I feel like God shared this with me. I
woke up at 4 a.m. on Sunday and prayed and typed it until about noon.
It’s long! If you can print it go ahead J
I refer to a Gideon Warrior King model in here. I’ll send it
tomorrow…
My commentary is in Blue, Scripture is in Black:
King David Warrior King & Bride Rapture Model
King Saul: (Saul means called by God) Satan,
fallen king, originally had God’s favor, but pride has lost it
King David: (David means beloved).
The Warrior King and leader. The Apple of God’s eye. Holds
key of David.
King David’s mighty men: Men with
valiant hearts for God selected to fight with David. Warrior men.
Jonathan: (Jonathan means God is grace)
Holy Spirit, Grace, love from God. Agape love model.
Michal: (means, who is like God) Saul’s
daughter whom he gives David as a wife. Stand for a false wife.
Later she despises David as he enters Jerusalem.
Spirit of Satan.
Abigail: (Abigail means God is Joy) Bride
of the Bridegroom(s) and King David and his mighty men. Spiritual Beauty
& Wisdom.
Nabal: (Nabal means fool). False Church
leader. Was supposed to care for the Bride, but failed miserably.
Could not discern who David was and trusted in earthly wealth. Was
going to turn David (God’s chosen) into Saul (Satan Model).
Acted out of fear and pride.
Background: Saul has fallen (see the below
scripture which is pointing to Satan in Ezekiel 28).
Ezekiel 28
6 " 'Therefore
this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
" 'Because you think you are wise,
as wise as a god,
7 I am going to
bring foreigners against you,
the most ruthless of nations;
they will draw their swords against
your beauty and wisdom
and pierce your shining splendor.
8 They will bring
you down to the pit,
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you then
say, "I am a god,"
in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who slay you.
10 You will die
the death of the uncircumcised
at the hands of foreigners.
I have spoken, declares the Sovereign
LORD.' "
11 The word of the
LORD came to me: 12 "Son of man, take up a lament
concerning the king of Tyre and
say to him: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
" 'You were the model of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
ruby, topaz and emerald,
chrysolite, onyx and jasper,
sapphire, [b] turquoise and beryl. [c]
Your settings and mountings [d] were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were
prepared.
14 You were anointed
as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless
in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your
widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the
mount of God,
and I expelled you, O guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became
proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.
Like God made Satan perfect in his position, so
God made Saul King. Like Satan, Saul falls from pride, fear and jealousy.
God is replacing Satan as ruler of this earth, like he replaced Saul with
David.
1st & 2nd Samuel tell
the story. The Rapture, the Bridegroom, the Bride and the Millennium
and beyond are all here.
As we enter the story, Saul has lost his Kingship
and God is in the process of removing him (as he is with Satan on this earth).
Though God has anointed his replacement on this earth, the process is one
that takes patience and perseverance, ultimately it is a war. Saul
has sought to control David by taking him into his employment, then sending
him to his death in a battle he thought he would lose (Goliath), and also
sending him to fight the Philistines to marry his daughter. All of
Saul’s plans have failed and God has used them to develop David, God’s
true King.
1 Samuel 20
David and Jonathan
1
Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, "What
have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is
trying to take my life?"
2 "Never!"
Jonathan replied. "You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn't
do anything, great or small, without confiding in me. Why would he hide
this from me? It's not so!"
3 But David took
an oath and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor
in your eyes, and he has said to himself, 'Jonathan must not know this or
he will be grieved.' Yet as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, there
is only a step between me and death."
4 Jonathan said
to David, "Whatever you want me to do, I'll do for you."
5 So David said,
"Look, tomorrow is the New Moon festival (Jewish Feast), and I am supposed to dine with the king;
but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.
6 If your father misses me at all, tell him, 'David
earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made
there for his whole clan.' 7 If he says, 'Very well,'
then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that
he is determined to harm me. 8 As for you, show kindness
to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before
the LORD. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your
father?"
9 "Never!"
Jonathan said. "If I had the least inkling that my father was determined
to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?"
10 David asked,
"Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
11 "Come,"
Jonathan said, "let's go out into the field." So they went there
together.
12 Then Jonathan
said to David: "By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will surely sound
out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed
toward you, will I not send you word and let you know? 13
But if my father is inclined to harm you, may the LORD deal with me, be
it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away safely.
May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father. 14
But show me unfailing kindness like that of the LORD as long as I live,
so that I may not be killed, 15 and do not ever cut
off your kindness from my family—not even when the LORD has cut off
every one of David's enemies from the face of the earth."
16 So Jonathan made
a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD call David's
enemies to account." 17 And Jonathan had David
reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved
himself.
18 Then Jonathan
said to David: "Tomorrow is the New Moon festival (Jewish Feast) . You
will be missed, because your seat will be empty. (Warrior King Rapture, trumpet - battle) 19 The day after tomorrow, toward evening,
go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone
Ezel. 20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of
it, as though I were shooting at a target. 21 Then
I will send a boy and say, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I say to him, 'Look,
the arrows are on this side of you; bring them here,' then come, because,
as surely as the LORD lives, you are safe; there is no danger. 22
But if I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then you must
go, because the LORD has sent you away. 23 And about
the matter you and I discussed—remember, the LORD is witness between
you and me forever."
24 So David hid
in the field, and when the New Moon festival (Jewish
Feast) came, the king sat down to eat. 25
He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan, (Satan vs. Holy Spirit, Angelic forces) [a] and Abner
sat next to Saul, but David's place was empty. (Warrior King Rapture, Trumpet battle) 26 Saul said
nothing that day, for he thought, "Something must have happened to
David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean."
(Satan’s accusations against us, legalism that is defeated by Jesus’
blood) 27 But the next day, the second day of the month, David's
place was empty again. (Warrior
King Rapture fulfilled) Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, "Why
hasn't the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?"
28 Jonathan (Holy Spirit) answered, "David earnestly asked
me for permission to go to Bethlehem.
(Heaven, Warrior King Rapture) 29 He said, 'Let me go, because our family
is observing a sacrifice in the town and my brother has ordered me to be
there. If I have found favor in your eyes, (God’s
favor, worthy virgin, clean in God’s sight, Isaiah 1:18) let me
get away to see my brothers.'(other Saints, Warrior
Kings) That is why he has not come to the king's table." (similar to Moses beckoning Pharaoh, let my people go so that we may worship
the Lord)
30 Saul's anger
flared up (Satan) at Jonathan
and he said to him, "You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! (Satan’s anger at the Church) Don't I know that
you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame
of the mother who bore you? 31 As long as the son
of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established.
Now send and bring him to me, for he must die!"
32 "Why should
he be put to death? What has he done?" Jonathan asked his father. (Holy Spirit intercession) 33 But Saul
hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father
intended to kill David.
34 Jonathan got
up from the table in fierce anger; on that second day of the month he did
not eat, because he was grieved at his father's shameful treatment of David.
35 In the morning
Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small
boy with him, 36 and he said to the boy, "Run
and find the arrows I shoot." As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond
him. 37 When the boy came to the place where Jonathan's arrow had
fallen, Jonathan called out after him, "Isn't the arrow beyond you?"
38 Then he shouted, "Hurry! Go quickly! Don't stop!"
The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master. 39
(The boy knew nothing of all this; only Jonathan and David knew.) 40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, "Go,
carry them back to town."
41 After the boy
had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before
Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each
other and wept together—but David wept the most.
42 Jonathan said
to David, "Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other
in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD is witness between you and me,
and between your descendants and my descendants forever.' " Then David
left, and Jonathan went back to the town. (Holy
Spirit Indwelling)
1 Samuel 21
David at Nob
1
David went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met
him, and asked, "Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?" (1st Rapture harvest for Warrior Kings to fight the Heavenly
battle, there should have been more from the Church, but not all the virgins
were ready.)
2 David answered
Ahimelech the priest, "The king (this
time King relates to the true King, YHWH/Jesus, Saul never gave these orders)
charged
me with a certain matter and said to me, 'No one is to know anything about
your mission and your instructions.' (God the Father the true
King has a plan for the David’s, warrior kings to defeat Satan, the
goliaths, a secret attack in the heavens) As for my men, I have
told them to meet me at a certain place. (David’s mighty men will be gathered for the battle as well) 3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give
me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find." (increasing Spiritual hunger which is greatly needed to defeat Satan an
his hordes & nourishment)
4 But the priest
answered David, "I don't have any ordinary bread on hand; (spiritual bread is needed, not physical bread) however,
there is some consecrated bread here—provided the men have kept themselves
from women." (again, 5 virgins, pure
in God’s site, Key of David)
5 David replied,
"Indeed women have been kept from us, (David
interceding for his planting) as usual whenever [a] I set out. The men's things [b] are holy even on missions that are not holy.
How much more so today!" (keeping
from spiritual fornication, leaving the earth behind) 6 So the priest gave him the consecrated
bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence (Holy Spirit, anointing) that had been removed
from before the LORD and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7 Now one of Saul's
servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite,
Saul's head shepherd. (demon spy)
8 David asked Ahimelech,
"Don't you have a spear or a sword here? I haven't brought my sword
or any other weapon, because the king's business was urgent." (I left all earthy things and weapons behind, yet I need something for battle)
9 The priest replied,
"The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want
it, take it; there is no sword here but that one."
David said, "There is none like
it; give it to me." (The Holy Spirit
ministers that a physical weapon is not needed, but the Sword of the Spirit
which we used to defeat our own personal Goliath’s in this life –
this is the weapon to be used, and there is none like it since it is our
testimony through Jesus)
David at Gath
10
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath. (demon
principality to battle through) 11 But the
servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David, the king of the
land? Isn't he the one they sing about in their dances:
" 'Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands'?"
(God’s warrior king)
12 David took these
words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath. 13 So he pretended
to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted
like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva
run down his beard.
14 Achish said to
his servants, "Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me?
15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow
here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?"
(righteous fury)
1 Samuel 22
David at Adullam and Mizpah
1
David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it,
they went down to him there. 2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered
around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with
him. (2nd harvest,
Mighty Men Rapture for the planting David left for his loyal men, who once
were “nothings” but God will use them to be David’s Mighty
Men! Also, David’s family) – (relating to Gideon’s
300 men & selection process, see study on Gideon Warrior King Lesson).
Gideon
model:
- Gideon/David similitude Warrior King
- Mighty Men: 300 men selected because they
looked for the enemy instead of “lapping” up the water.
Spiritually aware.
- The rest of the army. Will join later, but
will also fight valiantly.
3 From there David
went to Mizpah in Moab
and said to the king of Moab,
"Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I
learn what God will do for me?" 4 So he left
them with the king of Moab,
and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold. (loved ones safe with God’s protection over them from Satan)
5 But the prophet
Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest
of Hereth.
Saul Kills the Priests of Nob
6
Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul, spear
in hand, was seated under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with
all his officials standing around him. 7 Saul said
to them, "Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of
you fields and vineyards? (worldly possessions)
Will he
make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? (worldly power) 8 Is that
why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes
a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells
me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does
today." (surprise Satan…)
9 But Doeg the Edomite,
who was standing with Saul's officials, said, "I saw the son of Jesse
come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 Ahimelech
inquired of the LORD for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword
of Goliath the Philistine." (demon spy)
11 Then the king
sent for the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and his father's whole family,
who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. 12
Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub."
"Yes, my lord," he answered.
13 Saul said to
him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse,
giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has
rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?"
14 Ahimelech answered
the king, "Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king's
son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?
15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God
for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his
father's family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole
affair." (Holy Spirit again testifies
on behalf of David)
16 But the king
said, "You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and your father's whole
family." (those left on earth will
feel Satan’s wrath)
17 Then the king
ordered the guards at his side: "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD,
because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they
did not tell me."
But the king's officials were not willing
to raise a hand to strike the priests of the LORD. (it will not be God or his angels hand that goes against the tribulation
saints)
18 The king then
ordered Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests." So Doeg
the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five
men who wore the linen ephod. (demons will strike down
tribulation saints) 19 He also
put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its
children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep. (a great slaughter will happen at the tribulation)
20 But Abiathar,
a son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub, escaped and fled to join David. (3rd Rapture, more warriors– escape to join David and fight
Heavenly battle) 21 He told
David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD. 22
Then David said to Abiathar: "That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there,
I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of
your father's whole family. 23 Stay with me; don't
be afraid; the man who is seeking your life is seeking mine also. You will
be safe with me." (Satan’s wrath at
what God is doing with David causes the strife for the tribulation Saints,
but there is a possibility of escape and rapture for some).
1 Samuel 23
David Saves Keilah
1
When David was told, "Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah
and are looting the threshing floors," (Heaven,
throne room) 2 he inquired
of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?"
The LORD answered him, "Go, attack
the Philistines and save Keilah." (Heavenly
battle given into the hands of David)
3 But David's men
said to him, "Here in Judah
we are afraid. How much more, then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine
forces!" (we are afraid to fight
demons)
4 Once again David
inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him, "Go down to Keilah,
for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand." 5
So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried
off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved
the people of Keilah. 6 (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech
had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.) (fighting despite fear, which David learned in Psalm 23, God gives victory
over Goliaths. David learned this in the physical and was rewarded
with spiritual victory as well).
Saul Pursues David
7
Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, "God has
handed him over to me, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town
with gates and bars." 8 And Saul called up all
his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
(Satan battles on)
9 When David learned
that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring
the ephod." 10 David said, "O LORD, God
of Israel,
your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and
destroy the town on account of me. 11 Will the citizens
of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has
heard? O LORD, God of Israel, tell your servant."
And the LORD said, "He will."
12 Again David asked,
"Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?"
And the LORD said, "They will."
13 So David and
his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place
to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did
not go there.
14 David stayed
in the desert strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched
for him, but God did not give David into his hands. (God provides, protection, perseverance, etc. during
battle – war is hard and takes much faith, patience, courage and perseverance)
15 While David was
at Horesh in the Desert of
Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take
his life. 16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David
at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. (Holy Spirit strengthening David) 17 "Don't
be afraid," he said. "My father Saul will not lay a hand on you.
You will be king over Israel,
and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this." (God is letting us take over Satan’s place, and he hates us for it.
The promise of Victory in God’s name is sure and we cannot lose.
God’s Holy Spirit will be with us always. We will still be us,
contrary to New Age teachings where we all become one, thus Jonathan/Holy
Spirit saying I will be second. God himself will be first, but forever
the Holy Spirit will be sealed inside of us as well.) 18 The two
of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then Jonathan went home, but David
remained at Horesh.
19 The Ziphites
went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding among us in
the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 20 Now, O king, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and
we will be responsible for handing him over to the king."
21 Saul replied,
"The LORD bless you for your concern for me. 22
Go and make further preparation. Find out where David usually goes and who
has seen him there. They tell me he is very crafty. 23
Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite
information. [a] Then I will go with you; if he is in the area,
I will track him down among all the clans of Judah."
24 So they set out
and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told
about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went
into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.
26 Saul was going
along one side of the mountain, (mountain, heaven, spiritual)
and David and his men were on the other
side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing
in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger
came to Saul, saying, "Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the
land." 28 Then Saul broke off his pursuit of
David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place
Sela Hammahlekoth. [b] 29 And David went up
from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
1 Samuel 24
Notice the Chapter number of 24. 24 is God’s
number for Heavenly Government. See Revelation and the 24 elders,
or even the 144,000 which is a great multiple of 24. The Key of David
(Revelation, Philadelphian
Church Promise) is set here which is truly acknowledging
God’s Sovereignty and Love. It undoes what Satan did, which
in the simple is Pride. Pride is core evil and the sin against the
Holy Spirit which God cannot forgive. Anything else he can clean up.
God is Sovereign meaning, he has the right and power to rule all the way
down to the number of hairs on our heads. Also, all that has happened
and will happen is by his hand and he has allowed for our ultimate good,
and it is Love. God is Sovereign and he is Love. God needs vessels
and stewards in his Kingdom and cannot allow Pride. David, even though
anointed will not take matters into his own hands, but instead Truly trusts
God’s Sovereignty and Love and spares Saul’s life.
David Spares Saul's Life
1
After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, "David
is in the Desert (not in the Promised land
yet, but still the desert) of En Gedi." 2 So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out
to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.
3 He came to the
sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve
himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4
The men said, "This is the day the LORD spoke of when he said [a] to you, 'I will give your enemy into your
hands for you to deal with as you wish.' " Then David crept up unnoticed
and cut off a corner of Saul's robe. (a
test for David to see if he truly believes in God’s Sovereignty and
Love, which ultimately Saul and Satan did not. Saul took matters into
his own hands, such as the sacrifice without waiting for Samuel. Saul
gave into fear, pride and jealousy – just like his father Satan).
5 Afterward, David
was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do
such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, or lift my hand against
him; for he is the anointed of the LORD." 7
With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack
Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.
8 Then David went
out of the cave and called out to Saul, "My lord the king!" When
Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his
face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, "Why
do you listen when men say, 'David is bent on harming you'? 10
This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into
my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said,
'I will not lift my hand against my master, because he is the LORD's anointed.'
11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe
in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Now
understand and recognize that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion.
I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12
May the LORD judge between you and me. (trusting God’s
Sovereignty and Love, we are to be vessels and stewards of what God gives
us even in royalty in his Kingdom) And may the LORD avenge
the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, 'From evildoers come evil deeds,'
so my hand will not touch you.
14 "Against
whom has the king of Israel
come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15
May the LORD be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause
and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand."
16 When David finished
saying this, Saul asked, "Is that your voice, David my son?" And
he wept aloud. 17 "You are more righteous than
I," he said. "You have treated me well, but I have treated you
badly. 18 You have just now told me of the good you
did to me; the LORD delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me.
19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed?
May the LORD reward you well for the way you treated me today. 20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. 21
Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or
wipe out my name from my father's family."
22 So David gave
his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up
to the stronghold.
1 Samuel 25
5 is the bride number, grace. Abigail (God
is joy) is the bride to the Warrior King.
David, Nabal and Abigail
1
Now Samuel died, and all Israel
assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.
Then David moved down into the Desert of Maon. [a] 2 A certain man in
Maon, who had property there at Carmel,
was very wealthy. (earthly riches, which
fool him) He had a thousand goats (bad goats in Church, sheep and goat judgement) and three
thousand sheep (good sheep in Church)
, which
he was shearing in Carmel. 3
His name was Nabal (name
means fool, and is a False
Church model) and his
wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, (The Bride, Spiritual Intelligence and Beauty) but her
husband, a Calebite, was surly and mean in his dealings.
4 While David was
in the desert, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. (caring for the Church, but not in a good way, using them for his means
and money) 5 So he
sent ten young men and said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: 'Long life to you! Good health to you and your
household! And good health to all that is yours!
7 " 'Now I
hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we
did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be
favorable toward my young men, since we come at a festive time (feast, gives us some insight in on the Bride Rapture). Please
give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.' "
(David, though unknown, not king yet, he and his men took care of the flocks/church
and was asking for favorable treatment from a man of earthly means who was
supposed to be caring for the flock and the bride).
9 When David's men
arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they waited.
10 Nabal answered
David's servants, "Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many
servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11
Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for
my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?" (no Spiritual wisdom, he had great things entrusted to him, church and bride,
but was a Fool!)
12 David's men turned
around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. 13 David said to his men, "Put on your swords!" So
they put on their swords, and David put on his. About four hundred men went
up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
14 One of the servants
told Nabal's wife Abigail: "David sent messengers from the desert to
give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat
us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.
16 Night and day they were a wall around us all the
time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now
think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over
our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one
can talk to him." (the bride and sheep of the Church recognize the
Davids).
18 (The Bride shows her Spiritual Wisdom and Commitment, taking a chance that
she will be condemned by the false church/Nabal) Abigail
lost no time. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five
dressed sheep, five seahs [b] of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins
and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 Then she told her servants, "Go on ahead; I'll follow
you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20 As she came riding
her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending
toward her, (notice the word descending
– this will mean from the sky) and she
met them. 21 David had just said, "It's been
useless—all my watching over this fellow's property in the desert
so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22
May God deal with David, [c] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave
alive one male of all who belong to him!" (Nabal/false church has mislead all the sheep, Abigail is discerning and
interceding).
23 When Abigail
saw David, she quickly (notice like Rebecca was
quick to leave for Isaac, which is a Bridegroom, Bride Rapture model, Abigail
is always quick when it comes to David) got off
her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said: "My lord, let the blame
be on me alone.(intercession for the
lost sheep) Please let your servant speak to you;
hear what your servant has to say. 25 May my lord
pay no attention to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his
name is Fool, and folly goes with him. (huge folly) But as
for me, your servant, I did not see the men my master sent.
26 "Now since
the LORD has kept you, my master, from bloodshed and from avenging yourself
with your own hands, as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, may your
enemies and all who intend to harm my master be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my master,
be given to the men who follow you. 28 Please forgive
your servant's offense, for the LORD will certainly make a lasting dynasty
for my master, because he fights the LORD's battles. Let no wrongdoing be
found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though
someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my master will be
bound securely in the bundle of the living by the LORD your God. But the
lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30
When the LORD has done for my master every good thing he promised concerning
him and has appointed him leader over Israel, 31 my master will
not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or
of having avenged himself. And when the LORD has brought my master success,
remember your servant." (huge
discernment and Spiritual wisdom from Abigail in regards to David and who
he truly is. How could Nabal ever been the caretaker? Where
did Abigail get all this insight and great qualities? – God was refining
her despite Nabal)
32 David said to
Abigail, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you
today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your
good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging
myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely
as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you,
if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal
would have been left alive by daybreak." (Abigail intercedes for
the sheep still on earth, she saves bloodshed and their lives).
35 Then David accepted
from her hand what she had brought him and said, "Go home in peace.
I have heard your words and granted your request."
36 When Abigail
went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king.
He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until daybreak.
37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him
all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died. (the false Church will be shocked and striken dead).
39 When David heard
that Nabal was dead, he said, "Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld
my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant
from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own head."
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking
her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, "David has sent
us to you to take you to become his wife." (David recognizes the true Spiritual beauty and Wisdom in Abigail, The Bride!!!
And he sends for her as soon as Nabal is dead).
(Abigail, again like Rebecca
goes quickly, is humble and has a wonderful servants heart)
41 She bowed down
with her face to the ground and said, "Here is your maidservant, ready
to serve you and wash the feet of my master's servants." 42
Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five maids, went with
David's messengers and became his wife. 43 David
had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives. 44
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel [d] son of Laish, who was from Gallim. (Saul, Satan and Michal is the false wife…more on this later when
David takes and then enters Jerusalem!).
1 Samuel 26
David Again Spares Saul's Life
1
The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding
on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?"
2 So Saul went down
to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search
there for David. 3 Saul made his camp beside the
road on the hill of Hakilah facing Jeshimon, but David stayed in the desert.
When he saw that Saul had followed him there, 4 he
sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived. [a]
5 Then David set
out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner
son of Ner, the commander of the army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside
the camp, with the army encamped around him.
6 David then asked
Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who
will go down into the camp with me to Saul?"
"I'll go with you," said Abishai.
(notice it says go down)
7 So David and Abishai
went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp
with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers
were lying around him.
8 Abishai said to
David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let
me pin him to the ground with one thrust of my spear; I won't strike him
twice."
9 But David said
to Abishai, "Don't destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the LORD's anointed
and be guiltless? (again the Key of David,
trusting in God’s Sovereignty, the Warrior King will take Satan’s
place, but only at God’s hand, who has allowed Satan to rule, but
will displace him with the David Kings) 10 As surely as the LORD lives," he
said, "the LORD himself will strike him; either his time will come
and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. 11
But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD's anointed. Now
get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let's go."
12 So David took
the spear and water jug near Saul's head, (spear
Saul’s strength and also water, his spirit) and they
left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all
sleeping, because the LORD had put them into a deep sleep.
13 Then David crossed
over to the other side and stood on top of the hill some distance away (crossed over and stood on top above Saul – David is spiritually outdoing
Satan by the Power and Guidance of the Lord); there
was a wide space between them. 14 He called out to
the army and to Abner son of Ner, "Aren't you going to answer me, Abner?"
Abner replied, "Who are you who
calls to the king?"
15 David said, "You're
a man, aren't you? And who is like you in Israel? Why didn't you guard your lord the king?
Someone came to destroy your lord the king. 16 What
you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you and your men
deserve to die, because you did not guard your master, the LORD's anointed.
Look around you. Where are the king's spear and water jug that were near
his head?"
17 Saul recognized
David's voice and said, "Is that your voice, David my son?" (Satan is the ultimate
terrorist and loves to claim peace when he thinks it suits him. He
is a liar and never true to his word)
David replied, "Yes it is, my lord
the king." 18 And he added, "Why is my
lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty
of? 19 Now let my lord the king listen to his servant's words. If
the LORD has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If,
however, men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD! They have
now driven me from my share in the LORD's inheritance and have said, 'Go,
serve other gods.' 20 Now do not let my blood fall
to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea—as
one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
21 Then Saul said,
"I have sinned. Come back, David my son. Because you considered my
life precious today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted
like a fool and have erred greatly."
22 "Here is
the king's spear," David answered. "Let one of your young men
come over and get it. 23 The LORD rewards every man
for his righteousness and faithfulness. The LORD delivered you into my hands
today, but I would not lay a hand on the LORD's anointed. 24
As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and
deliver me from all trouble." (David heaping coals on
Saul’s head – True Spiritual Authority. Submission and
becoming a Vessel recognizing and obeying God in every way).
25 Then Saul said
to David, "May you be blessed, my son David; you will do great things
and surely triumph."
So David went on his way, and Saul returned
home.
1 Samuel 27
David Among the Philistines
1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed
by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of
the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will
slip out of his hand."
2 So David and the
six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maoch king
of Gath. 3 David and his men
settled in Gath with Achish. Each
man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel
and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal. 4 When
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath,
he no longer searched for him. (a time of rest and Shalom
– peace with family)
5 Then David said
to Achish, "If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned
to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your
servant live in the royal city with you?"
6 So on that day
Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. 7 David
lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.
8 Now David and
his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites.
(From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur
and Egypt.) 9
Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive,
but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned
to Achish.
10 When Achish asked,
"Where did you go raiding today?" David would say, "Against
the Negev of Judah" or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel" or
"Against the Negev of the Kenites." 11 He did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he thought, "They might inform on
us and say, 'This is what David did.' " And such was his practice as
long as he lived in Philistine territory. 12 Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He has become
so odious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant forever."
1 Samuel 28
(Saul becomes totally depraved
and turns himself over to the Witch of Endor)
1 Samuel 29
Achish Sends David Back to Ziklag
(David approved by the
King, but not recommended by subordinates)
1 Samuel 30
David Destroys the Amalekites
1
David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had
raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag
and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women
and all who were in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but
carried them off as they went on their way.
3 When David and
his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives
and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David
and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5
David's two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail,
the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 David was greatly
distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter
in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in
the LORD his God.
7 Then David said
to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod."
Abiathar brought it to him, 8 and David inquired
of the LORD, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?"
"Pursue them," he answered.
"You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue."
(even in the worst of times David seeks God’s will, this is his value
and his wisdom – again the key of David = God’s Sovereignty
and Love).
9 David and the
six hundred men with him came to the Besor Ravine, where some stayed behind,
10 for two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the ravine.
But David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.
11 They found an
Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink
and food to eat- 12 part of a cake of pressed figs
and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any
food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
13 David asked him,
"To whom do you belong, and where do you come from?"
He said, "I am an Egyptian, the
slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days
ago. 14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites
and the territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned
Ziklag." (reward for the Good Samaritan,
caring for the slave left behind)
15 David asked him,
"Can you lead me down to this raiding party?" (notice lead me down)
He answered, "Swear to me before
God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take
you down to them."
16 He led David
down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking
and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from
the land of the Philistines and from Judah.
17 David fought them from dusk until the evening
of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men
who rode off on camels and fled. 18 David recovered
everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. 19
Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else
they had taken. David brought everything back. 20
He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other
livestock, saying, "This is David's plunder."
21 Then David came
to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who
were left behind at the Besor Ravine. They came out to meet David and the
people with him. As David and his men approached, he greeted them. 22 But all the evil men and troublemakers among David's followers
said, "Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with
them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children
and go."
23 David replied,
"No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the LORD has given
us. (David acknowledged it was the Lord’s gift not by man’s hand)
He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came against
us. 24 Who will listen to what you say? The share
of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him
who went down to the battle. All will share alike." 25
David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.
26 When David arrived
in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his
friends, saying, "Here is a present for you from the plunder of the
LORD's enemies."
27 He sent it to
those who were in Bethel, Ramoth Negev and Jattir; 28
to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa 29 and Racal;
to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites; 30
to those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach 31 and Hebron;
and to those in all the other places where David and his men had roamed.
1 Samuel 31
Saul Takes His Life
1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel;
the Israelites fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 The
Philistines pressed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons
Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. 3 The fighting
grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded
him critically.
4 Saul said to his
armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised
fellows will come and run me through and abuse me."
But his armor-bearer was terrified and
would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5
When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and
died with him. 6 So Saul and his three sons and his
armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.
7 When the Israelites
along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and
that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And
the Philistines came and occupied them.
8 The next day,
when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three
sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. (Isaiah 14:12, it was said of Saul, how the mighty have fallen) 9 They cut off his head and stripped off
his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines
to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened
his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
11 When the people
of Jabesh Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all their valiant men journeyed through the night to Beth
Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth
Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them. 13
Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh,
and they fasted seven days.
(God has finally taken Saul’s
life and his position away as promised)
2 Samuel 1
David Hears of Saul's Death
(Millennium – yes, we will have work to
do in the Millennium. There is no “perfect button”, God
will faithfully continue to establish his will, and refine and perfect us
– taking off the rough corners. The main purpose of the Millennium
is to get rid of the human argument “the devil made me do it”.
God is perfectly just and will take all arguments away. It is not
just Satan that has rebelled against God, but also man. God will deal
with it in patience, grace and perfect justice).
2 Samuel 2
David Anointed King Over Judah
1
In the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. "Shall I go up to
one of the towns of Judah?"
he asked. (notice the language –
“go up”)
The LORD said, "Go up."
David asked, "Where shall I go?"
"To Hebron," the LORD answered. (place of peace, Shalom)
2 So David went
up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of
Nabal of Carmel. 3 David also took the men who were
with him, each with his family, and they settled in Hebron
and its towns. 4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron and there
they anointed David king over the house of Judah. (King at last, after David inquired of God and received approval to “go
up”)
When David was told that it was the
men of Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul, 5 he sent
messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead to say to them, "The LORD bless
you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. 6
May the LORD now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show
you the same favor because you have done this. 7
Now then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the house
of Judah has anointed
me king over them."
2 Samuel 3
1 The war between
the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew
stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
2 Sons were born
to David in Hebron
(David becomes stronger and subdues
the house of Saul, continuing to be patient until God completely installs
him as King)
2 Samuel 4
(yet another great testimony to why God made David
King. God is Sovereign and needs a steward and a vessel. He
allows no pride and we are not to take things into our own hands –
Key of David! – God’s Sovereignty and Love!)
Ish-Bosheth Murdered
1
When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron,
he lost courage, and all Israel
became alarmed. 2 Now Saul's son had two men who
were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Recab;
they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth
is considered part of Benjamin, 3 because the people
of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have lived there as aliens to this day.
4 (Jonathan son
of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when
the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him
up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became crippled. His
name was Mephibosheth.) (this is a great story
later on – David will, keep his promise to Jonathan and care for this
son, giving all of Saul’s possessions to him and also inviting him
to the King’s table).
5 Now Recab and
Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,
and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday
rest. 6 They went into the inner part of the house
as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab
and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7 They had gone
into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they
stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they
traveled all night by way of the Arabah. 8 They brought
the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron
and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul,
your enemy, who tried to take your life. This day the LORD has avenged my
lord the king against Saul and his offspring."
9 David answered
Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As
surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all trouble, 10 when a man told me, 'Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing
good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward
I gave him for his news! 11 How much more—when
wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should
I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!"
12 So David gave
an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and
feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron.
But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron.
(David not interested in mans
ways, or ruling by fear – only by faith).
2 Samuel 5
David Becomes King Over Israel
1
All the tribes of Israel
came to David at Hebron and said,
"We are your own flesh and blood. 2 In the past,
while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military
campaigns. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel,
and you will become their ruler.' " (the
people finally recognize who David really is, and what he has done by God’s
hand).
3 When all the elders
of Israel had come to
King David at Hebron, the king made a compact with them
at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king
over Israel.
(one step at a time, now David is King over all of
Israel).
4 David was thirty
years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel
and Judah
thirty-three years.
David Conquers Jerusalem
6
The king and his men marched to Jerusalem
to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, "You
will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off."
They thought, "David cannot get in here." 7
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the
City of David. (still wars and work to do in the Millennium, God
trains our hands for war for a reason – forget about the “perfect
button” and be open and accept God’s refinement teaching)
8 On that day, David
said, "Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water
shaft (Holy Spirit reference) [a] to reach those 'lame
and blind' (spiritually lame and
blind) who are David's enemies. [b] " That is why they say, "The 'blind
and lame' will not enter the palace." (spiritually lame and blind persons indeed will not enter the palace)
9 David then took
up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the supporting terraces
[c] inward. 10 And he became
more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him. (God prepares a table for David and those who follow him in the presence
of his enemies)
11 Now Hiram king
of Tyre sent messengers to David,
along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace
for David. 12 And David knew that the LORD had established
him as king over Israel
and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
13 After he left
Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born
to him. 14 These are the names of the children born
to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16
Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.