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LESSON !, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
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! Text Of tho Lesson, Kings 1, $3.50.
Memory Verses, 1850 Golden Text, I
Kings Il, commentary by tho Rev. d.
| N. stearns.
80. "Then King David answered and
said, Call me Bathshela. And she came
into the kings presence and stood before
the king" Bathsheba daughter OF an
oath) was the mother of Solomon or
Jedidiah (II Sam. xii, "a, 25). The ooca-
sion Of her being sent for at this time was
matter concerning the throne and the
kingdom, as fully described In the first
part of this chapter. The troubler Of 1s-
rael was now Adonijah, the fourth son OF
David QI Sam. iii, ~. His name signifies
"Jehovah, my Lord" but bis 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
antichrist.
80. "And the king swore and said, AS
the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my
soul out Of all Distress" Although on
bis deathbed, he bad no fear, for he could
say, "Bless the Lord, o my soul, who for
giveth all thine iniquities, who redeemeth
thy life from destruotion!" FPS oiii, 4, s. }
His comfort In his dying hour WAS not
that he had been faithful, or lived q perfect
life, but 1t was in the living God and His
faithfulness, of whom he said, "Although
my house be not so with God, yet hath He
made with me an everlasting covenant or
dered in all things and sure" III Sam.
xiii, 81.
80. "Assuredly Solomon thy son shall
reign after Inc, and he shall sit upon my
throne In my stead" This was the Lord g
appointment, as fully stated In Chron.
xii, 8, 10, and in chapter xviii, 8, David
says, "Of all my sons-for the Lord hath
given me many sons-He hath chosen Sol
nmon, my son, to sit upon the throne OF
the kingdom Of the Lord over Israel. 4"
When the queen Of Sheba came to see Sol
omon, she said, blessed be the Lord thy
God, which delighted in thee to set thee
on His throne, to be king for the Lord thy
Godp QI Chron. *, 81 No earthly
throne was ever called the throne Of the
Lord, except that at Jerusalem, and Jeru-
salem shall yet be the throne OF the Lord
for the benefit Of all nations, notwith-
standing all anti Christian hatred (Jer.
Ill, II, 1S).
81. "Let my Lord King David live for
ever" Thus said Bathsheba. Compare
Sam. <, 81, and margin, and also Neh. IL,
8; Dan. IL, 4, etc. David still lives with
Christ in glory, awaiting the resurrection
of his body, unless be rose from the dead
in the company Of Math. xvii, 5s, 5S,
which does not seem probable from Acts
II, 80 84. Our great comfort as believers
is that He who once died for US on Calvary
Is alive forevermore having all power In
heaven and on earth, and because He lives
we live also (Rev. 1. 10; John xiv, 19).
80. "And King David said: Call me
Zsdok 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, 81.
The kingdom was we'll represented by
those now assembled, the king, priest and
prophet and one Of the leading mighty
men II Sam. xiii, 20). Our Lord Jesus
Christ Is all in one.
S8. "Cause Solomon, my son, to ride
upon mine own mule and bring him down
to Gihon." It was foretold Of David g
greater Son that He should ride upon q
COLT, the foal Of an ass (Zeoh. TX, 81, and
this He actually did. 1t Is foretold Of Him
that He will come upon white horse. no.
oompanied 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 (Rev. xix, 1l-15;
lisa. TX, 6, 2; Luke l, SO, SS).
"a. "And lot Zadok the priest and
Nathan the prophet anoint him their
king over Israel and blow ye with the
trumpet and say, God save King Solo
monl" The anointcd of the Lord from
the first use of the phrase In I Sam. II, 10,
IS, points to Him who Is truly the Lord g
anointed, and Of whom all anointed priests
and kings are but foreshadowings.
85. "He shall be king In my stead. l"
These words "in my stead" found also In
verse 80, along with the words In verse 8s,
ride upon mine own mule" emphasize
very strongly that David's place was to be
taken by Solomon. The words In Gen.
xii, 18, "in the stead of his son." show
how truly tho ram took Isaao's place as a
sacrifice, and Just as truly the Lord Jesus
Christ took our place to suffer In our stead.
He took our place that we might take His
(II Cor. v, 2l).
S8. "And Benaiah the son Of Jehoiada
answered the king and said, Amen; the
Lord God of my lord the king say so too. "
This Is proper attitude of servant to q
king, saying amen to what the king says,
heartily one with him in all be says and
does What happy people Christians would
be If as in the days Of David whatsoever
the king did pleased oil the people" III
Sam. iii, 86). AS believers 1t Is our privi-
lege to think God g thoughts, eat His words
and be heartily one with Him In every
thing. Otherwise we cannot walk with
Him (Amos iii, 81.
81. "As the Lord hath been with my lord
the king, evon so he be with Solomon. "
The secret of any success Of David was
that "the Lord was with him" II Sam.
v, 10; vii, 8; viii, 8, 1D. 1t was even 30
of Moses and Joshua and Gideon ard Jere-
miah (Ex. iii, 12; Joshua 1, s; Judg. VI,
10; Jer. /, 81, and as If 1t included all else,
it was one of our Lords parting words
before He assembled, "Lo, I am with you all
the days" (Math. xviii, 90, R. ", mar
gin). often think that 1t Is the greatest
Of all the promises. for this present life.
80. $50 they caused Solomon to ride
upon King David's mule and brought him
to Gihon." They did as they were COM
manded. Thus did Noah and Moses and
Joshua, and thus do all the faithful. II
we are only willing and obedient, we shall
eat the good of the land Elsa. |, 19), but II
we refuse and rebel 1t will be Ill for US.
Whom we have done as We are told, that is
our part and results are with Him OF
whom 1t is written, 1.-The Lord OF Hosts