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The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Samuel
Robert Payne Smith [1818-1895] · 562,410 words · 620 reading sections
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inoo.mo.tion: for it mennt the dweliing of David'1 ee.rthly lineage, yet only to rise God on enrth. "I ho.ve surely," eaye Solo- e.gain to nobler life and vigour, in the mon, "built thee o. house of habito.tion, e. Branch, or Sucker, that waB to spring from place for thee to dwell in for ever" (1 Kings the fallen trunk…
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mere\v ime.ginary. Because the Jews pnyed give no help, we must mke torah In lta 11tand1ng. and we modems pray kneeling, ueual sensG., and underste.l:ld that this oon- we both assume that to pray sitting W88 tinuance of David's house into the dietrmt en irreverent e.ct. It was not eo, nor are future has now become a…
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We look upon Elijah as the very type of of" for thy land," which is omitted in tl,c Bternness, yet he too recognized the presence parallel passage. The nations which God or God in "the still small voice" of gentle- drove out had nothing to do with Egypt, but ness ond love (1 Kings xix. 13). were the seven dominant trib…
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l Sam. xvii. 82. The Revised Version puts oopula. Here lhe oorreot translation ia, this in the margin ; "Therefore hath thy And flOtc, 0 Lwd Jeho11ah, thou art the God; 11erv&nt been bold to pray this pra.yor." i.e. the one real, true God. Ver. 28.-And now, 0 Lord God, thou art ~er. 29.-Let iti_pleaae thee to bleaa; …
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sccrot of all acceptable Christian zeal. We are right in feeling and purpose only in so fair ne our entire life is one with ChrisL's. Human life rieee to its highest level only when it causes nil its strength to flow in with the great stream of spiritual force which one day is to cover the earth. It is not patronage of…
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The historic dl!Velopment of God's purpose conceMing man. •In vers. 4-11 we have an exposition of the grounds on which God declined to accept David's proposal to build a house for him. The motive was good, and there was a certain perception of propriety in the design. but as its unseasonableness resulted from imperf…
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IV. 'l'm,; DIRl!0T CON'rROL OF Goo Bl!CURES TIIANSITION FnoM BTAQF, TO STAGJI. 'l'ho wordM to David wcro, "I brought up the children of Israel;" "I have walkc,l in a te11t;" " I commanded to feed;" "I took thee from the sheepcote;" "I bavo appointed a place." 'l'hus men were free, aml history was formed by the free act…
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elevntion of feeling. But the gentle, kindly wl\y in which it is allowed to fAll la a beautiful instRnce of God's tenderness toward his people, I. Goo REOOG1''IZES us AS RIB OWN. There was balm in the words, "tell my ,ert>C1nt David." In the beginning of his career David knew that he was CAiied of God, but m1my a yMr …
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1md pa.rent whose hopes sometimes seem blighted, rejoice to be able to think of an issue of their life which, in spite of a.II a.ppearances, redounds t.o the glory of God. "Here am I, and the souls thou hast given me," is to be true of multitudes. God will give a godly seed, "a house" better and more enduring than any …
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where thoee characteristics find exercise. The future bleesedneae of the BRinte is the outgrowth of the individue.l che.racter acquired during the earthly period of trial. Continuity, order, and, in proper sense of the term, ne.ture, characterize the succession of events in individUAl and Church experience from first t…
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etcrnBI thus eeen to run through nil things, becomeA, therefore, a prirni natural in any predictions concerning him whose throne is from ever!R.Hting to everlasting. That in vors. 12-':"16 we have reference to rt mortal Solomon, w~o should bnild a. perishable temple, sit on rt vislblA throne, and hand down to a. term…
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tbe!!e things were done to David, but because God was pleased out of hie own heart eo to deal with him (ver. 21), Nothing tends more to develop humility than a survey of the wonderful love of Go<!.. The contrast of our deserts with hie grace bows the spirit ,:iown, not to abjectness and loss of heart, but to the ten…
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the wo.y for Christ was perfect. The Antitype alone Is free from sin. It was in the occupying of a, throne, not in the details of private conduct, that Solomon the son of David prefigured the true Son of David. 5. There are fundamental error~ and failures ib the lives of some men which disqualify them utterly from shar…
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"returns to bless his household," but also: 1. Meditates on the best things: the Name of the Lord, his greatness and goodness, his works, his ways, his Word, his worship, lind the welfare of men. Be considers "the days of old," and "communes with bis own heart" (Ps. l:s:xvii. 6, 6) of his benefits, obligations, cond…
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is (4) to rally '118 when we are defeated or overtaken with adversity. And so much is the world alive to this office as to have chosen it out as the true test; it being one of our best proverbs that• a friend in need is a friend indeed'" (E. Irving).-D. Ver. 3.-TlieProphetNathan. (References: eh. xii.1,25; 1 Kings i.1…
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giving ~ to the wisdom of the counsel he had given to t~e ~ing ; 11.nd (in prayer) the same night (before &ny steps could be taken to carry 1t mto effect) he received a Di\"ine communication which he faithfully &nnounced. The chief significance of this communication lies in the promise it contained with respect to" …
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from the beginning till now glorified myself in thee and my people (vers. 8-11), will build IL house for thee (ver.11); and then thy son shall erect a. house for me" (Thenius). 1. The purpose of man depends for its fulfilment upon the purpose of God. 2. The purpose which one man is unable to accomplish is often wrought…
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Ver. 12.-(JERUl!ALE:1!:.) The prospect of death. The view. o'r earthly glory ls apt to suggest, by contrast, the thought of its transitory duration, and no one can look forward to the days to come without having "the shad.ow of death " presented before his mind. Of its unavoidable approa.cb, the message which David rec…
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of the ho'U8e of David, was "the foundation of all Messianic prophecies and hopes in the prophets concerning the completion of the kingdom of God, its revelations of grace e.nd its blessings of sfllvntion" (!Grdrnann). It was- I. AN EXPDl!:BSION OF ABOUNDING GRACE. 'fhe free, condescending, unspeakable favour of God t…
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sure;" and these were the" sure mercies of David" (Isa. Iv. 3). "This revelation was an epoch-making one for his inner life. It brought an entirely now element into his con- sciousness, which, as his psalms show, moved him powerfully. He received the promise of the perpetual ascendency of his tribe, of the establishm…
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intimacy of love; and love is perfected in unity of nature, in the communication to the son of all that the father bath. 'The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand' (John iii. 35). Sonship, therefore, includes the government of the world" (Keil), 4. The King of righteousness and peace; Prophet …
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Divine oommunic&tion here reoorded, furnish an ·adtnirabie ei:11.mple of the ,pil'il In which "the sacrifice of thanksgiving" should be presented. • · I. DEEP HUMILITY before the presence of God. "Then went KinR David in" from hie palace of cedar to the lowly tent (the palaoe of the Divine King of Israel)," and snt"…
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or promised to do; but by means of bis doings and revelations wo are enabled to know him nnd dmw nigh to him in worship and adoration, wherein the soul finds its noblest activity, rest, and joy. VI. GENEROUS BYMPATI!Y with his people. "And what one nation in the earth is liko thy people,'' eto. (vers. 23, 24)? An inco…
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emboldened (Authorized Version," found in bis heart") "to pray this prayer" (ver. 27). "Thy words are truth" (ver. 28). "When thou 81\idst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, 0 Lord, will I seek" (Ps. xxvii. 8; oxix. 49 ; Gou, xxxii. 12). IV. PROMISE TEAOBEB THE MATTER OF PRAYEll.. "We know not wha…
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wns now the ruler, it eoon became his earnest purpose to bring thither the long- neglected ark of the covenant, that the city might be the eacred as well as the civil metropolis. 'l'his purpose was at length fulfilled. The ark was settled on Zion in 11 tent prepnred for it, and a daily eervice established in connection…
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such ss come aaying, "God hss prospered me, I have done well for myeelr and my family, and I should like to :do something proportionate for lhy God and Saviour: advise me RB to how I may beet fulfil my desire "I Such applicants are few and far between; such a style of thought attd purpose is rare. But it ought not t…
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continue in the line of David's posterHy, and that his houee and kingdom shoukl be established for ever. They were partly fulfilled in the long continuance of the rei;.;n of David's descendaats. They receive their most ample anrl Aplenrlid fulfilment in the eternal kingdom of the greatest Son of David, our Lord and Sav…
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T"er. 18.-Meditation before the Lord. David, with a heart filled with wonder and gratitude by the mes~age from heaven commmunicated to him by Nathan, "went in and sat before the Lord," and poured forth his thoughts and feelings in the words which follow. Be probably went into the tent in which he had placed the ark,…
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Vere. 18, 19.-Effects of God's goodness on the heart. (Suitable for a birthday or the new year.) David, having retired into the presence of God, pours out before him the feelings of hie heart, in view of what God had done for him, and what he had just promised to do. I. THE MERCIES CONTEMPLATED. 1. Past leading. "Thou…
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"Lord, thou knowest all tbinge; thou knowcst that I love thee" (John :di. 17). So David, with hie heart too full for adequate utterance, finds eatiafaction in the thought that God knew what his thoughts and feelings were. l. 'fHE FELT INADEQUACY OF LANGUAGE TO EXPRICSB THE DEEPEST THOUGHTS ANO FEELINGS OF THE GODLY…
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of God and were elm).JIY In fulfilment of hie word, by which they had become known to himself. For the will nnd the work and the word be praises God. I. Goo DOES GREAT TH!NGB ON BEHALF OF me PEOPLE. The works of creation are great and according to hie own heart, originating In himself, and on a scale propor- tionate t…
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revelation with which he is favoured. It is well when living conviction as to God le wrought through experience of his kindness rather than his severity. 1. 'l'm: BUBPASSING GREATNESS OF GoD. 1. God is great. (1) In his nature, Infinite in all his perfections. Great, not only in power and knowledge, but in right- e…
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heaven. 4. To abjure the folly, sin, and peril of declining the friendship of this great lJeing, and living in enmity with him.-G. W. Vere. 23, 24.-The blessedness of God's people. The thought of the gree.tneae of God, In contrast with other objects of worship, naturally leads to that of the happiness of the people to…
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tion of the perfect blessednellS of the inhabitants of the New Jerusalem (Rev. ui, 3). It comprehends all that the most enlighlened and holy can desire. 1. 7'hey art con• stitut«i the people of God. Thus to llll'ael it is Mid by Moaee, "Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hsth chosen thee to …
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us not limit ourselves in our desires, nor limit in our thoughts the bounty or power of God (Ps, lxxviii. 41). What he "has said" includes all we can need, but no more than we need for our highest bles~edness; let us not be content with less. Let us study the promises, stretch our minds to grasp them, and then turn the…
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I. How GoD's Num IB MAGNIFIED IN AND BY BIB PEOPLE, Thie le effected by: 1, The te0rk 111r0Ught /or them. " 'Twa.e great to speak a. world from nought I 'TWBB greater t.o redeem." 2. The re~1ations made to them. In the Person, teaching, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascens10n of the Lord Jesus; and by the tea…
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Ver. 21.-Prayer induced and encouraged by promi.~e. David gives the promise of God to him es II reason for praying that his house might be established for ever. He intimates that otherwise ho would not have found it in his heart to do so. In like Illnnncr, the promises of God to Christians incite e.nd encourage them to…
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himself. The words, "Thou a.rt God," give the reason of bis confidence in the Divine words. "Because thou art God, we know that • thy words a.re truth,' and only truth." I. THE GROUNDS OF OUR ASSURANCE OF THE TRUTH OF Goo's WoRne. "'l'hou art God." 1. Bui nature and character. (1) His universe.I knowledge, He Cl\nno…
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may tiike the prayer as suitable to be used by any godly fa.ther for hie children and ohildron'e children, I. Tm: PRAYER. That God would bless the family. A Christia.n father offerincr this prnyer would have regard to: 1. Temporal blessings. Prolonged life, good health of body and mind, success in worldly pursuits,…
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the Philistines he.d done in the towns of tions show the.t his real name wns He.de.r. ll!J'll.81, he kept the.t me.rtial race in awe. It The King of Syrin, mentioned iu l Kings denotes great progress in the e,rte of war xx. 1, is called in Assyri1m Den-Hidri. thRt De,vid oould besiege and capture a town Zobah. Ewald…
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Vor. 4.-David took from him a thonaand Ver. 6.-Garrl■ona. This is the word chariots, and ■even hundred horsemen, and used in 1 8am. x. 5 and xiii. 3. Tho Ara.- twenty thonaand footmen. Tho word means were left free to manage their internal "oh1uiots" i■ Inserted in the Authorized affairs themselves, but they had to pay…
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for the poel!Cl!eion of Egypt, 11nd while two words are constantly confused in manu- Rames011 II. had to me.ke e.n inglorious peace soripts, and "Edom '1 ia probBbly right hero, with the Khete., e.e they a.re C11lled, and first, because it ia coupled with Moe.b 11nd marry the king's d1mghter, Re.mesas III. Ammon, wh…
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do.Pondont government. We h1we, thon, in list there lies II tragic lalo of sin and this ohnpter, a brief summary of David's shame, of crime and merited punishment, of ware, whereby he established hie supremncy the ·realm rising in rebellion against the over the extensive region from Ho.mo.th on adulterous Iring, and of…
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lenve pr,,or that the no.mes probably ought guarded. the frontiers, and kept the poe.ce to be reversed. Seraia.h wo.s aoribe. His of the kingdom, these men would be used offfoe was similar to that of a seoreto.ry of about the court and in Jerusalem, to execute slate with UI!. For &raiah we have Shaf!1ha the oommands…
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HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-18.-The historic mirror. The narrative relates a succession of victories and conquests over the Philistines, the Moabites, the Zobahites, the Syrians, the Ammonites, the Ama.lekites, and the Edomites; the placing of garrisons in Syria e.nd Edom; the voluntary recognition of David's supremacy by the…
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hns been faithful in "e. few things" (Matt xxv. 22, 23). A monarch, a bishop, a pastor, a Sunday school teacher, a pious domestic servant, and a day-la.bourer, may each ba distinguished by faithfulness to the work in hand. True spiritue.l honour lies more in the spirit of loyalty to our divinely appointed calling than …
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Israel (81! the Philistines and othel'8 had previously done), aeeiAted by the Syrians, "for re~·'.' "The fil'llt recorded example of mercenary warfare" (Kitto). 'l'hey "succeeded in girdling the whole eastern frontier with steel." 'l'hey were idolaters, fought ngainst Jehovah, sought to exterminate hie people, and w…
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IV. WITU EXTRAORDINARY BUC0EBB; in which the band of God was manifested, ospocially in the preservation of David" wbitbersoever be went" (vers. 6, 14), and was recognized in the dedication to Jehovah of the spoils of war (vers. 7, 10-12) amidst general thanksgiving and praise. One victory rapidly succeeded another unti…
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of the time, the most valuable of the spoils of war became the property ot David; and these, along with the presents brought to him, he devoted to a sacred use-in prepara• tion for the building or the temple (1 Chron. xviii. 8). The spirit which he displayed had been sho,m at the erection of the tabernacle (Exod. xx…
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those words in hie quotation) eougnt to induce the S)n of man to pursue (Matt. iv. G). "lie that walketh uprightly walketh surely" (Prov. x. 9), and "shall be saved; but he that is perverso In his ways shall fall at once" (Prov. xxviii. 18). We must keep the commandments of God if we would be "kept by the power of God.…
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II. A SKILFUL ORGANIZATION, indica.ted by the mention of the chief officers of etat<>, ~•ho formed the king's council and acted a.s his confidential 11.dvisers, along with his ~ons (ver. 18), the prophets, 11.nd others (see for la.ter enumeration, eh. xx. 13-2G i 1 Chron. xxvii. 32-34). 1. Military. (1) The host (1 …
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Ver. 6.-Divine preservation. 'l'he Revised Version translates, "The Lord gave victory to David;'' but in the margin," saved David," which is equivalent to the trans- lation in the .Authorized Version, and is the more literal meaning of the original, from which there is no necessity to depart. In the Psalms, in which Da…
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eBpeciaUy as to the moral and spiritual (see Ps. xci. and cxxi,; . 2 Cor. i. 9, 10; 2 Tim. iv. 1S). "We'll prai&e him for all that is pRBt, And trust him for all that's t.o como." G.W. Ver. 11.-Dedication of treaswe to God. The dedication in this instance doubtlcse «i0nsisted in placing the spoils of war and othe…
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brethren, and to whom we must give account of our use of what he has entruste<l to ue, As our Father, who desires that we should resemble him, and thus at 0nce prov? our sonship and do honour to hie Name (E,eh. v. 1, 2), 2. The lo11e rf Jmis Ohrisl to us, and the example he has _qiven us, (2 Cor. v. 14, 15; viii. 9.) …
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EXPOSITION. of the Orients.le saw in everything that waa CHAPTER IX. more than common a manifestation of God, Ver. 1.-11 there yet auy that is left of and thus the epithet "of God" ea.me to be the home of Baul 1 As Mephibosheth was applied to anything that was very great five vears old at his father's death (eh. i…
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your entertainer nssuros you thf\t everything his estates, paying, aa is ulfl!al in the Ee.at, he he.a to hie le.et dirhem is yonrs, he a fixed proportion of the value of the pro- nevertheless expeote you to pay twice the duce to his master. Ziba had 11fteen sona value for everything you consume ; hut he an~ twenty. se…
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Jonntban; and wbe.t the historiRn here plnces before us in the narrative concerning Mephibosbet~ i~ simply t-b_e ultimate wellinp; up, from tho depths ef the memory, of the old a11B001at1ons clustermg around the name of Jonathan in such strength 11s to issue in the deerla here recorded. I. HALLOWED ASl!OCIATIONB AR…
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'l'he pressure of busiaess may cause thorn to lie unnoticed for months and years· but now and then opportunities will occur which an uncorrupted heart will gladly iu:e for briuging them into the current of daily life. There may be an abuse of "days and see.sons;" but e. well-regulated ]if~ will not, on that account, be…
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Before the mountains were set fast his "delights were with the sons or men." The rurpOBe and, speaking in human phrase, the plan of redemption were in the original order; and hence Chrisl's coming was, 11s it wer~ to redeem his own pledge, to keep his own vow, to fulfil the covenant. "Lo, I come: in the volume of th…
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the king in a tone which no writtan words can indicate, said, "MephibosheLh l" \Ve all know what volumes of meaning may be conveyed by addressing an individual by his name in a certain tone. An<l, lest this should not suffice, there came the words, "Fear not l " As a brother and friend, on the same level, he speaks …
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