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King David

Welcome to Week 4

Context

•Entry into promised land

•Judges – c.1300 – 1000 BC

•Samuel reluctantly agrees to request for a king

Key Episodes in David’s Life

• The anointed future king – 1 Samuel 16:4-13

• The warrior – 1 Samuel 17

• The fugitive – 1 Samuel 24 and 26

• The worshiper: Seeks the Lord – 2 Samuel:5:19 & 23 Celebrates God’s work – 2 Samuel 6:14 & 21 Focuses on God’s priorities – 2 Samuel 7: 18-29

• The godly ruler• The darkest hour - 2 Samuel 11

Links to the New Testament

• Jesus born in David’s city - Luke 2:4

• Jesus born of David’s line - Matthew 1

• Jesus refers to David as an authority - Matthew 12:3-8

• David recognises Jesus’ authority - Psalm 110:1

For further history of Israel and her kings,see 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles.

‘For God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart’.

(1 Samuel 16:7b)

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