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INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOE
OCTOBER g. &
Lesson Text 1.-THE Tribes United
Under David. 2 Sam. ", 1r12sf
Golden Text Ps. cuxiif1
Commentary.

Golden Text Ps. cxxxiiE1
Commentary. y
l. sThen came all the tribes OF Israel tG
David unto Hebron" After the death o3
Saul and his sons, as recorded In the last les
son. the way seemed open for David to TAXI
the throne to which he had beeen anointet
wears before, and for which he had so pa
tiently waited; not taking matters into his
own hands and ridding himself of bis enem3
as he might have done on several OCCASIONS
but calmly waiting Gods own time and way
and now that the time for his accession TO the
throne has come, he viii not even go up int
any Of the cities Of Judah without lngIirtne
of the Lord, so careful is he IN this matter 70
follow and not run before Him who hath
chosen him. The Lord having told him to
20 up to Hebron, he went thither with his
men and all their families, aud there the men
Of Judah anointed David King over the house
of Judah CHAP H., Ia, and he was content
to be King only Of Judah for seven years and
six months, one of Saups SONS reigning Tor
two years over tbs rest Of Israel ichap. d., lQ
1I; SO there was long war between the house
Of Saul and the house Of David; but David
wa1ed stronger and stronger, and the house Or
Saul waxed weaker and weaker tchap. I'LL, ~
Now, at length the Lords time has come for
David to be King Of all IsraslI SO all the tribes
come to him to Hebron, saying: Behold, we
are thy bone and thy flesh" e {.
2. NWhen Saul was King over us, thou
vast he that leddest out and broughtest In
Israeli They remembered how David, and
not Saul, slew Goliath and delivered them
from the Philistines, and how David after:
ward led forth SO successfully the armies OF
Israel q Sam. XVIII; but the wonder Is that
they did not think Of this sooner Why did
they not crown David King of all Israel as
soon as Saul was dead? Why allow seven
wears and six morths to pass ,inimproyed
when they knew t4at these things concernng mn 8
David were undisIi ilted? . Z,
.And the Lord laid to- thee thoH snais s
feed INV people 1,rasl and thou shan -
captain over iAad. 2 Why, then, NOT car
~ out the Lords fishes long ere thisss Let
the questions comd home. ~
8. 'SThey anoin3ed David King over is.
raeln So the Lo3d had decreed, and go ,iS
finally came!to pa9 for every purpose OF the
Lord shall be perffmed. 8; !, e I
A. "David was thirty years old when ne
began to reign. ami he reigned forty years.. !.
Then all his reie{ lion, humiliation and suf-
ferings came to HIN as q young man; SO 1T
WAS also with Jes{s our Saviour and coming
King. Young md and women are apt TO
think it hard to hi IRe to suffer and be huni-
lated let them rdnember David and Jesus,
and that it is written: ''It is good for q man
that he bear thd yoke in his youth; p and
again: Take Myl yoke upon you and learn
Of Me for am keek and lowly in heart"
liam iii, 81; Malt. ID, 29.) & 5 !
5. SIN Hebron Z = seven years and six
months. and Ia Jekusalen, 4 = thirty three
years. It is verk profitable IN Bible study
to associate PLACED with the events which
occurred there. Hebron, city OF Judah.
some twenty miley south Of Jerusalem, will
ever be delig}lful, place to the Bible
student. not onIy because Of Dayids two
anointings and his seven years reign, bpt
also b,causs of iSt earlier associations vita
Abraham. Isai land Jacob, Joshua and
Caleb: there lie till sacredly guarded, the,
dust Of the paif} krchs, and from the cave
of Machpelah h all yet come forth their.
glorified bodies. !, jerusalem. Of all cities that
have ever been,Iy ever will be, stands flst;.
there our LORD Twas crucifed, there His
pr.cious blood io{wed forth, in Pilates hsl,
In Gsthsemane slhd on Calvary, there He
was buried and Ehere Herose from the dead
from thence b, hScended to the right hand
of God and htther He shall return m
power and elo-I to rebuild Zion, mako
Jerusalem His tn1fone, and consequently tho
capital Of the wadle earth. Cps. eli, 16;; Jer-
ill.,, II, 49,
6. '.And the King and his men went f,
Jerusalem will the Jebusites." The oN
name of Jerusalem was Jebus; it was q EISAt
stronghold, and we read that neither the
children Of Judah nor Benjamin could drive
out the inhabitants, but they were allowed
to dwell there with Israel q Chron. Il, f. q;
Josh. 1v., SO; Judges l., 2I.) This WIS e
standing disgraSe to Israel during all their
history since Joshua led them into the land
up to this tima: and now, when David de-
teruines to wide, out this disgrace, heis told
by these defers cf God and His people that
the blind and the lame are able to hold the
fort against him. ::
7-9. 'sNeyerthelsss, David took the strong
hold of Zion: ~ ., so DAVID dwelt in the
fort and called the City Of David" BE
who in the na1 Of the God Of Israel slew
Goliath went f th in the same great name
against these emies of God and proved
the faithfulnes| Of Him who said: There
shall no man ii able to stand before Thee. y
Deut. vii, A.) 5
10. 'tAnd Dai went on and grew great
and the Lord q 4 of Hosts was with Him =
Thus shall our lilly life be going and grow
ing: but we shhn never get to it till, like
David. we realize that 1.-THE Lord God OF
Hosts is with us,l and firmly believing this
seSk with the Whole heart more intimate
acquaintance With Him, and thus cultivate
more implicit f!eiiance upon Him.
II. "And Hiram, King Of Tyre, sent mes
sengers to David, and cedar trees and car,
penters, and niasons; and they bnilt David
an house" Here is GENTLE King and his
people. coming eheerfully to the King Of
Israel to do pin honor; thus shall it be, as
the nrophets EVERYWHERE tell US, when the
kingdom shall have been restored to Israel.
12 ssDayid Perceived that the Lord had
established hin King over Israel, and that
He had e1altal His Kingdom for His people
Tsrael,s sakeS Notice in this verse two
thines: First that the Lord had done it all :.
IL was not Dsvld's patience or wisdom or
might but the Lord alone that did it all;
and second t}lat it was done fo1. His people
Israel's sake. when we tell Christians Of to-
day of the great things that GOO is going to
10 for Israer kAke we are apt to be consid-
rred decidedl Jewish in our views, but jew
ish we will bI nevertheless Tor our saviour
is jew and King Of the Jews, ttnd Scripture
does not auth brize us to expect the SO called
O Shis world until Jesus comes TO
His long pro aised Throne of David
RetDer.
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