Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON |, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. 4.

Kings ii, 3-Commentary by the Rev. ID.
NJ. Stearns.
2S "Thcn King David answered and |
said, Call me Batlsheba And she came |
into the kings presence and stood before
the king" Bathshcba daughter of an |
CATH was the mother of solomon or
Joddiah Oh Sam. xii, "a, 25). The occa-
sion Of her being sent for at this time was
"a matter concerning the throne and the
kingdom, as fully described in the first
part OF this chapter The troubler of Is
racl was now Adonijah, the fourth son of
David Oil sam. iii. ~. His name signifies
"Jehovah, my Lord, " but his actions said,
am my own master, and I'll master 9th
ers too. Like Absalom, he is against the
king and the kingdom and suggestive Of
antchrst.
90 And the king swore and said, As
the Lord livoth, that hath redeemed my
soul out of all distress Although on
his deathbed, he had no fear, for he could
say, "Bless tho Lord, O my soul, who for
giveth all thine iniquities, who redeemeth
thy life from destruction lPs Gill, 4, 3D.
His comfort in his dying 'hour was not
that he had been faithful, or lived perfect
life. but it was in the living God and His
faithfulness of whom he said. although
l
mado with me an everlasting covenant or
dcrcd in all things and sure I'll sam.
xiii 81.
30. "Assuredly Solomon thy son shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne in my stead" This was the Lords
| appointment, as fully stated in l Chron.
xxi, Q, 10, and in chapter xviii, b, David
| says, "Of all my sOns-fOr the Lord hath
/ given me many sons-He hath chosen sol
/ onion, my son, to sit upon the throne of
/ the kingdom of the Lord over Israel"
/ When the queen of Shcba came to see Sol
ONION. she said, Blessed he the Lord thy
/ God, which delighted iIEhe to set thee
on His throne. to be king for the Lord thy
| God" Oh Chron. tx, S. No earthly
throne was over called the throne of the
Lord except that at Jerusalem, and Jcru-
salem shall yet be the throne Of the Lord
for the benefit of all nations, notwith-
standing all anuC Christian hatred (Jer.
Iii, II, 49,.
81. Let my Lord King David live for
over" Thus said Bathshc5a. Compare
Sam. Y. "a. ana margin and also Nch. ii,
3; Dan ii, t. etc. David still lives with
Christ in glory, awaiting the resurrection
of his body. unless he rose from the dead
in the company of Math. xvii, 81, 53,
which does not seem probable from Acts
H. 20. b. Our great comfort as believers
is that He who once died for us on Calvary
is alive forcvcrmore, having all power in
heaven and on earth, and because He lives
we live also Rev i, Is; John XIV, 19).
30. "And King David said: Call me
Zadok the priest. and Nathan the prophet,
and Benaiah the son Of JehoiadA And
they came before the king" All are at
his bidding. whether wife or officers or
servants for any manner of service wholly
at his commandment Il ChrOn. xviii, 2D.
The kingdom was well represented 10y
those now assembled the king, priest and
prophet and one of the leading mighty
mon Oh Sam. xiii 20) Our Lord Jesus
Christ is all in one.
33. Cause solomon, my son, to ride
upon mino own mule and bring him down
to Gihun." 1t was foretold of David 5
greater Son that He should ride upon a
colt, the foal of an ass Czech. tx, 81, and
this He actually did. 1t is foretold of Him
that He will come upon white horse, ac-
; companied by all the armies in heaven, to
overthrow His enemies and establish His
kingdom upon the throne of David, and
! this He will surely do Grew, xix, Ills;
lisa. tx, 6, T; Luke i, 80, 33).
"a. And let Zadok the priest and
Nathan the prophet anoint him thcil
king over Israel and blow We with. the
trumpet and say, God save King solo
mon" The anointed Of the Lord from
the first use of the phrase in l sam. ii, TO-
3d. points to Him who is truly the Lord
e anointed, and of whom all anointed priests
l and kings are but observation-disclosures.
e 3D. "He shall be king in my stead. >
: These words 'in my stead, ~ found also II
, verse 30, along with the words in verse 80
H., ..f
IT, very strongly that David's place was to b.
= taken by solomon. The words in Gen
xii, -, i'm the stead of his son, " SHOW
e how truly the ram took Isaac's place as
t sacrifice, and just rs truly the Lord Jesu
= Christ took our place to suffer in our stead
n He took our place that we might take Hi
V Gil Cor. W 2D.
e 36 And l}enaiah the son Of Jehoiadi
answered the king and said Amen; tn
If Lord God of my lord the king say so too.
q This is proper attitude of q servant to
q king, saying amen to what the king says
:" heartily one with him in all he says an,
= docs. What happy people Christians woult
. be if as in the days of David "whatsoeve
the king did pleased all the people" Il
n Sam iii, 800. AS believers it is our priv
n lege to think God ; thoughts, eat His word
% and be heartily one with Him in every
+ thing. OtherWlSe we cannot walk VIII
!, Him (Amos iii, -.
il 81 LAS the Lord hath been with my lor
the king, even so he be with Solomon.
The secret of any success of David wa
that, "the Lord was with him" QI Sam
Il V, 10; vii, 3; viii, q, a. 1t was even S
4 of Moses and Joshua and Gideon ard JerG
y miah (Ex. iii, 12; Joshua i, 5; Judg. VI
~ 16; Jer. i, S. and If it included all else
II it was one of our Lords parting word
u before He assembled, 10, lam with you a
y the days" (Math. xviii, 90, r. ", MAJ
. GIN. l often think that it is the creates
y of all the promises for this present life.
ii 3S. so they caused Solomon to rid
upon King David mule and brought hiI
e to Gihon." They did as they were con
d mandcd. Thus did Noah and Moses an
Joshua and thus do all the faithful.
is we are only willing and obedient, we sha