A few important events to give context to today’s post:
·
The Lord killed
Nabal, and David ended up marrying Abigail.
·
King Saul and his
son Prince Jonathan were both killed in battle by the Philistines.
·
David is
eventually crowned King of all Israel - he finally defeats the local Canaanite
tribes to usher in Israel’s “Golden Age”.
·
David continued to
push to expand the borders of his kingdom, fighting the Syrians and Ammonites.
King David and Bathsheba
READ 2 Samuel 10:17-18 and
11:1
What was the King’s duty
during wartime?
What is David doing?
READ 2 Samuel 11:2
What is the lesson to be
learned from this verse?
After having seen the
beautiful woman bathing, what is David’s best next step?
Is Bathsheba at fault for
David’s reaction to her?
READ 2 Samuel 11:3
What did David do instead?
READ 2 Samuel 11:4
What does David do when he
learns that Bathsheba is married?
What does David think will
come of this deed?
If David doesn’t think he’ll
be found out, what does this imply about his faith?
READ 2 Samuel 11:5
What is the consequence of
David’s action?
READ Alma 39:5,9 and Mosiah
4:30
How could David have avoided
the Bathsheba incident?
Adultery is an Abomination
READ Jacob 2:24
How does the Lord feel about
adultery and fornication?
What is the relationship
between David’s behavior with Bathsheba and his attitude towards adding more
wives?
Remember Abigail was also
David’s wife at this time; how does David’s faithlessness to Abigail mirror our
relationship with Christ?
The Valiant Men
After learning Bathsheba is
pregnant, King David is in a panic - first he brings Bathsheba’s husband home
from battle to attempt to appear to make him appear to be the father. When Uriah refuses to go down to his house
because his soldiers are at war where he should be, David concocts a truly evil
plan.
READ 1 Samuel 11:14-17
Is this murder?
There is another account, not
found in the King James Version, where Joab read David’s letter in front of
Uriah and his men.
What does “valiant” mean?
My favorite scene in my
favorite movie, “The Lord of the Rings,” is King Theoden’s speech to his
cavalry as they look down at dawn on the battle before the gates of the
besieged White City. Between them and
the city is an enemy host ten times their number. The king rides back and forth in front of his
troops, many of whom are about to die, and says, “Forth! And fear no darkness!
Arise! Arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken; shields shall be
splintered! A sword day... a red day... and the sun rises! Ride now... Ride
now... Ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending! Death! Death!! Death!!! Forth Eorlingas!” To me, this is the ultimate definition of
valiance, embodied in Theoden and his riders: to knowingly sacrifice your life
to save another.
If valiance is to quietly and
without fanfare put your life, your reputation, and your will on the line and
sacrifice it for a cause worth dying for…what does it mean to be valiant in the
Testimony of Jesus?
The Parable of the Ewe Lamb
READ 2 Samuel 12:1-6
What is the Lord trying to
teach David in this parable?
READ 2 Samuel 12:7-10
What do these verses teach us
about the Lord’s blessings?
Was David a Prophet-King and
what do we learn from his fall?
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