what the writers. 00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.420 Are trying to do. 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.440 Um. 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.400 An apology. 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.940 An apology. 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.480 Not. 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.860 I'm sorry. 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.500 Um. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.920 Apology. 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.660 In the kind of. 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.079 Biblical discipline. 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.240 Kind of a sense of. 00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.860 Giving a reason for. 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.079 Um. 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.299 And. 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.620 You know. 00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.440 Lots of people have. 00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.259 Uh. 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.400 Written about this. 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.600 Kind of arguing that. 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.759 In that time. 00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.779 When this was written. 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.839 You know. 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.619 The time of. 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.179 Uh. 00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:24.939 Uh. 00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.339 Solomon. 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.220 Probably. 00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:26.959 Um. 00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.899 Written probably by Samuel. 00:31:29.459 --> 00:31:29.879 Gad. 00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.459 Nathan. 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.079 The prophets. 00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.259 One of the. 00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:32.879 You know. 00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:33.339 Main. 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.159 Main avenues. 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.539 00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:34.839 Of. 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:34.859 Of. 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:36.299 Thinking about who wrote this. 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.699 And we don't know for certain. 00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.000 But. 00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:40.220 That this is to provide an accounting. 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:40.879 For. 00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:43.019 Some of the controversial actions. 00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.759 And policies. 00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.559 Of. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.399 David. 00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.179 And Solomon. 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.019 And. 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.559 You know. 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.220 Then through that. 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.819 Their descendants. 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.799 And. 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.319 And especially. 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.919 The kind of. 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.400 Rise of David. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.400 And the succession. 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.980 Narratives. 00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.400 In 1 and 2 Samuel. 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:56.840 So. 00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.980 What do we mean by that? 00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.420 Well. 00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.600 I mean. 00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.920 David displaced Saul. 00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.420 Obviously. 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.600 From the throne. 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.220 Um. 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.140 And. 00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.440 His male heirs. 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:05.759 You know. 00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.240 There was a. 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.980 There's a. 00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.620 That. 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.519 As we'll see. 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.600 When we look at 2 Samuel. 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.420 Didn't happen. 00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.180 Very easily. 00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.340 There wasn't a universal. 00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:13.800 You know. 00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:15.060 Acclamation of David. 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.920 Signing as king. 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.980 Um. 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.920 So now. 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.140 You know. 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.420 If you don't deal with that. 00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.140 You know. 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.720 And explain. 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.500 How this happened. 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.259 And why this happened. 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.600 And you'll always have this problem. 00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:24.940 Um. 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.960 So you know. 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.480 Some of the. 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:28.039 Kind of most damaging accusations. 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.819 Against David. 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:30.240 Could have been the following. 00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.519 You know. 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.460 He usurped Saul's throne. 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.900 He coerced the religious establishment. 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.460 Into. 00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.220 Uh. 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.700 Conspiring against Saul. 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.279 You know. 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.660 He organized and led a. 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:41.460 A rebel military force. 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.200 Um. 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.120 Uh. 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.380 You know. 00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.660 After he was banished from Israel. 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.019 He plundered and raided Israel's territories. 00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:47.900 Uh. 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.320 They fought with the Philistines. 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.140 Uh. 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.860 In that battle. 00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:52.200 In which Saul died. 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.120 Um. 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.960 And he was. 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:57.300 He was responsible for executing Saul's male relatives. 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.980 And various things like that. 00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.280 That. 00:32:59.280 --> 00:33:01.060 That's the story that would have been out there. 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.740 Um. 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.740 And 2 Samuel in a sense. 00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.220 Tells. 00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.500 Tells the different story. 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.779 It tells the real story. 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:07.139 It puts the facts on the table. 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.039 Um. 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.819 So to speak. 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.859 So you know. 00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.159 People could have. 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.919 Could have quite understandably. 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.940 You know. 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.139 And. 00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:16.299 Believed some of those stories. 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.440 If these weren't there. 00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.659 But. 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.279 The books of Samuel. 00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.319 And 2 Samuel especially. 00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.779 Makes. 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.179 Quite clear. 00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.539 That. 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.720 David didn't act improperly. 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.440 Towards Saul. 00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.220 Um. 00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.960 Or any member of his household. 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.720 You know. 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.140 He never tried to kill Saul. 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.759 Or remove him from the throne. 00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.640 Um. 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.940 He was willing to wait. 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.160 Um. 00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:40.000 Even though Saul made at least 16 efforts. 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:42.779 16 different efforts to murder David. 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.000 Um. 00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:46.039 So the narrative portrays Saul. 00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:48.120 David as loyal to Saul. 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.900 Um. 00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.819 And his household. 00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.440 Even. 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.440 Even long after Saul's death. 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.039 Um. 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:55.740 So it really wants to make that clear. 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.079 Um. 00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.519 Um. 00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.399 And. 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.799 What it also tells us. 00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:03.720 Is that key members of Saul's family. 00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.480 Um. 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.539 And his administration. 00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.379 And his kingdom. 00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:09.679 Recognized and respected David. 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:12.039 As Saul's rightful successor. 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.519 Um. 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.659 Saul. 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.279 Even. 00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.259 Um. 00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.940 Jonathan. 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.619 His son. 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.340 Michal. 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.079 Um. 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.000 His wife. 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.000 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.639 Abner. 00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.759 The elders of Israel. 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.420 Saul's military officers. 00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.380 You know. 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:28.000 They all are represented. 00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:30.019 In 1 and 2 Samuel. 00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:31.559 As responding positively. 00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:33.019 To some aspect of David. 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.740 And his career. 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.880 Um. 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:36.000 So the story out there. 00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.260 That. 00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:38.619 There was universal negative. 00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.740 You know. 00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:41.800 Feelings from any of those quarters. 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.740 Towards David. 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:44.240 Is dispelled in 2 Samuel. 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.720 That's. 00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:47.320 That's what the writer wants to put on the table. 00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:48.579 Making it even. 00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:50.519 Saul was positive towards David. 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.760 Um. 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.960 You know. 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.740 Jonathan will look at that a bit. 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.220 Um. 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.020 Later on. 00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:56.340 Is. 00:34:56.560 --> 00:34:56.760 You know. 00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.840 He was. 00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:59.080 He was the rightful heir. 00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.900 In some sense. 00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.260 You know. 00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:01.160 In the people's eyes. 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.520 And he's the one that's. 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.920 Right up front there. 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.100 And the main one who's. 00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:05.940 Um. 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.440 Saying. 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.820 David. 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.640 You should be king. 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.260 Um. 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.920 Not me. 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.920 Um. 00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.080 And. 00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.680 Also. 00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.600 Not as David. 00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:16.620 But then Solomon's rise to kingship. 00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.280 After that. 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.020 Now that kind of. 00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.980 Goes in a bit into 1 Kings. 00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.219 But 2 Samuel. 00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:23.719 Sets the stage for that. 00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.340 Um. 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.940 Now if you think about. 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.619 How Solomon. 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.780 Becomes king. 00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.599 After David. 00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:30.199 That's also contested. 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.420 That's also not quite. 00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.740 You know. 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.179 Clean. 00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.960 Clean cut. 00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.699 As clean cut as. 00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.360 Maybe. 00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.179 Well. 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.840 Definitely. 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:37.420 As Solomon would have wanted. 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.500 Um. 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.820 Now he makes a public claim to the throne. 00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.280 Only after his brother. 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.260 Adonijah. 00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:46.000 Has already been anointed as king. 00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.460 Um. 00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.579 Um. 00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.619 And. 00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.940 Not only did Solomon's claim come later than Adonijah's. 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.300 But. 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.440 It was weaker. 00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.740 Because. 00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.039 Uh. 00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:58.519 Adonijah was David's oldest living son. 00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.559 And. 00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:01.240 Solomon apparently was David's. 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.860 You know. 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.519 Only David's. 00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.360 Tenth born son. 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.179 Um. 00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.860 To Samuel. 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.760 Three. 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.679 And five. 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.539 Talks about that. 00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.599 Um. 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.880 So not quite. 00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.619 High up. 00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.980 As high up the picking order. 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.820 As you would need to establish. 00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:16.039 Your claim to the throne. 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.840 Uh. 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.519 Very easily. 00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.300 And very strongly. 00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.519 Um. 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.019 Yeah. 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.719 He had David's military commander. 00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.340 Joab. 00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.159 Put to death. 00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:23.960 Uh. 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.659 And then he. 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:27.579 Continues killing some of Saul's relatives. 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.119 So. 00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.119 He's got a problem. 00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:34.239 And 2 Samuel needs to deal with that. 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.800 Um. 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.360 But. 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.860 When we read 2 Samuel. 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.159 We're prepared to. 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.239 React positively. 00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.400 To Solomon's. 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:44.259 Elevation to the throne. 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.000 So keep out. 00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:46.360 Keep a lookout for those things. 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.380 As we go through the text. 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.320 Um. 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:50.500 There are significant indications. 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.320 In 2 Samuel. 00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:53.440 That the Lord had long desired. 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:55.180 Solomon to be as well as next king. 00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.320 Um. 00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:58.040 Of David's fifteen sons. 00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:59.540 Mentioned by name in 2 Samuel. 00:37:00.020 --> 00:37:01.420 It's only said of Solomon. 00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:01.920 That. 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.940 The Lord loved him. 00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.460 In 2 Samuel 12. 00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.560 Um. 00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:07.780 And not just that. 00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.840 He's the only child. 00:37:10.060 --> 00:37:11.580 Who was given the rare privilege. 00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:12.800 Of being renamed. 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:15.019 By the Lord. 00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.480 Through the prophet Nathan. 00:37:16.620 --> 00:37:17.500 When Samuel's born. 00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:19.060 The prophet Nathan comes to David. 00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:19.539 And says. 00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:21.120 You're going to. 00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.560 You know. 00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.519 Rename him. 00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.920 Jedi Diah. 00:37:24.060 --> 00:37:24.539 Which means. 00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.700 Beloved of the Lord. 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.940 For the Lord loved him. 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.260 Um. 00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.320 You know. 00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.580 Then. 00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:32.820 Various things. 00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:34.060 Going out of that. 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.380 So kind of. 00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.940 From an apology perspective. 00:37:37.080 --> 00:37:37.380 That's. 00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:38.640 That's one of the. 00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.560 One of the functions. 00:37:39.560 --> 00:37:40.800 That 2 Samuel has. 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.240 Um. 00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.539 So if we don't look at it that way. 00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:45.260 We're missing part of what the narrative is trying to prepare us for. 00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.060 Um. 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.240 Theology. 00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:48.480 Um. 00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:50.200 There is. 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.039 Um. 00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.880 Lots of. 00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:56.240 Deep and rich theological concepts. 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.940 In 2 Samuel. 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.840 Again. 00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:59.539 It's not just the history story. 00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.360 Uh. 00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.760 Covenant. 00:38:01.080 --> 00:38:01.640 Like we said. 00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:03.039 This whole explosion. 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.700 Almost of the covenant now. 00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.260 This is. 00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:05.940 You know. 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.179 Or. 00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.460 You know. 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.039 If it's not quite. 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.500 Full HD. 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.900 As in the new covenant. 00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.740 We're definitely. 00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.300 You know. 00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:14.320 Moving from black and white TV. 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.220 To color now. 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.220 Um. 00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.820 So covenant is really important. 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.760 God's presence. 00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.240 With his people. 00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.059 You know. 00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:23.300 David prepares for the temple to be built. 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.360 Uh. 00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.639 The tabernacle is there. 00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:27.220 The tabernacle plays a big role. 00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.579 Mentioned over and over again. 00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.500 So look out for that. 00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.400 Um. 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:30.960 And really. 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:33.360 The kind of whole thing about wholehearted obedience. 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:35.140 To God. 00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.260 Um. 00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:39.620 What happens when we don't have wholehearted obedience to God. 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:39.940 And. 00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:40.860 And. 00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:42.039 What are the consequences. 00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.740 And how does God deal with that. 00:38:44.120 --> 00:38:44.360 Um. 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.579 And there's a. 00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:47.079 You know. 00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:48.500 God does not. 00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:51.120 Let those things pass by. 00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:52.840 As we see in David's own life. 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:56.680 But we see the gracious nature of how God deals with his people. 00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:58.579 Because of his own promises. 00:38:59.519 --> 00:38:59.760 Um. 00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:01.019 And it's scripture. 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.280 Um. 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.300 In the Old Testament. 00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.099 Um. 00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.280 It's. 00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:09.000 There's various kind of overlaps with the Torah. 00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:10.880 The first five books of the Bible. 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.780 Various concepts. 00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.340 I'm not going to go through all of them now. 00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.660 But. 00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.640 Um. 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.680 There's a. 00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.140 Legal connections. 00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.740 And in the law itself. 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:22.059 And one and two Samuel. 00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.660 Things like burnt offerings. 00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.700 And the Ark of God. 00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:26.519 And circumcision with the covenant sign. 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:28.240 All kinds of stuff like that. 00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.800 And then in two Samuel. 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.140 There's a whole lot of things that might seem strange to us. 00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:34.659 If we don't see it in the light of what God had already told Israel. 00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.559 In the Torah. 00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.079 And the law. 00:39:36.879 --> 00:39:36.759 Um. 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:39.599 There are things like carrying the Ark by hand. 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.199 You know. 00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:41.379 There's an episode in two Samuel. 00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.819 Isn't there. 00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:43.059 Where that's not done. 00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.980 And that has serious consequences. 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:45.839 Um. 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.960 It's not arbitrary. 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:49.079 It's coming out of the blue. 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.980 Death penalty for adultery. 00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.579 Um. 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.539 Cities of refuge. 00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.680 Various things. 00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.380 Census. 00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:58.720 Right at the end of two Samuel two. 00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:03.220 When David has his folly of ordering a census of the nation. 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.180 Um. 00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.980 And, um. 00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:07.559 The census calling a plague. 00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:09.039 That comes from Exodus 30. 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.800 Uh. 00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:11.079 Verses 11 to 16. 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.799 So. 00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:12.699 The. 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.079 Yeah. 00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:14.139 It's part of the Old Testament. 00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:14.639 The scripture. 00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.299 Obviously. 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.299 Um. 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:20.039 It follows on from the Torah. 00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:22.380 With this motif of the shepherd. 00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.759 As a noble leader. 00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.259 Um. 00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:26.119 Abel. 00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:26.699 Abraham. 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.340 Isaac. 00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.079 Jacob. 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:28.860 Judah. 00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.480 Moses. 00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.920 They're all. 00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:33.179 Spoken of as shepherds. 00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.460 In the Old Testament. 00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:34.940 So. 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:36.739 In 1 Samuel. 00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.099 The opening scenes. 00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.659 If you remember. 00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:41.099 Where Saul can't find the donkeys. 00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.239 Um. 00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.759 You know. 00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.639 That's not just. 00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.460 The story again. 00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.899 Of what. 00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.639 What happened. 00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.399 You know. 00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:49.500 He's portrayed as an incompetent shepherd. 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:51.539 Who can't even find these large animals. 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.839 Um. 00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:55.659 And they go home later on. 00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:57.639 Without Saul even finding them. 00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.079 Um. 00:40:59.359 --> 00:41:01.199 And the audience is prepared through that. 00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:02.420 To evaluate Saul. 00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:04.219 As an unrighteous and tragic character. 00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.159 In Israel's history. 00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:06.639 But on the other hand. 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.519 David is initially. 00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.519 Portrayed as. 00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.739 You know. 00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.699 A faithful shepherd. 00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:12.139 Who is with the flock. 00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:13.480 When everybody else is there. 00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.239 Trying to be. 00:41:14.359 --> 00:41:14.659 You know. 00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.460 Anointed king. 00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:15.940 Um. 00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.460 And. 00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.279 The others have all abandoned him. 00:41:19.379 --> 00:41:20.559 But he is still faithfully. 00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.960 Executing his job as shepherd. 00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:23.779 And we'll see how that plays out. 00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:24.739 In 2 Samuel as well. 00:41:25.379 --> 00:41:25.599 Um. 00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.399 In the New Testament. 00:41:27.359 --> 00:41:28.519 2 Samuel provides. 00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:30.279 A background for understanding. 00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.359 Christian doctrine. 00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:32.119 And teaching. 00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.339 Uh. 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:33.940 Jesus. 00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:35.899 Refers to 1 and 2 Samuel. 00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.480 You know. 00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.299 When he makes the point. 00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:39.400 When the Pharisees accuse his. 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.920 You know. 00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:40.420 His. 00:41:40.660 --> 00:41:41.780 His disciples of. 00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:42.640 Uh. 00:41:42.640 --> 00:41:43.539 Plucking grain. 00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.260 Uh. 00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.880 From the field. 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.539 Mark 2. 00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:46.060 He says. 00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:46.220 Well. 00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:47.380 In the days of Abiath. 00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:49.160 The priest. 00:41:49.620 --> 00:41:51.220 David's men went into the temple. 00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:53.060 And ate the consecrated bread. 00:41:53.580 --> 00:41:53.580 00:41:54.100 --> 00:41:54.320 So. 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.539 You know. 00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:56.600 Jesus himself relies on. 00:41:56.600 --> 00:41:56.980 On. 00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:58.580 On 1 and 2 Samuel. 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.800 To make theological points. 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:03.080 So it's a background for understanding. 00:42:03.220 --> 00:42:03.980 Christian doctrine. 00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.480 And teaching. 00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.140 That we get. 00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:07.159 sometimes primarily from the New Testament 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:09.699 so it's important to remember that 00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.619 David son of Jesse 00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:13.639 is mentioned 54 times 00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:15.079 in the Greek New Testament 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:18.099 Samuel three times 00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:19.859 Saul once 00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:21.519 Uriah once, Abiathah once 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:23.699 the phrase son of David 00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:26.139 is employed 16 times in the New Testament 00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:29.119 mostly in reference to Jesus 00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:32.159 but only when we see it in light of 00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:33.579 to Samuel 7 00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:37.719 so it is really important for us to understand 00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:39.519 a lot of what we get in the New Testament 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:41.559 it is not, we can't separate these things out 00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:43.519 an accurate 00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:45.340 historical record 00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:48.139 again that Mark 2 episode that Jesus goes to 00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:49.519 he is 00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:51.420 relying on it as an accurate 00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:53.619 historical description of what happened 00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.460 in David's day 00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:57.219 so you know if it's 00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:59.739 if Jesus can rely on it 00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:01.920 as an accurate historical description 00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:03.920 there's no reason why we can't 00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.920 either 00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:10.079 Jesus' genealogical records 00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:15.059 relies very heavily on to Samuel 00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:18.920 and it's a source of instruction 00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:20.260 and encouragement and hope 00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.880 isn't it 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:22.380 you know 00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:24.900 Romans 15 verse 4 00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.659 talks about 00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:27.360 Holy Scripture 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:29.500 including the books of Samuel 00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:31.440 has written to teach us 00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.559 so that through endurance 00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.840 and the encouragement of Scriptures 00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:35.039 we might have hope 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:37.579 that is a function that it has 00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.079 as Scripture 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:40.960 it's a source of instruction 00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:43.000 for the writer of Hebrews 00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:45.579 relying on David and Samuel 00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.260 as he wrote 00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:47.700 examples of faith 00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:49.500 James 00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.559 urged his readers 00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.660 to take as an example 00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:52.260 of patience 00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:53.360 in the faith of suffering 00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.440 the prophets 00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:55.660 who spoke in the name 00:43:55.660 --> 00:43:56.320 of the Lord 00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:58.300 and presumably taking 00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:59.900 Samuel 00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:01.539 as an example 00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:03.440 1 Samuel 19 00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.140 specifically 00:44:04.140 --> 00:44:06.960 and 2 Peter 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.620 tells us 00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:09.559 to keep the words 00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.039 of 00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:12.440 1 and 2 Samuel 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.720 along with the rest of Scripture 00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:14.800 in remembrance 00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.620 and to implement 00:44:15.620 --> 00:44:16.260 the teaching 00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:17.559 in James 00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.079 so 00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:19.140 it has 00:44:19.140 --> 00:44:19.880 a function 00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:21.380 in that broader 00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:22.619 function of Scripture 00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:24.180 that is useful 00:44:24.180 --> 00:44:24.500 for us 00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.300 to keep in mind 00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:27.660 so 2 Samuel 00:44:27.660 --> 00:44:29.760 it's all about 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.420 David 00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:37.079 or is it 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:40.519 it's not 00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:42.460 and that's maybe 00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:43.440 one of the biggest mistakes 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.119 that we're going to make 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:45.180 when we come to 2 Samuel 00:44:45.180 --> 00:44:45.740 isn't it 00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.980 this is 00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:48.320 this is the book of David 00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:49.579 this is the story of David 00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.860 we know the story of David 00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:52.380 we learn 00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:53.500 the story of David 00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:54.039 from 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:56.820 Sunday school 00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:58.019 we hear 00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:59.640 the David stories 00:44:59.640 --> 00:45:00.559 of little stars 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.519 and dads and tots 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:02.460 and all the way through 00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:04.039 we know David's story 00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.920 and we know 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.920 that this is about David 00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:08.500 it's not about David 00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:10.940 it's about God 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:12.180 in the first place 00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:14.320 David is 00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:16.599 a way 00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:17.280 that God 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:18.120 teaches us 00:45:18.120 --> 00:45:18.940 about himself 00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:20.240 through 2 Samuel 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:23.019 and 00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.699 you know 00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:23.899 I think 00:45:23.899 --> 00:45:24.659 1 Samuel 00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:25.339 when we looked at 00:45:25.339 --> 00:45:26.819 that previously 00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:27.399 you know 00:45:27.399 --> 00:45:29.259 I understand 00:45:29.259 --> 00:45:30.279 again 00:45:30.279 --> 00:45:31.039 spoke about 00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.199 David and Goliath 00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:33.199 and we even had a rap 00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:34.479 about that 00:45:34.479 --> 00:45:35.519 and what it's really about 00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.159 you know 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:37.359 trying to see ourselves 00:45:37.359 --> 00:45:39.219 in the position of David 00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.779 and you know 00:45:39.779 --> 00:45:41.419 how are we like David 00:45:41.419 --> 00:45:42.019 that's 00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:43.059 that's the wrong path 00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:43.679 to go down 00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:44.359 down into 00:45:44.359 --> 00:45:45.079 it is primarily 00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:46.419 teaching us about God 00:45:46.419 --> 00:45:47.179 even in 00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:48.099 and especially 00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:49.619 through David's 00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.239 actions 00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:53.179 what is God 00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.480 like 00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:54.159 what is his nature 00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.399 like 00:45:54.399 --> 00:45:55.079 what is his character 00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.440 like 00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.679 who is this king 00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.460 that we're longing 00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:57.879 for 00:45:57.879 --> 00:45:58.519 the real 00:45:58.519 --> 00:46:00.059 ultimate king 00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:00.799 who will establish 00:46:00.799 --> 00:46:01.500 God's kingdom 00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:03.699 it's not in the first 00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:04.079 instance 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.759 about David 00:46:04.759 --> 00:46:07.699 a couple of 00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:10.039 tricky issues 00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:12.239 that might come up 00:46:12.239 --> 00:46:12.919 polygamy 00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:14.680 old theme 00:46:14.680 --> 00:46:15.240 coming through 00:46:15.240 --> 00:46:16.099 from 1 Samuel 00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:18.059 David had 00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:19.079 a number of 00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:20.099 wives and children 00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.880 with a number of 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.039 them 00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:21.619 how do we 00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.280 how do we 00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:23.240 understand that 00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:26.539 at some level 00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.260 we don't know 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:29.900 it's not 00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:33.400 it's not 00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:34.700 held up 00:46:34.700 --> 00:46:35.500 as a 00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:36.400 great example 00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:38.039 it's not 00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:39.019 as outright 00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.559 condemned 00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:40.119 as maybe 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.980 we would want 00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:44.019 possibly the 00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.480 lesser of 00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.039 evils 00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:46.639 single women 00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:47.099 wouldn't have 00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:47.440 had a way 00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:47.800 of making 00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:48.199 a living 00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:49.099 in those 00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.599 days 00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:51.440 poverty 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.179 slavery 00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:53.039 prostitution 00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.780 starvation 00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:54.340 that was 00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:55.300 the alternative 00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:56.539 so in some 00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.079 ways that 00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:57.539 might feed 00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:59.179 into it 00:46:59.179 --> 00:47:01.019 kings 00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.179 were 00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:02.219 too many 00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.860 wives 00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:05.559 what's 00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.059 too many 00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:12.699 different 00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:13.179 people have 00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:13.400 different 00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:13.820 opinions 00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:14.299 I guess 00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:14.880 most people 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.340 would say 00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:16.019 two 00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.460 but 00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:17.679 yeah 00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:19.119 it usually 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:19.840 goes badly 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:20.900 is the 00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:22.059 thing to 00:47:22.059 --> 00:47:22.380 keep in 00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:22.619 mind 00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:22.940 and we 00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.460 see that 00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.799 with 00:47:23.799 --> 00:47:25.940 David's 00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.380 sons 00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:27.340 David's 00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:27.639 children 00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:27.900 from 00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:28.199 different 00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:28.659 wives 00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:29.059 that's 00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:29.320 a big 00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:29.779 source 00:47:29.779 --> 00:47:30.420 of the 00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:31.179 conflict 00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:31.599 between 00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:31.880 them 00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.299 in the 00:47:32.299 --> 00:47:32.699 succession 00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:33.099 battle 00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.380 even 00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.820 it's 00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:34.599 people 00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:34.799 from 00:47:34.799 --> 00:47:35.039 different 00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.500 wives 00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:38.019 violence 00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:39.059 there's a 00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:39.280 lot of 00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:39.639 violence 00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:40.079 still 00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:41.719 if you 00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:41.900 think 00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:42.019 you 00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:42.380 remember 00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:43.340 David 00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:43.739 wants to 00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:43.880 build 00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:44.019 the 00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:44.320 temple 00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:44.659 God 00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:44.980 says 00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.260 no 00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:45.559 you've 00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:45.679 got 00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:45.880 blood 00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:46.039 on 00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:46.179 your 00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:46.500 hands 00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:46.980 you can't 00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.139 build 00:47:47.139 --> 00:47:47.280 the 00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:47.559 temple 00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:47.840 your 00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:48.139 son 00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.420 will 00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:49.340 we will 00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:49.579 see 00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:49.920 some of 00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:50.059 that 00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.500 violence 00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:50.760 in 00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:50.960 two 00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:51.199 sons 00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.380 will 00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:51.699 still 00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:52.719 a lot 00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:52.960 of it's 00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:53.280 by the 00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:53.679 state 00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:54.940 David's 00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.500 subduing 00:47:55.500 --> 00:47:56.639 the nations 00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:56.980 around 00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.179 them 00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:57.780 establishing 00:47:57.780 --> 00:47:58.320 peace 00:47:58.320 --> 00:47:59.179 it's 00:47:59.179 --> 00:47:59.480 not 00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:00.099 in the 00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:00.559 individuals 00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.159 hands 00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:01.840 and where 00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.159 it is 00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:02.619 where 00:48:02.619 --> 00:48:03.119 individuals 00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:03.360 do 00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:03.780 take it 00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:03.960 into 00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.179 their 00:48:04.179 --> 00:48:04.360 own 00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:04.739 hands 00:48:04.739 --> 00:48:06.599 it's 00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:06.879 punished 00:48:06.879 --> 00:48:07.259 quite 00:48:07.259 --> 00:48:08.199 swiftly 00:48:08.199 --> 00:48:09.759 when people 00:48:09.759 --> 00:48:10.159 come to 00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:10.379 David 00:48:10.379 --> 00:48:10.919 trying to 00:48:10.919 --> 00:48:11.199 win his 00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:11.419 favour 00:48:11.419 --> 00:48:11.819 oh I 00:48:11.819 --> 00:48:12.039 killed 00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.419 so and 00:48:12.419 --> 00:48:12.779 so for 00:48:12.779 --> 00:48:13.059 you 00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:14.659 that never 00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:15.199 works out 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:15.619 well for 00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:15.839 them 00:48:15.839 --> 00:48:18.919 it is 00:48:18.919 --> 00:48:19.479 war against 00:48:19.479 --> 00:48:19.899 the seed 00:48:19.899 --> 00:48:20.159 of the 00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:20.519 serpent 00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:22.179 we mustn't 00:48:22.179 --> 00:48:22.839 forget that 00:48:22.839 --> 00:48:23.500 what started 00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:24.059 in Genesis 00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.579 is still 00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:25.259 going on 00:48:25.259 --> 00:48:26.059 and these 00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.479 nations 00:48:26.479 --> 00:48:26.879 around 00:48:26.879 --> 00:48:27.199 Israel 00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:27.559 are 00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:28.279 emblematic 00:48:28.279 --> 00:48:28.779 of 00:48:28.779 --> 00:48:30.719 the seed 00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:31.000 of the 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.299 serpent 00:48:31.299 --> 00:48:32.919 and God's 00:48:32.919 --> 00:48:33.219 kingdom 00:48:33.219 --> 00:48:34.079 breaking into 00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.479 a world 00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:34.760 that is 00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:35.099 opposed 00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:35.639 to him 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:36.920 will 00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:38.019 elicit 00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:39.699 violence 00:48:39.699 --> 00:48:40.260 from those 00:48:40.260 --> 00:48:40.659 people 00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:42.740 Satan 00:48:42.740 --> 00:48:43.900 and 00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:45.079 E.C. 00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.659 do not 00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:46.059 want to 00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:46.579 submit to 00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:46.940 God's 00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:47.179 kingdom 00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:49.300 so we 00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:49.740 must read 00:48:49.740 --> 00:48:50.179 it in that 00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:50.760 sense 00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.940 it is 00:48:51.940 --> 00:48:52.380 theocracy 00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:52.800 God 00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:53.280 ruling 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:53.900 over his 00:48:53.900 --> 00:48:54.320 people 00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:55.780 it's an 00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:56.320 intrusion 00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:57.219 of that 00:48:57.219 --> 00:49:01.760 this reality 00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:05.200 reality 00:49:05.200 --> 00:49:05.640 that God 00:49:05.640 --> 00:49:06.500 rules over 00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:07.160 all things 00:49:07.160 --> 00:49:08.260 and we 00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:08.720 know there's 00:49:08.720 --> 00:49:09.000 a day 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:09.780 coming when 00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:10.560 everybody who 00:49:10.560 --> 00:49:11.040 is opposed 00:49:11.040 --> 00:49:11.540 to God 00:49:11.540 --> 00:49:12.600 will be 00:49:12.600 --> 00:49:13.060 punished 00:49:13.060 --> 00:49:14.160 and in 00:49:14.160 --> 00:49:14.780 some ways 00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:15.420 some people 00:49:15.420 --> 00:49:15.880 argue 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:17.440 Merit 00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:17.860 Klein 00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:18.760 there's 00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:19.500 this intrusion 00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:19.880 ethic 00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:20.559 that sometimes 00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:20.840 in the 00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:21.240 Old Testament 00:49:21.240 --> 00:49:21.619 some of 00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:22.079 these things 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.360 that we 00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:23.079 see that 00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:24.940 puzzle us 00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:26.079 that seem 00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:26.740 harsh to 00:49:26.740 --> 00:49:26.980 us 00:49:26.980 --> 00:49:28.220 is some 00:49:28.220 --> 00:49:28.860 of that 00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:30.019 ultimate 00:49:30.019 --> 00:49:30.860 final judgment 00:49:30.860 --> 00:49:31.500 which is more 00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.059 horrible than 00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:32.579 we can even 00:49:32.579 --> 00:49:33.800 conceive of 00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:35.300 breaking into 00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:35.940 the here and 00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:36.280 now 00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:37.139 often as 00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:37.579 warnings 00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:41.780 to help 00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:42.380 people to 00:49:42.380 --> 00:49:43.060 escape that 00:49:43.060 --> 00:49:44.420 final judgment 00:49:44.420 --> 00:49:44.860 that is 00:49:44.860 --> 00:49:45.200 coming 00:49:45.200 --> 00:49:48.660 prophetic 00:49:48.660 --> 00:49:49.360 scenarios 00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:50.300 to Samuel 00:49:50.300 --> 00:49:50.620 10 00:49:50.620 --> 00:49:51.280 the nations 00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:52.140 arraying 00:49:52.140 --> 00:49:52.580 themselves 00:49:52.580 --> 00:49:53.420 against David 00:49:53.420 --> 00:49:54.120 right after 00:49:54.120 --> 00:49:55.220 the covenant 00:49:55.220 --> 00:49:55.740 comes into 00:49:55.740 --> 00:49:56.060 being 00:49:56.060 --> 00:49:57.080 now that 00:49:57.080 --> 00:49:57.460 kind of 00:49:57.460 --> 00:49:58.480 recalls 00:49:58.480 --> 00:49:59.500 Psalm 2 00:49:59.500 --> 00:50:00.180 you know 00:50:00.180 --> 00:50:00.900 why do the 00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:01.880 nations rage 00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:02.680 which come up 00:50:02.680 --> 00:50:03.320 again in the 00:50:03.320 --> 00:50:03.880 New Testament 00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:04.260 there's a 00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:05.000 prophetic element 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:05.480 to some of 00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:06.080 these things 00:50:06.080 --> 00:50:07.360 pointing forward 00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:07.780 to 00:50:07.780 --> 00:50:10.280 things we 00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:10.519 see 00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:11.700 being 00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:12.139 fulfilled 00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:12.519 in the 00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:13.059 New Testament 00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:14.159 and are 00:50:14.159 --> 00:50:14.699 waiting to 00:50:14.699 --> 00:50:15.419 see fulfilled 00:50:15.419 --> 00:50:16.460 later on 00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:16.739 so that's 00:50:16.739 --> 00:50:17.139 part of 00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:17.439 what is 00:50:17.439 --> 00:50:17.879 going on 00:50:17.879 --> 00:50:18.219 there 00:50:18.219 --> 00:50:21.599 injustice 00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:22.259 cannot be 00:50:22.259 --> 00:50:22.639 the source 00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:22.899 of the 00:50:22.899 --> 00:50:23.179 kingdom 00:50:23.179 --> 00:50:25.579 like I 00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:25.779 said 00:50:25.779 --> 00:50:27.000 you get 00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.419 quite a few 00:50:27.419 --> 00:50:27.859 people who 00:50:27.859 --> 00:50:28.159 come to 00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:28.399 David 00:50:28.399 --> 00:50:28.799 saying 00:50:28.799 --> 00:50:29.339 oh we've 00:50:29.339 --> 00:50:29.659 killed 00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:30.739 your rivals 00:50:30.739 --> 00:50:31.879 now give 00:50:31.879 --> 00:50:32.519 us a position 00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:32.899 in your 00:50:32.899 --> 00:50:33.559 administration 00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:35.259 we've 00:50:35.259 --> 00:50:35.779 killed so 00:50:35.779 --> 00:50:36.279 and so 00:50:36.279 --> 00:50:37.500 so your 00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:38.119 path is 00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:38.699 now clear 00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:41.139 that never 00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:41.659 works out 00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.099 well for 00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:42.339 them 00:50:42.339 --> 00:50:43.440 not once 00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:44.299 and there 00:50:44.299 --> 00:50:44.599 is a 00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:45.000 sense in 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:45.819 which the 00:50:45.819 --> 00:50:46.679 violence that 00:50:46.679 --> 00:50:47.619 then happens 00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:49.399 in terms of 00:50:49.399 --> 00:50:49.819 them getting 00:50:49.819 --> 00:50:50.859 killed is a 00:50:50.859 --> 00:50:51.619 recognition that 00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:53.259 their violence 00:50:53.259 --> 00:50:54.539 cannot be the 00:50:54.539 --> 00:50:56.099 source of the 00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:56.379 kingdom 00:50:56.379 --> 00:50:57.699 God will 00:50:57.699 --> 00:50:58.339 punish that 00:50:58.339 --> 00:50:59.639 kind of 00:50:59.639 --> 00:51:01.279 usurping of 00:51:01.279 --> 00:51:02.000 his authority 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:02.779 in establishing 00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.420 his kingdom 00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:08.119 I said we 00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:08.579 talk about 00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:09.500 Hebrew 00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:10.159 narrative 00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:11.380 if we look 00:51:11.380 --> 00:51:11.659 at it 00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:12.500 2 Samuel 4 00:51:12.500 --> 00:51:14.320 is a good 00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:15.000 place to look 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:15.300 at that 00:51:15.300 --> 00:51:16.159 if you have 00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:16.599 a bible 00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:16.960 and you want 00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:17.360 to look at 00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:17.700 that 00:51:17.699 --> 00:51:22.519 so this is 00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.579 how Ish-busheth 00:51:23.579 --> 00:51:25.460 Saul's son 00:51:25.460 --> 00:51:26.299 who's 00:51:26.299 --> 00:51:28.259 anointed 00:51:28.259 --> 00:51:29.299 king 00:51:29.299 --> 00:51:32.519 and 00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:35.480 is killed 00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:35.859 in this 00:51:35.859 --> 00:51:36.199 chapter 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:38.679 by these 00:51:38.679 --> 00:51:40.279 fellows 00:51:40.279 --> 00:51:43.559 Barna 00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:43.960 and 00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.619 recap 00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:47.880 characterisation 00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:49.380 is very 00:51:49.380 --> 00:51:50.119 important in 00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:50.360 Hebrew 00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:50.900 narrative 00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:52.320 little details 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:52.840 that are given 00:51:52.840 --> 00:51:53.559 to you about 00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:54.539 how someone 00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.179 acted 00:51:55.179 --> 00:51:56.900 how they 00:51:56.900 --> 00:51:57.519 reacted 00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:59.300 what they 00:51:59.300 --> 00:52:00.159 didn't do 00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:02.059 it's often 00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:02.679 very subtle 00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:04.539 but it is 00:52:04.539 --> 00:52:05.320 very worth 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:06.159 paying attention 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:06.880 to the little 00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:07.740 small details 00:52:07.740 --> 00:52:08.800 of what people 00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:09.720 do and how 00:52:09.720 --> 00:52:10.260 they portray 00:52:10.260 --> 00:52:11.400 Hebrew narrative 00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:12.119 often won't 00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:12.920 kind of come 00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:13.519 out and say 00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:14.159 something out 00:52:14.159 --> 00:52:14.539 loud 00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:16.900 these were 00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:17.579 two very 00:52:17.579 --> 00:52:18.539 bad people 00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:19.980 you've got to 00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:21.159 deduce it 00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:21.539 from what's 00:52:21.539 --> 00:52:21.980 going on 00:52:21.980 --> 00:52:22.619 sometimes it's 00:52:22.619 --> 00:52:22.900 easier 00:52:22.900 --> 00:52:23.820 sometimes it's 00:52:23.820 --> 00:52:24.119 harder 00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:25.699 and juxtaposition 00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:26.360 and foil 00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:28.699 on a 00:52:28.699 --> 00:52:29.440 meta level 00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:30.960 you've got 00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:31.980 Saul in 00:52:31.980 --> 00:52:32.659 1 Samuel 00:52:32.659 --> 00:52:33.500 David in 00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:34.219 2 Samuel 00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:35.139 and a lot 00:52:35.139 --> 00:52:36.960 of what we 00:52:36.960 --> 00:52:37.500 need to know 00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:38.139 about David 00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:38.860 isn't said 00:52:38.860 --> 00:52:40.340 outright 00:52:40.340 --> 00:52:42.639 into Samuel 00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:43.779 before that 00:52:43.779 --> 00:52:44.099 even 00:52:44.099 --> 00:52:44.819 it is 00:52:44.819 --> 00:52:45.339 when you 00:52:45.339 --> 00:52:45.940 place those 00:52:45.940 --> 00:52:46.659 two together 00:52:46.659 --> 00:52:47.759 next to each 00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:48.000 other 00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:48.279 and say 00:52:48.279 --> 00:52:48.759 what did 00:52:48.759 --> 00:52:49.400 Saul do 00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:50.079 and how 00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:50.639 did David 00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:51.019 do it 00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:51.559 differently 00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:52.019 that you 00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.460 actually 00:52:52.460 --> 00:52:54.079 find out 00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:54.500 what the 00:52:54.500 --> 00:52:54.940 writer of 00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:55.179 Samuel 00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:55.699 wants us 00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:56.259 see about 00:52:56.259 --> 00:52:56.679 David 00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:59.199 it's 00:52:59.199 --> 00:52:59.599 mere 00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.159 repetition 00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:01.419 you can 00:53:01.419 --> 00:53:01.639 sometimes 00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:02.079 get something 00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:02.699 stated and 00:53:02.699 --> 00:53:03.259 it looks like 00:53:03.259 --> 00:53:03.579 the writer 00:53:03.579 --> 00:53:04.179 just says it 00:53:04.179 --> 00:53:04.460 again 00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:04.980 it's never 00:53:04.980 --> 00:53:05.339 mere 00:53:05.339 --> 00:53:05.859 repetition 00:53:05.859 --> 00:53:08.119 it always is 00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:08.559 some kind of 00:53:08.559 --> 00:53:09.099 an emphasis 00:53:09.099 --> 00:53:09.819 or some kind 00:53:09.819 --> 00:53:10.039 of an 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:10.599 expansion 00:53:10.599 --> 00:53:11.500 so when you 00:53:11.500 --> 00:53:12.000 read through 00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:12.199 it 00:53:12.199 --> 00:53:13.259 it looks like 00:53:13.259 --> 00:53:14.380 this guy 00:53:14.380 --> 00:53:14.659 is just 00:53:14.659 --> 00:53:15.019 repeating 00:53:15.019 --> 00:53:15.659 himself 00:53:15.659 --> 00:53:16.779 there's a 00:53:16.779 --> 00:53:17.880 purpose 00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:18.619 to that 00:53:18.619 --> 00:53:26.519 Rechab 00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:26.679 and 00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:27.119 Barna 00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:28.739 they go 00:53:28.739 --> 00:53:29.039 in 00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:30.279 and 00:53:30.279 --> 00:53:33.679 they go 00:53:33.679 --> 00:53:34.239 to 00:53:34.239 --> 00:53:35.380 Ish-busheth 00:53:35.380 --> 00:53:35.719 if you look 00:53:35.719 --> 00:53:36.639 at verse 5 00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:38.339 they said 00:53:38.339 --> 00:53:38.679 about the 00:53:38.679 --> 00:53:39.079 heat of the 00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:39.319 day 00:53:39.319 --> 00:53:39.759 they came 00:53:39.759 --> 00:53:40.019 to the 00:53:40.019 --> 00:53:40.239 house 00:53:40.239 --> 00:53:40.839 of Ish-busheth 00:53:40.839 --> 00:53:41.219 as he was 00:53:41.219 --> 00:53:41.759 taking his 00:53:41.759 --> 00:53:42.199 noonday 00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:42.759 rest 00:53:42.759 --> 00:53:47.119 as they 00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:47.659 came into 00:53:47.659 --> 00:53:47.959 the midst 00:53:47.959 --> 00:53:48.199 of the 00:53:48.199 --> 00:53:48.439 house 00:53:48.439 --> 00:53:48.839 as if 00:53:48.839 --> 00:53:49.119 to get 00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:49.459 wheat 00:53:49.459 --> 00:53:49.899 and they 00:53:49.899 --> 00:53:50.199 stabbed 00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:50.379 him 00:53:50.379 --> 00:53:50.619 in the 00:53:50.619 --> 00:53:51.000 stomach 00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:52.059 then 00:53:52.059 --> 00:53:52.579 Rechab 00:53:52.579 --> 00:53:52.799 and 00:53:52.799 --> 00:53:53.139 Barna 00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:53.359 his 00:53:53.359 --> 00:53:53.619 brother 00:53:53.619 --> 00:53:54.259 escaped 00:53:54.259 --> 00:53:55.759 so fine 00:53:55.759 --> 00:53:56.959 we got 00:53:56.959 --> 00:53:57.479 what happened 00:53:57.479 --> 00:53:58.679 and then 00:53:58.679 --> 00:53:58.899 it says 00:53:58.899 --> 00:53:59.359 in verse 7 00:53:59.359 --> 00:53:59.759 when they 00:53:59.759 --> 00:54:00.199 came into 00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:00.659 the house 00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:01.119 as he 00:54:01.119 --> 00:54:01.279 lay 00:54:01.279 --> 00:54:01.719 on his 00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:02.079 bed 00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:02.559 in his 00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:03.099 bedroom 00:54:03.099 --> 00:54:03.479 they 00:54:03.479 --> 00:54:03.819 struck 00:54:03.819 --> 00:54:04.059 him 00:54:04.059 --> 00:54:04.459 and put 00:54:04.459 --> 00:54:04.639 him 00:54:04.639 --> 00:54:04.799 to 00:54:04.799 --> 00:54:05.099 death 00:54:05.099 --> 00:54:05.339 and 00:54:05.339 --> 00:54:05.699 beheaded 00:54:05.699 --> 00:54:06.099 him 00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:07.939 now we 00:54:07.939 --> 00:54:08.299 got that 00:54:08.299 --> 00:54:08.519 he was 00:54:08.519 --> 00:54:08.819 taking 00:54:08.819 --> 00:54:09.079 his 00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:09.439 noonday 00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:09.860 rest in 00:54:09.860 --> 00:54:10.200 the first 00:54:10.200 --> 00:54:10.559 part 00:54:10.559 --> 00:54:10.920 didn't 00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:11.159 we 00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:12.340 why is 00:54:12.340 --> 00:54:12.519 that 00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:12.960 emphasized 00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:15.500 well he 00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:16.280 was asleep 00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:19.000 sounds obvious 00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:20.039 but what does 00:54:20.039 --> 00:54:20.500 it tell us 00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:22.159 about those 00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:22.700 two that 00:54:22.700 --> 00:54:23.440 they go in 00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:24.119 and sneak 00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:24.980 in and kill 00:54:24.980 --> 00:54:26.200 him while he's 00:54:26.200 --> 00:54:26.579 asleep 00:54:26.579 --> 00:54:27.420 well they're 00:54:27.420 --> 00:54:28.039 cowards 00:54:28.039 --> 00:54:29.639 they're cowardly 00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:30.820 people who try 00:54:30.820 --> 00:54:31.280 and 00:54:31.280 --> 00:54:32.440 you know 00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:33.039 reasal 00:54:33.039 --> 00:54:34.059 themselves into 00:54:34.059 --> 00:54:34.740 David's good 00:54:34.740 --> 00:54:35.460 graces by 00:54:35.460 --> 00:54:36.139 going in and 00:54:36.139 --> 00:54:36.420 killing 00:54:36.420 --> 00:54:36.679 ish 00:54:36.679 --> 00:54:37.420 while he's 00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:37.799 asleep 00:54:37.799 --> 00:54:38.859 that's the 00:54:38.859 --> 00:54:39.339 idea that 00:54:39.339 --> 00:54:40.279 we should 00:54:40.279 --> 00:54:40.679 be getting 00:54:40.679 --> 00:54:41.199 about them 00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:41.440 they're 00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:42.039 cowards 00:54:42.039 --> 00:54:43.099 they're not 00:54:43.099 --> 00:54:44.039 brave people 00:54:44.039 --> 00:54:44.440 who want to 00:54:44.440 --> 00:54:44.960 try and help 00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.139 David 00:54:45.139 --> 00:54:45.679 they're really 00:54:45.679 --> 00:54:46.279 cowards 00:54:46.279 --> 00:54:48.779 and that's 00:54:48.779 --> 00:54:49.099 why he 00:54:49.099 --> 00:54:49.960 emphasizes it 00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:50.839 in verse 7 00:54:50.839 --> 00:54:51.859 he was laying 00:54:51.859 --> 00:54:52.599 on his bed 00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:53.119 in his 00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:53.639 bedroom 00:54:53.639 --> 00:54:54.940 they struck 00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:55.460 him and put 00:54:55.460 --> 00:54:55.699 him to 00:54:55.699 --> 00:54:55.879 death 00:54:55.879 --> 00:54:56.259 and beheaded 00:54:56.259 --> 00:54:56.559 him 00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:58.319 they sneak 00:54:58.319 --> 00:54:58.960 in and 00:54:58.960 --> 00:54:59.420 they stab 00:54:59.420 --> 00:54:59.779 him 00:54:59.779 --> 00:55:01.279 and now 00:55:01.279 --> 00:55:01.759 interestingly 00:55:01.759 --> 00:55:02.400 what happens 00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:04.400 when they 00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:05.059 go to 00:55:05.059 --> 00:55:05.519 David 00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:08.180 verse 11 00:55:08.180 --> 00:55:08.420 it says 00:55:08.420 --> 00:55:08.720 how much 00:55:08.720 --> 00:55:08.920 more 00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:09.460 wicked men 00:55:09.460 --> 00:55:09.700 have killed 00:55:09.700 --> 00:55:10.280 a righteous 00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:10.760 man in 00:55:10.760 --> 00:55:11.139 his own 00:55:11.139 --> 00:55:11.539 house on 00:55:11.539 --> 00:55:11.860 his bed 00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:12.139 shall I 00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:12.460 not now 00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:13.079 require his 00:55:13.079 --> 00:55:13.480 blood at 00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:13.860 your hand 00:55:13.860 --> 00:55:14.300 and destroy 00:55:14.300 --> 00:55:14.660 you from 00:55:14.660 --> 00:55:15.039 the earth 00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:16.039 and David 00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:16.500 commanded 00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:16.980 these young 00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:17.360 men and 00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:17.760 they killed 00:55:17.760 --> 00:55:18.160 them and 00:55:18.160 --> 00:55:18.559 cut off their 00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:19.519 hands and feet 00:55:19.519 --> 00:55:21.800 and hanged 00:55:21.800 --> 00:55:22.280 them beside 00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:22.800 the pool at 00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:23.260 Hebron 00:55:23.260 --> 00:55:25.559 in a billboard 00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:26.360 poster of what 00:55:26.360 --> 00:55:27.840 happens when 00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:28.539 you try and 00:55:28.539 --> 00:55:29.940 take the law 00:55:29.940 --> 00:55:30.460 into your own 00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:31.000 hands and when 00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:31.800 you act against 00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:32.440 Saul in my 00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:32.840 name 00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:33.700 David says 00:55:33.699 --> 00:55:34.779 he cut off 00:55:34.779 --> 00:55:35.239 their hands 00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:35.759 and feet 00:55:35.759 --> 00:55:36.319 why their 00:55:36.319 --> 00:55:36.759 hands and 00:55:36.759 --> 00:55:37.079 feet 00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:38.460 well 00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:39.719 there's going 00:55:39.719 --> 00:55:40.719 to be no 00:55:40.719 --> 00:55:41.379 more sneaking 00:55:41.379 --> 00:55:42.299 or stabbing 00:55:42.299 --> 00:55:44.719 is there 00:55:44.719 --> 00:55:46.779 so that's 00:55:46.779 --> 00:55:47.960 things to 00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:48.599 keep in mind 00:55:48.599 --> 00:55:49.119 Hebrew 00:55:49.119 --> 00:55:49.539 narrative 00:55:49.539 --> 00:55:51.939 what is 00:55:51.939 --> 00:55:52.559 unsaid 00:55:52.559 --> 00:55:53.919 who should 00:55:53.919 --> 00:55:54.399 we place 00:55:54.399 --> 00:55:55.099 this character 00:55:55.099 --> 00:55:55.699 against 00:55:55.699 --> 00:55:57.039 in order to 00:55:57.039 --> 00:55:57.679 understand 00:55:57.679 --> 00:55:58.539 him or 00:55:58.539 --> 00:55:58.879 her 00:55:58.879 --> 00:56:00.179 fully 00:56:00.179 --> 00:56:03.239 David and 00:56:03.239 --> 00:56:03.799 Jonathan 00:56:03.799 --> 00:56:05.599 we've had a 00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:05.739 lot of 00:56:05.739 --> 00:56:06.119 David and 00:56:06.119 --> 00:56:06.419 Jonathan 00:56:06.419 --> 00:56:07.199 in 1 00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:07.719 Samuel 00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:08.099 but 00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:09.859 the beginning 00:56:09.859 --> 00:56:10.319 of 2 00:56:10.319 --> 00:56:10.819 Samuel 00:56:10.819 --> 00:56:15.119 1 00:56:15.119 --> 00:56:15.559 Samuel 00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:16.019 1 00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:16.500 verses 00:56:16.500 --> 00:56:18.819 25 00:56:18.819 --> 00:56:19.559 and 26 00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:19.919 this is 00:56:19.919 --> 00:56:20.119 after 00:56:20.119 --> 00:56:20.539 Jonathan 00:56:20.539 --> 00:56:21.439 has died 00:56:21.439 --> 00:56:22.539 David 00:56:22.539 --> 00:56:23.339 laments 00:56:23.339 --> 00:56:24.459 for Saul 00:56:24.459 --> 00:56:24.919 and 00:56:24.919 --> 00:56:25.559 Jonathan 00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:25.919 and he 00:56:25.919 --> 00:56:26.259 says 00:56:26.259 --> 00:56:28.739 verse 25 00:56:28.739 --> 00:56:29.059 how the 00:56:29.059 --> 00:56:29.279 mighty 00:56:29.279 --> 00:56:29.459 have 00:56:29.459 --> 00:56:29.679 fallen 00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:29.959 in the 00:56:29.959 --> 00:56:30.119 midst 00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:30.239 of 00:56:30.239 --> 00:56:30.579 battle 00:56:30.579 --> 00:56:31.239 Jonathan 00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:31.659 lies 00:56:31.659 --> 00:56:32.039 slain 00:56:32.039 --> 00:56:32.359 on your 00:56:32.359 --> 00:56:32.619 high 00:56:32.619 --> 00:56:33.079 places 00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:33.919 I am 00:56:33.919 --> 00:56:34.299 distressed 00:56:34.299 --> 00:56:34.659 for you 00:56:34.659 --> 00:56:35.099 my brother 00:56:35.099 --> 00:56:35.579 Jonathan 00:56:35.579 --> 00:56:36.559 very pleasant 00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:36.979 have you 00:56:36.979 --> 00:56:37.639 been to me 00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:38.719 your love 00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:39.039 to me 00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:40.119 was extraordinary 00:56:40.119 --> 00:56:41.000 surpassing 00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:41.459 the love 00:56:41.459 --> 00:56:42.139 of women 00:56:42.139 --> 00:57:11.219 so this is a 00:57:11.219 --> 00:57:11.940 greater love 00:57:11.940 --> 00:57:12.720 than love 00:57:12.720 --> 00:57:13.260 between men 00:57:13.260 --> 00:57:13.639 and women 00:57:13.639 --> 00:57:14.380 so therefore 00:57:14.380 --> 00:57:14.940 how could we 00:57:14.940 --> 00:57:15.840 possibly say 00:57:15.840 --> 00:57:16.840 it is 00:57:16.840 --> 00:57:17.960 not right 00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:19.679 but the real 00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:20.360 issue there is 00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:20.900 fidelity 00:57:20.900 --> 00:57:22.000 and devotion 00:57:22.000 --> 00:57:24.780 it's faithfulness 00:57:24.780 --> 00:57:25.320 not 00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:27.099 sexuality 00:57:27.099 --> 00:57:29.000 this might 00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:29.519 come up in 00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:30.099 your groups 00:57:30.099 --> 00:57:30.639 so it's 00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:31.840 worth touching 00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:32.320 on it 00:57:32.320 --> 00:57:33.280 Matthew Henry 00:57:33.280 --> 00:57:33.780 wrote in his 00:57:33.780 --> 00:57:34.260 commentary on 00:57:34.260 --> 00:57:34.800 this he had 00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:35.519 reason to say 00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:36.260 that Jonathan's 00:57:36.260 --> 00:57:36.780 love to him 00:57:36.780 --> 00:57:37.380 was wonderful 00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:38.820 surely never 00:57:38.820 --> 00:57:39.519 was the like 00:57:39.519 --> 00:57:40.200 for a man to 00:57:40.200 --> 00:57:40.800 love one who 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:41.440 he knew was 00:57:41.440 --> 00:57:42.000 to take the 00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:42.679 crown over 00:57:42.679 --> 00:57:43.340 his head 00:57:43.340 --> 00:57:44.960 and to be so 00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:45.740 faithful to his 00:57:45.740 --> 00:57:46.139 rival 00:57:46.139 --> 00:57:47.440 this far 00:57:47.440 --> 00:57:48.079 surpassed the 00:57:48.079 --> 00:57:48.760 highest degree 00:57:48.760 --> 00:57:49.559 of conjugal 00:57:49.559 --> 00:57:50.460 affection and 00:57:50.460 --> 00:57:51.059 constancy 00:57:51.059 --> 00:57:52.559 so 00:57:52.559 --> 00:57:54.880 no it is 00:57:54.880 --> 00:57:55.320 not 00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:56.539 legitimizing 00:57:56.539 --> 00:57:57.220 homosexual 00:57:57.220 --> 00:57:58.079 relationships 00:57:58.079 --> 00:57:59.760 it is about 00:57:59.760 --> 00:58:00.300 the fact that 00:58:00.300 --> 00:58:01.179 Jonathan would 00:58:01.179 --> 00:58:01.639 have been the 00:58:01.639 --> 00:58:02.460 natural heir 00:58:02.460 --> 00:58:03.860 and he 00:58:03.860 --> 00:58:05.619 was faithful 00:58:05.619 --> 00:58:06.179 to David 00:58:06.179 --> 00:58:06.880 to the end 00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:08.940 that is 00:58:08.940 --> 00:58:09.320 what it's 00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:09.539 about 00:58:09.539 --> 00:58:10.840 the question 00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:11.619 why does 00:58:11.619 --> 00:58:12.139 David 00:58:12.139 --> 00:58:13.179 X 00:58:13.179 --> 00:58:14.460 why does 00:58:14.460 --> 00:58:14.900 David 00:58:14.900 --> 00:58:16.179 do Y 00:58:16.179 --> 00:58:17.019 we get that 00:58:17.019 --> 00:58:17.599 time and 00:58:17.599 --> 00:58:18.240 time again 00:58:18.240 --> 00:58:18.960 in 2 Samuel 00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:20.340 in a lot of 00:58:20.340 --> 00:58:21.059 David's life 00:58:21.059 --> 00:58:23.519 David is not 00:58:23.519 --> 00:58:24.280 always right 00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:27.560 and the 00:58:27.560 --> 00:58:28.040 writer of 00:58:28.040 --> 00:58:28.540 Samuel is 00:58:28.540 --> 00:58:29.140 honest about 00:58:29.140 --> 00:58:29.519 that 00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:32.100 he portrays 00:58:32.100 --> 00:58:32.560 all of 00:58:32.560 --> 00:58:33.060 David's 00:58:33.060 --> 00:58:33.519 warts 00:58:33.519 --> 00:58:36.740 and the 00:58:36.740 --> 00:58:37.280 message is 00:58:37.280 --> 00:58:37.720 there that 00:58:37.720 --> 00:58:38.560 all human 00:58:38.560 --> 00:58:39.160 leadership is 00:58:39.160 --> 00:58:39.660 flawed and 00:58:39.660 --> 00:58:40.380 1 and 2 Samuel 00:58:40.380 --> 00:58:41.160 is honest about 00:58:41.160 --> 00:58:42.160 that 00:58:42.160 --> 00:58:44.200 why does 00:58:44.200 --> 00:58:44.620 David do 00:58:44.620 --> 00:58:44.900 things? 00:58:44.980 --> 00:58:45.640 because he's a 00:58:45.640 --> 00:58:46.340 sinful man 00:58:46.340 --> 00:58:47.560 like all of 00:58:47.560 --> 00:58:47.940 us 00:58:47.940 --> 00:58:51.440 and even 00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:51.920 though he 00:58:51.920 --> 00:58:52.260 has this 00:58:52.260 --> 00:58:52.720 grace of 00:58:52.720 --> 00:58:53.159 God making 00:58:53.159 --> 00:58:53.559 his covenant 00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:53.820 to him 00:58:53.820 --> 00:58:54.119 that does 00:58:54.119 --> 00:58:54.539 not make 00:58:54.539 --> 00:58:55.000 him perfect 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:55.420 so we 00:58:55.420 --> 00:58:55.619 shouldn't 00:58:55.619 --> 00:58:56.159 try and 00:58:56.159 --> 00:58:57.179 kind of 00:58:57.179 --> 00:58:58.200 fall into 00:58:58.200 --> 00:58:58.659 the trap 00:58:58.659 --> 00:58:59.019 of having 00:58:59.019 --> 00:58:59.500 to try and 00:58:59.500 --> 00:59:00.000 justify 00:59:00.000 --> 00:59:01.579 what David 00:59:01.579 --> 00:59:02.619 does sometimes 00:59:02.619 --> 00:59:03.740 I mean 00:59:03.740 --> 00:59:04.539 Bathsheba and 00:59:04.539 --> 00:59:04.980 Uriah 00:59:04.980 --> 00:59:05.980 prime example 00:59:05.980 --> 00:59:06.320 and that 00:59:06.320 --> 00:59:06.800 sets up 00:59:06.800 --> 00:59:08.059 almost the 00:59:08.059 --> 00:59:08.880 bulk of 00:59:08.880 --> 00:59:09.539 2 Samuel 00:59:09.539 --> 00:59:10.740 comes from 00:59:10.740 --> 00:59:11.119 that 00:59:11.119 --> 00:59:14.619 but the 00:59:14.619 --> 00:59:15.139 question is 00:59:15.139 --> 00:59:15.539 is there 00:59:15.539 --> 00:59:16.019 repentance 00:59:16.019 --> 00:59:16.619 when he 00:59:16.619 --> 00:59:17.139 does these 00:59:17.139 --> 00:59:17.579 things? 00:59:17.940 --> 00:59:19.900 and that's 00:59:19.900 --> 00:59:20.220 the big 00:59:20.220 --> 00:59:20.980 contrast with 00:59:20.980 --> 00:59:21.320 Saul 00:59:21.320 --> 00:59:22.200 Saul was 00:59:22.200 --> 00:59:22.619 not 00:59:22.619 --> 00:59:23.360 repentant 00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:24.019 when Samuel 00:59:24.019 --> 00:59:24.740 confronted him 00:59:24.740 --> 00:59:25.179 why did 00:59:25.179 --> 00:59:25.599 you come 00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:28.059 and bring 00:59:28.059 --> 00:59:28.579 an offering? 00:59:29.460 --> 00:59:30.559 then he 00:59:30.559 --> 00:59:30.840 wasn't 00:59:30.840 --> 00:59:31.500 repentant at 00:59:31.500 --> 00:59:31.800 all 00:59:31.800 --> 00:59:33.579 when David 00:59:33.579 --> 00:59:34.119 sins 00:59:34.119 --> 00:59:34.800 when Nathan 00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:35.360 comes to 00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:35.700 him he 00:59:35.700 --> 00:59:36.559 says I 00:59:36.559 --> 00:59:37.200 have sinned 00:59:37.200 --> 00:59:37.740 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