Chapters 1 and 2

March 17, 2016

The star of 2 Samuel opens with the death of King Saul and his son Johnathan being told to David by the person who killed Saul. When David hears the whole story he calls for this person to be killed ! Even though the man thought he was doing the right thing by protecting him from being taken and abused by the enemy. This is a very important spiritual lesson that applies to all of us today !  In verse 14 of chapter 1, David says, " S David says to him," How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed ?"" This is true of ALL of God's anointed !!  Weather you like or agree with them or not, never mess with His anointed ! They belong to Him and it is His responsibility to care for them.....not yours !!!

Jonathan was David's best friend. Yet the rest of chapter one is David's lament over King Saul and his best friend Johnathan. This lament was in the form of a poem and was made into a national war song. It was taught to all of Israel and was written by David in memory of King Saul and Johnathan.

Chapter 2 is about David being anointed in public as King of Judah. The leader of King Saul's army anoints another of Saul's boys as King of Israel. His name was Ishbosheth. At this time the Jews were spread out and were mostly a rag tag bunch of people. So here we have divided mostly into two groups, the small group makes David King  and the largest group makes Saul's son their King !.Rather than an all out war, the House of David and the House of Saul had a mock war with the best fighters from each side to fight. Winner take all !They fought to a draw, but the battle got everyone excited and the House of David chased after and killed many from the House of Saul.  This war lasted for several years and as time went on David got much stronger and Saul's house became much weaker !