Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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David. King OF JudAh-o oaA. 0sl-1l.
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GOLDEN rExr.-The Lord retgnsth: let
the earth rejoice.-Psa. Ti.
The SECTION includes . review OF the
ufe OF David from hia childhood TO the
neatn OF saul. and the story of his seven
years reign at Hebron.
TrAE.-David was king over Judah for
seven and a half years. IL. c.. 1oS5-1e4s. be-
fore he received the full kingdom.
PIAcE--His capital was at Hebron. Is
miles south OF Jerusalem.
NorE.-Ish- Bosheth, the SON OF Saul.
was <ominaliy king OF the northern tribes.
with his capital at Mahaim. east of the
Jordan. Civil war existed all this time I'm
. mild form. with only one great battle.
LESSON NOTES.
I. Dayid's Early Life and Training
He had n good Inheritance. The kind
~ and fatherly disposition of Boar and
the holy devotion and warm attach
ment of Ruth were very apparent in
their great-grnndson. Just what
his education was we cannot tell,
but he certainly had an education,
especially in religion aud in the
Scriptures then known. His duties
led him to spend much time alone
with nature and natures God
David was trained to work. His
daily duties with the sheep gave
him AN opportunity for training in
business, skill, attention, courage, gov
eminent. He gained great skill with
the sling. There was also full oppor-
tunity to develop his musical talent.
When David was Is or 20 years old
he was anointed by the prophet Sam
uel TO be the future king of Israel.
After the victory over Goliath, David
came to Saul's court, Here he learned!
to do right amid great temptations &c
wrong doing; he learned To act wisely
amid great difficulties, and he gained
some of that courtly manner which
adds luster and power and attractive.
ness To his stern sense of justice and
duty. Every one should gain "the
beauty of holiness" Here, too, he
gained knowledge of the men of the
court, their strength and their weak
ness, and here he formed the friend
ship and love of Prince Jonathan.
Seven years, b. c. 1O62-1055, David
was an exile; part of the time among
Philistines and partly among the
Businesses of his native land. One
OF these was the cave of Adullam. IL
miles west of Bethlehem. Here there
gathered about him a large band of dis
coptented people, mostly victims of
Sauls oppression. They numbered 400
Mt first, and, later on, 600. Hard as
these seven years OF exile were for
David to bear, yet they were most fruit
full years TO him, as his apprenticeship
for the kingdom, as his school, and
schoolmasters.
The death of Saul and Jonathan oc-
CURED, b. c. 1888. In n battle with the
Philistine invaders on the plain OF
Esdraelon and the slopes OF Mt. Gilboa
they fell while defending their country.
III. David Becomes King of Judah
Verses Ia. At the time of the death OF
Saul on Mt. Gilboa David was at Ziklap
He and his band had gone north with
the invading Philistines i'm their march
against Saul. But the Philistine lead
ers feared that he might attack their
rear, instead OF fighting against Saul
and sent him back to Ziklag. This
town had been ravaged by Amalelite
marauders. David Immediately pur-
sued and overcame them. 1t was al
this juncture that news came TO David
Of the death of Saul and Jonathan
Then we are told "that David inquired
of the Lord" Herein David acted wise
ly. The kingdom was from God, and
God would guide him into the best way
of reaching It..
III. David's Reign at Hebron.-Vs
Ill. David took several wise mems
ures. First, he had already, before
coming to Hebron, sent presents from
the spoils he had recovered from the
Amalekites near Ziklag, to the local
chiefs of the various districts of Judea
Il Sam. 0:26-31).
Second, he sent messengers to the
men of Jabesh-gilead that buried Saul
The Philistines, in glorying over the
| death of Saul, had put his armor in al
idol temple and hanged his body and
those of his three SONS upon the wall OF
the city of Bethshan, four miles from
the Jordan, that all who passed by
might exult in his defeat. But the men
of Jabesb-gilead, a town east of the
Jordan, whom Saul had once helped
when in great straits q Sam. 11:1-11),
most valiantly entered the lines of the
victorious enemy, took down the bodies
and burned them, 80 that they could
suffer no further indigDity. We note
here that though Saul was an enemy
| TO David, David was not an enemy 10
| Saul. David assures these men that he
esteems them for what they have done
Third, Abncr was cousiFfto Saul and
great general. SO he desired 20 see
Ish-bosheth king. He would thus re.
tain his position az chief, and his pow
er would be almost supreme, for Ish.
/ bosheth, Saul's eldest surviving son
was a weak man, with no kingly spirit
Ish-bosheth reigned two years. Five
years and n half were occupied with
the reconquest Of the land from the
Philistines, and these two years syn.
chronic with the last two OF David's
reign at Hebron. All this time there
was a mild evil war between the king.
dOlns. This was wholly defensive on
David's part. But at length they az.
sembled great army at Gideon on
Dayid's northern border, and he wa
compelled TO meet them. There wa
first an attempt 10 settle the question oil
supremacy by a combat Of 2 chosen mer
/ from each side, but every one of thes4
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