The book of 2 Samuel ends with David's repentance, and the ideas of intercession and payment for sacrifice.
What Hannah expected in her prayer David experienced and rehearsed in a psalm.
In a story of famine and Philistines, God protects and leads through His king.
King David's leadership fails to balance justice and mercy as his kingdom continues to unwind.
In a story mingled with compassion and justice we see the need for a king who is both.
In a chapter filled with characters and schemes, the Lord is working out His plan for salvation through David.
By way of comparison and contrast, David's move out of Jerusalem prefigures Jesus' move outside the gate where He bore reproach.
In the continuing effects of David's sin we see the patterns of sin and its effects at work.
Sin continues to destroy and begins to unravel David's kingdom.
God rebukes David through Nathan the prophet and David repents and believes despite the consequences.
David's sin of adultery marks a turning point in his life and in the Bible's story.
King David shows us a glimpse of God’s unmerited favor on repentant enemies and His just wrath on unrepentant rebels.
Through David's many victories the Lord fulfilled His promises, and signaled the future salvation He would provide through David's greater Son.
David's praise and petitions to God flow from God’s unconditional and undeserved blessing to and through David.
God's covenant with David marks one of the most important moments in the Old Testament's salvation story.
