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SABBATH SCHOOL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FUR
JULY IL.
Lesson Text: "David King Over All
Israeli" 2 Samuel H., 1-11-Golden
Text: Psalm xcvii., L.
Commentary.

1. Then came all the tribes Of Israel to
| David unto Hebron and spake. saying, Be-
hold. We are thy bone and thy flesh" Both
Ish-bosheth and Abner,t the king and the cap
tain of his host, were now dead. and all Is
rael are united to make the man Of Gods
choice their king, The oneness suggested
by ones bone and flesh Is first found In Gen.
il, %. in reference to Adam and Eve, and
for the last time in Eph. V, 30. in reference
to Christ and the church. 1t Is also found
in Gen. xxx, ID; Judg. ix., 2; II San.
xix. IL, 13; Chron. xi, l.
@ THE Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed
my people Israel, and thou shalt be captain
had they not thought OF 1t before? How
! many truths we know, but by some blind
ness or hardness Of heart fail to appropriate
and enjoy. Our Lord had to say even to
those who ought to have known Him best.
| "Have been so long time with you and yet
hast thou not known Me- Philip" (John
xiv, a. See chapter vii. Z, and Ps. lxxviii.,
xl., II, Mic ", 4; VIII, IA, on Christ feeding
or ruling His people, and contrast in Eek.
xxxiv. the Good Shepherd who feeds His
| flock and the false shepherds who feed them
selves and not the focks.
8. "King David made league with them
| In Hebron before the Lord, and they anoint-
ed David king over Israel i" Thus the pul-
| due time performed. There is great COM
fort for every child OF God In Isa. xiv. "a.
"The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying,
Surely as have thought, so shall 1t come to
pass, and as I have purposed go shall 1t
stand" Whether it be the Lords purpose
| concerning the Jew. the gentle. or the
church of God (I Cor. K, 32), tho Nations or
| IIoh vv~i1, DQl tho nnnpsnl
of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts
| OF His heart to all generations. and every
| purpose of the Lord shall be performed (Ps.
xxxiii, IL; Jer. H.; 29).
| 4. "David was thirty years old when ha
began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
| It is good that q man should both hope and
| quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord
| (Lam. ill.,, 26), and David had patiently
waited many years. Consider the long years
| OF waiting of Abraham, Joseph, the slave
and prisoner; Moses, the shepherd. See the
Lord Jesus. patiently waiting at Nazareth
subject to Mary and Joseph till He was thirty
years OF age duke H., 81; ILL.,, 29), and II
ever tempted to become faint and weary con-
slider Him (He5. Kill, 81.
| s. I'm Hebron he reigned over judah seven
years and six months, and In Jerusalem he
| reigned thirty and three wears over all Israel
and Judah" The kingdom over which the
Son OF David shall rule must include all
Israel. They shall be gathered from all
Nations and be one Nation in the land upon
the mountains Of Israel, and the sanctuary
of the L ord shall be In the midst Of them
forevermore (Ezek. xxxvii, 2l-2S). Then
| shall Jerusalem be tho throne OF the Lord,
and all Nations be gathered into 1t to the
name OF the Lord to Jerusalem (Jer. ILL.,, I'D.
G. David cannot come in hlther." Thus
| thought and spake the Jebusites, who form
eriy Inhabited Jerusalem. Jebus was former
name OF Jerusalem Il Chron. xi., A., and the
| children of Benjamin., instead Of driving out
the Jebusites, allowed them to dwell with
them in Jerusalem (Judges l., 2I. See also
Joshua xv., 63. II the Jebusites may repre-
sent to US the old things in US before Christ
comes in. We see here the danger OF in any
way toleraling them, lest they get the mas
terry.
I. Nevertheless David took the strong
hold of Zion. The same Is the city Of David"
| This was the southwest bill of Jerusalem,
| the older and higher part Of tho city. An
other bill in the city was called horlah, and
on this hill the temple was builded (II
Chron. ill, 2) Here was the thrashinS floor
Of Araunah, and here, long before, had Abra-
ham offered up Isaac.
| 8, 0. $50 David dwelt in the fort and called
# the city of David" David offered the
chief captalncy to whoever would first snite
rhe Jebusites, and the successful man was
| his own sisters son. Joab, the son Of Zeruiah
| Il Chron. xi., G; 2-l6). Nothing can stand
before q man In whom God IS. One such
shall chase 1000, and two put 10, 900 to fight
! Oeut xxxii., 30). We think OF Caleb, who
asked for Hebron, where the giants were,
and OF David when he slew Goliath Al
though David dwelt In this visible fort, be
knew OF and dwelt in a much stronger one,
invisible to men, for he was wont to sing,
"The Lord Is my rock and my fortress, and
nv deiverer, my God, my strength, In whom
will trust" Cps. xviii, q.
10. "And David went on and grew great,
and the Lord God OF Hosts was with him" !"
Tho margin has "going and growing" In
] I Chron. d., 9, It is written, $50 David
waxed greater and greater" or. In the
margin, went IN going and increasing, :,
greater ard greater" The reason is that
'.tae Lord was with him" 1t seems to me
increasingly clear that the promise, II am
with you" or II will be with you" Is about
the greatest that God can give US. See e..
ILL.,, 12, iv., IL; Gen. xviii, Is; Joshua, l.,
S; Judg. VI, 16; Jer. L., 8, 49, lsa Kill, TO-;
Math. xviii, 20. etc.
Lord had established him king over Israel
and that be had exalted his kingdom for His
people Israels sake" The growth OF Davids
kingdom and its establishment is typical Of
the kingdom OF the son OF David, Of whom
1t Is written, "Oi the increase OF His govern
ment ani peace there shall be no end, upon
the throne Of David and upon His kingdom,
to order 1t and to establish 1t with judgment
and with justice from henceforth even fot-
ever (Isa. k, y. Hiram, King OF Tyre,
with his carpenters and masons building
house for David, makes US think Of the time
when tho wealth OF all Nations shall come
unto Israel and serve her Elsa. x, 8, 8, II,
12), when all kings shall fall down before her
King and all Nations serve Him (Ps. lxxii.,
I'D.
The same Lord who previously established
Samuel as His prophet II Sam. ILL.,, 2O) now
establishes David as HIS king. The recipe
for being established Is found In II Chron.
xz.. 90 "Bel!eve In the Lord your God; 80
shall sc be established The opposite Is
seen in 1sa. vi., 8. The word for US Is.
"Be yesteadfast, unmovable always abound
ing In the work otthe Lord" Il Cor. xr., So.
How can we? By letting the government OF
ourselves and all our affairs be upon Hia
shoulder and by Our believing that He ls
ever with Us and thus walking before Him
sincerely. Lesson Helper.
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