God was at work in David’s life, and he knew it. As he mirrored on the whole lot God did for him, we see how properly David knew and beloved Him. First, this lesson offers a short abstract of victories over the Philistines. However the focus is on David’s tune to the Lord. As you learn over this Psalm, see in the event that they resonate with you. Do you really love Him? Do know Him? Do you acknowledge His energy in your life? Do different individuals know the issues He’s accomplished for you?
4 Battles with the Philistines – 2 Samuel 21:15-22 (1 Chronicles 20:4-8)
Battles with the Philistines had been regular all through David’s reign. Right here on the finish of two Samuel, there’s a abstract of 4 separate battles when somebody in Israel defeated a Philistine champion. Then, David writes a tune about how God all the time took care of him.
Within the first battle, David was combating along with his individuals, and he began getting drained. Ishbi-benob descended from a tribe of giants, the pinnacle of his spear weighed 7 ½ kilos, and he was armed with a brand new weapon. When he tried to kill David, Abishai stepped in and killed him. After this, David’s males informed him they didn’t need him to exit to battle with them anymore. He was too priceless to the nation, and so they simply couldn’t threat it.
The subsequent three battles occurred after they defeated the Ammonites and the Syrians and David slept with Bathsheba. Second Samuel and 1 Chronicles have totally different names for the cities, both as a result of they spoke a special language or the names modified over the course of time, however the historic occasions stay the identical.
The primary and second battles each came about in Gob/Gezer. This was a city 22 miles west of Jerusalem, and there have been usually battles over the land as a result of it was on the border of Israel and Philistia. First, Shibbecai who was one in every of David’s mighty males (1 Chronicles 11:29), killed Saph/Sippai, one other descendant of giants. Within the second battle, Elhanan killed Goliath’s brother, Lahmi. The shaft of his spear was formed like a weaver’s beam.
The final battle was fought in Gath by Jonathan, one other one in every of David’s mighty males (2 Samuel 23:32). He was additionally David’s nephew by his brother Shimea/Shammah (1 Samuel 17:13), and he killed the Philistine champion that got here out to taunt Israel. It doesn’t inform us this large’s title, solely that he had six fingers on every hand and 6 toes on every foot, twenty-four in complete.
Tune of Deliverance – 2 Samuel 22; (Psalm 18)
David wrote this tune after he was delivered from his enemies. It later turned a worship tune for the entire congregation of Israel. Within the individuals’s tune in Psalm 18, David started by saying that he beloved the Lord deeply, calling Him his rock, fortress, deliverer, power, protect, energy, stronghold, refuge, and savior. David hid among the many rocks and caves usually, so this was saying that God was his robust, steady, hiding place. The horn of an animal is its energy. So, when David stated God was the horn of his salvation, he was saying that God had saved him with His energy. When David referred to as on God, He saved him and was worthy to be praised.
