David wanted to show kindness for Jonathan’s sake after Jonathan was killed in battle. King David asked if there was anyone in the house of Saul to whom David could show the kindness of God? He was told of a son of Jonathan’s who was crippled in both feet. David sent for his dead friend’s […]
1 Chronicles 20:1 “Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings went out to battle… But David stayed at Jerusalem…” The chronicler did not include David’s actions and choices when he stayed in Jerusalem. David’s indiscretion with Bathsheba and the killing of her husband was not revealed. God dealt with David […]
1 Chronicles 15:29 It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD was carried into the city of David that Michal, the daughter of Saul and one of the wives of David, looked out a window. She saw the king leaping and celebrating with joy when the ark of God was being brought […]
1 Chronicles 14:3-7 David took more wives at Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters. Looking at the chronicler’s history of David’s wives and children: 6 wives and 6 children in the time he lived in Hebron. We are not told how many wives and 9 sons in Jerusalem plus an […]
David was king in Hebron and reigned seven and a half years in Hebron. He had six wives and each wife bore him a son. Wasn’t David anointed by Samuel many years before, to be king over all Israel? Yes, he was. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 David waited to be king until he had […]
Samuel anointed David as king – many years before David actually ruled as king in Israel. David had the heart of a poet, he wrote many of the Psalms. He also had a heart for God. As you read the Psalms he wrote, you can see his heart for God. God saw that David had a […]
After receiving the Holy Spirit, Peter preached his first sermon to a crowd gathered outside a house in Jerusalem. The sermon was all about Jesus, His death and resurrection. Peter referred to King David’s prophecy of the risen Christ (Messiah). (NIV) Acts 2:25-28 “David said about him (Jesus Christ): ‘I saw the Lord always […]
When did you hear you needed Jesus as your Savior? How did you respond?Only you can answer those questions. Everyone who follows Jesus has a salvation story. Many stories are quiet, no dramatics are involved. Then there are the stories which capture the imagination. Freed from prostitution, or addictions, or anger, murder, or… what is […]