Church and the Bible
- The Bible.
- The Old Testament
- The Pentateuch
- BHB001 Genesis
- BHB002 Exodus
- BHB003 Leviticus
- BHB004 Numbers
- BHB005 Deuteronomy
- The HISTORICAL BOOKS
- BHB006 Joshua
- BHB007 Judges
- BHB008 Ruth
- BHB009 First Samuel
- BHB011 First Kings
- BHB012 Second Kings
- HB013 First Chronicles
- HB014 Second Chronicles
- HB015 Ezra
- HB016 Nehemiah
- HB017 Ester
- The POETICAL BOOKS
- PB018 Job
- PB019 Psalms
- PB020 Proverbs
- PB021 Ecclesiastes
- PB022 Song of Solomon
- The MAJOR PROPHETS
- MP023 Isaiah
- MP024 Jeremiah
- MP025 Lamentations
- MP026 Ezekiel
- MP027 Daniel.
- THE MINOR PROPHETS.
- TMP028 Hosea
- TMP029 Joel
- TMP030 Amos
- TMP031 Obadiah
- TMP032 Jonah
- TMP033 Micah
- TMP034 Nahum
- TMP035 Habakkuk
- TMP036 Zephaniah
- TMP037 Haggai
- TMP038 Zechariah
- TMP039 Malachi
- The NEW TESTAMENT
- TNT002 Matthew
- TNT003 Mark
- TNT004 Luke
- TNT005 John
- TNT006 Acts of the Apostles
- TNT007 Romans
- TNT008 First Corinthians
- TNT009 Second Corinthians
- TNT010 Galatians
- TNT011 Ephesians
- TNT012 Philippians
- TNT013 Colossians
- TNT014 First Thessalonians
- TNT015 Second Thessalonians
- TNT016 First Timothy
- TNT017 Second Timothy
- TNT018 Titus
- TNT019 Philemon
- TNT120 Hebrews
- TNT121 James
- TNT122 First Peter
- TNT123 Second Peter
- TNT124 First John
- TNT125 Second John
- TNT126 Third John
- TNT127 Jude
- TNT128 Revelation
BHB010
2 Samuel.
Key verse: 2 Samuel 7:25-26.
"Now therefore , O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as thou hast spoken, that Thy name may be magnified forever by saying, The Lord of hosts is God over Israel and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee."
Key Phrase: "Before the Lord."
Key Theme: "Be sure your sin will find you out."
Saul has died and David becomes King first of all over Judah, he reigns of seven and a half years in Hebron and then for 33 years over all of Israel making Jerusalem his base. In the first 10 chapters of this book David many victories are recorded. In chapters 11-14 David`s crimes of adultry and murder are recorded.
In chapters 15-24 Absalom rebels against his father and King David is forced to flee, while Judah remained faithful to David.
Outline.
Chapter 1-6 David becomes King.
Chapter 7 God promises David an eternal throne.
Chapter 8-10 Record of David`s Military vistories.
Chapter 11-12 David`s and Bathsheba.
Chapter 13-21 David`s challenges and problems.
Chapter 22 David`s praise song.
Chapter 23 David`s final words.
Chapter 24 A Census of Israel.
Title.
The Hebrew title for this book is simply "Samuel" while the Greek version is Basileion Beta which means " 2 Kingdoms".
Date.
The dating of the book would have been sometime after the death of King Solomon (931B.C.) and before the Assyrian captivity of the Northern Kingdom (722B.C.) It is possible that the book was composed early in the period known as the divided kingdom, which would place it around 900B.C.
Themes.
The books represent a Divine perspective of the establishing of the united kingdom under Saul and a detail picture of how King David developed that kingdom. The hostility between the 10 Northern tribes and the two Southern Tribes is very evident. After the death of King Solomon the split between the two is inevitable.
Davids strengths and weaknesses are clear for all to see, his victories are highlighted while his sin is not hidden. God`s attitude to obedience and disobedience is clearly to be seen in the text. David is seen as a type of Christ in the Old Testament and this is seen in these two books of Samuel.