David assumes the throne in Israel as the Arameans begin pressuring Assyrian and Babylonia.

David prays and follows up with taking action, trusting that God will correct any mistakes he makes.

Ishbosheth becomes king over Gilead, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all of the northern tribes of Israel.

The invisible hand of God weaves the decisions and actions of men and advances His purposes.

To fit long held Middle Eastern customs, men twisted and molded Torah to suit their needs.

As times changed, the meaning of the term “Israel” depended on the precise era and the setting.

David confesses his success was because of God’s faithfulness to His word, for His own Name’s sake.

The Ark returns in a mixture of joy and sorrow—70 years since it rested in the Holy of Holies.

David doesn’t send the Ark back but sends it to the home of a Levite who lives in Jerusalem.

Seven parallels exist between David’s Kingdom and the Millennial Kingdom of the future.

While David was thinking of constructing a building, the Lord was thinking of a permanent dynasty.

God picks ordinary people who simply will say yes to use for the great things that He will do.

David remembers his vow to Jonathan and seeks to show mercy to Mephibosheth the cripple.

David seeks peace and gives a hand of friendship to the evil Ammon, but it leads to war and disaster.

Here we see how deep a soul may fall when it turns away from God and from the guidance of His grace.

David gets desperate to cover up his sin with Bathsheba as Uriyah becomes suspicious.

David learns an invaluable lesson that confession is the key to restoring our relationship with God.

Nathan confronts David’s adultery and murder to pronounce an oracle of retribution and forgiveness.

David will not suffer the spiritual effects of his sin but will suffer the physical/earthly effects.

Competition and positioning for succession to David’s throne occupies David’s male children.

The aftermath of the rape of Tamar was an unfolding of dangerous political and family jealousies.

If a local society refuses to execute a murderer, then the local society bears the blood guilt.

There is danger in having greater regard for our own emotions and intellect than for God’s Commandments.

Suffering from anxiety and fear, David panics as Absalom declares himself the King of Israel.

The word “Grace” is too narrow and incomplete to give full meaning to the divine act of “chesed.”

Though cursed for his many sins, David was still a man after God’s own heart who found mercy.

The principle of Kal V’homer: choosing to commit a lesser sin in order to avoid a greater one

Though God forgives us a heinous sin, the earthly destruction that sin causes still requires payment.

God raised David to an extraordinary status with parallels yet also differences to Jesus.

The church’s relationship with the Jewish people mimics Tziva and Mephibosheth’s relationship.

Sheva rebels, Joab betrays and murders Amasa, and land defiled by innocent blood causes famine.

Cause of the famine is the House of Saul’s bloodguilt for the unjust murder of the Amorites.

As did David, we suffer from a mixture of God’s Laws, man’s doctrine, superstition, and paganism.

David offers a majestic Song of Thanksgiving to God for all the goodness shown to him.

We are the tools of Holy War wielded by the Master—an unequal partner in a venture with God.

David’s final Oracle is connected to and builds upon Balaam’s Oracle from Numbers 24.

The Old Testament is the foundation of the New Testament, and the New assumes that we know the Old.

With an evil inclination, David orders a census, which results in a plague for not obeying God’s instructions.