A lot of people have been reading through the Bible in the last few months. And as one friend remarked, “There’s a lot about David!” David is the subject of 1 Samuel through to 2 Kings 2 and from 1 Chronicles 11 through to the end of the book. That is 76 chapters. Add the Psalms attributed to David and you reach over 150 chapters. That is roughly one sixth of the whole Old Testament. His name comes in the Old Testament about 835 times – compared to 158 times for Abraham and 715 for Moses. By any measure he is a towering figure. He is the Prophet-Priest-King (2 Sam. 23:1-5; 24:18-25 cf. 1 Sam. 21; 2 Sam. 6:14); the one, above all, on whom God fixes His heart to use, bless, confirm and exalt (1 Sam. 13:14). The one who plans, provides for and commissions the great Temple of the LORD (1 Chron. 22-29) which Solomon merely executes. Even before the account of David there is quite a build up to him. Notice the pattern of the Priest-King who can subdue wild animals (Gen. 1:28; 2:15), ...
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