Even earlier than David was anointed as their king, folks wished to comply with Him. Many left their nation and their king and risked their lives for Him. However the best testomony to David’s worthiness as their king, was the quantity who got here to anoint him and the three males who risked their lives simply to offer him with a style of house. Males will struggle for a trigger. However once they select to comply with a person who has no authority over them and they’re going to do something to please him, then you recognize they’ve discovered a fantastic chief.
As his first act as king, David took Jerusalem and made it the capital metropolis. There are a lot of great info about Jerusalem that time to Jesus.
David’s Mighty Males – 1 Chronicles 12
David was launched to the folks of Israel when he killed Goliath. After that, he started preventing for them, and everybody beloved him. So, when Saul overtly turned towards David, the folks had to select, and plenty of determined to comply with David. By the point he took refuge within the land of the Philistines, 600 males have been with him (1 Samuel 27:2). Some have been even from Saul’s personal tribe of Benjamin. It was mentioned that they may shoot their bow and sling stones with each their proper and left arms. The identify Benjamin meant son of my proper hand. So, not solely was this handy, nevertheless it additionally gave the impression to be a play on phrases saying that they switched from being Saul’s proper hand males to aiding the opposite facet.
At the moment, the chief was Ahiezer, and his brother, Joash, was subsequent to him. Then, there have been 19 different distinguished males who fought for him, which included two different units of brothers, whose fathers have been Azmaveth and Jeroham. The Gadites have been officers of his military as a result of they have been mighty and skilled warriors. They have been specialists with shields and spears, whereas additionally being robust and quick. They crossed the Jordan in the course of the wet season when it was overflowing its banks simply to assist David within the struggle. Eleven Gadites have been named particularly.
When the boys from Judah and Benjamin first approached David, he didn’t know in the event that they have been there to assist or harm him. So, he advised them he would settle for their friendship if that was what they have been providing. But when they have been there at hand him over to Saul, he trusted that God would maintain them. The Holy Spirit came to visit their chief, Amasai, and he advised David they’d come to assist him. They wished him to reside in peace.
Then, many males from the tribe of Manasseh returned with David to Ziklag when the Philistines despatched him again for worry that he would activate them within the battle. Seven males have been named particularly, saying that they helped David and his males get better their ladies and kids from the Amalekites upon their return.
So, now that Saul and his sons have been all gone, tens of 1000’s of males went to Hebron to assist David as Israel’s new king. Judah despatched 6,800 troops and Simeon contributed 7,100 mighty males of valor. The Levites despatched 4,600, and from Aaron’s lineage 3,700. Twenty-two commanders got here from Zadok’s personal home. Three thousand Benjamites who had remained loyal to Saul’s home as much as that time, additionally got here to assist David. Ephraim despatched 20,800 males, the half-tribe of Manasseh despatched 18,000, and Issachar despatched 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen. Zebulun despatched 50,000 troops prepared for battle and Naphtali had 1,000 commanders over 37,000 armed males. The Danites despatched 28,600 troops, Asher despatched 40,000, and the tribes on the japanese facet of the Jordan despatched 120,000 in complete. All these males gathered in Hebron, unified and arranged for battle, as a way to make David their king.
David, the King of Israel – 2 Samuel 5:1-5 (1 Chronicles 11:1-3)
They advised David he was their flesh and blood and the one who led them even when Saul was their king. Then they anointed him as king over all the nation, saying they knew God had already chosen him to shepherd them and be their ruler. Then, they celebrated with him for 3 days and loved the meals that had been despatched by those that didn’t make the journey (1 Chronicles 12:38-40).
This was the third time David was anointed as king. The primary time was by Samuel earlier than he even met Saul. The second time, he was solely anointed by the folks of Judah as their king. However this time, the entire nation anointed him because the King of Israel. He was thirty years outdated when he started his reign, and he dominated for 40 years, seven-and-a-half years over Judah and thirty-three extra over all the nation.
David Takes Jerusalem – 2 Samuel 5:6-16 (1 Chronicles 11:4-9; 14:1-7)
David’s first act as king was to ascertain a metropolis from which he might rule. He was not simply the king of his personal tribe of Judah, so he couldn’t stay there in Hebron. He wanted a impartial place that might not be claimed by any particular tribe. Jerusalem was on the border of Judah and Benjamin, the tribes of King David and King Saul. However neither tribe had been in a position to drive the Jebusites from the land. It was surrounded on three sides by very steep cliffs which naturally served as partitions and should have additionally had present retaining partitions, making it troublesome to overcome. However the Lord had commanded them to drive all of the folks from the land and take possession of it. So, David and his males went to Jerusalem to take it from the Jebusites. However they mocked the Israelites saying that even the blind and lame might ward them away. However David was not deterred.
Excavations of that space discovered that the town had an intensive community of tunnels that introduced water into the town on the hill. So, David mentioned whoever might attain the Jebusites first can be his chief commander and Joab secured his place by getting into the town via a 230-foot water shaft that took water from the Gihon Spring. Then, David mocked the Jebusites saying that they have been blind to the invasion and crippled of their response. After that, the Israelites generally used the phrase “the blind and lame shall not come into the home” which means the Jebusites, who had been blind and lame, weren’t allowed there anymore.
