The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-09-11

THE LESSON TEXT.
g Sam 2:i-io)
And II came 20 pass after this. that De-
va enauired OF the Lord. saying. Shall ] &c
up into any OF the cities Of Judah And
the Lord said unto him. Go Up. And David
sad. Whittier skal! l goy And he said
Unto Hebron
So David went up th.sher. ard his tive
wives also Ahinoam the Jexreeiitess. and
Ao.gail. Nabals wife the Carmelite.
And his men that were with him dss
David bring up. every man with his house
noii: and they dwelt In the cities Of He
bron
And the men OF Judah came. and there
they anointed David king over the house
OF Judah And they tod David saying.
That the men OF Jabesh-gi.ead were they
that buried saul
And David sent messengers unto the
men Of Jabesh- gilead. and said unto them.
| Blessed be ~ Of the Lord. that We have
sAewed This Kindness unto your lord even
unto Saul. ard have buried him
y ana nov the Lord sEcw Kindness and
truth Unto you. and also will requ!te y gu
his kindness because ye have done this
thing
: Therefore now let your hands b
strengthened. and be Sc valiant. for your
master sau. = dead. and also the house Of
JldAh have anointt4 ms king over them.
but Abner the son u Ner captain OF
sau4s host. took lsEboxhtth the son OF
u
Anl made him king over G!.sad. ane
over the Ashurlies ana ever Jexree,, and
over kphTalm. and over Benjamin. anc
over AL lsrae.
y ishboshetk sau.'s son was 70 years ole
WIEN he began 10 reign over Isreal. anc
Isisnel NO years. But the house Of JUDAH
followed David
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
GOLDEN TENT.-Behold, how good
aud how pleasant IL IL for brethreu
to dwell together In unityg-Ps. 1913 "A
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
- Lar REWARDED --.--..---...-----2 Sam. l.i-lt
Dasie mourning --..--......... Sam. i.Is-z
David anointed king ........2 Sam ...-ss
commenting the Jsbesh-giiead-
.tss ,......-.----- -.--.--.+.-.--s sam lab.
tshbosheth ano.nted king.... sam. 2:s-ii
TJME-About 1ao H. e.
PLACE-Ziklag. Hebron and Mahanaim
We have seen how David, though
be had come to know why Samuel
had auointed him, would do nothing
against Saul After Saul's death he
acted just as nobly as he had done
while his enemy was living RE
would not remember the evil that Saul
had done. but only the good He
mourned Saul as he was at his best
the affable king. the brave warrior, the
generous friend.
From the fateful battlefield at Gil.
boa a messenger FASTENED southwark
10 Ziklag. 10 announce TO David the
defeat and death Of his rival. King
Saul. IL David had been less mag
unanimous he would have welcomed
the news with rejoicing and reward
ed the messenger. This was what tia
man expected. b1. he was doomed &c
disappointment He misjudged Dayid'l
character. Instead of rejoicing. David
mourned for Saul and Jonathan. His
lamentation. called The Song of the
Bow" is one Of the most beautiful per.
sonal tributes in all literature. The
Amalekite who brought the news pre-
sented David with Saurs crown and
bracelet. claiming TO have slain the
king with his own hand. though al
Sauls request This was undoubtec-
iy lie. invented for anticipated re-
ward. We learned in our last lesson
that Saul committed suicide. David
believed the lie. but rewarded the liar
very Unexpectedly BIZ ordering him tc
De executed for Staying "Jehovah's
anointed."
DAVID. at the age Of so years. after
many bitter experiences and hardships,
finally attains the kingship, promised
him years before. when Samuel anoInt-
ed him. He has proved his powers of
leadership and his great military
prowess; also his ability to win AMI
keep friends David enquired of Jc-
hovah:" Probably through his high
priest, Abiathar. with the historic
ephod and the trim and Thummin"
tsee Ex. 2s:3o). Unto Hebron" The |
natural capital of southern judah. the |
home Of his ancestors Abraham api |
Isaac. The surrounding country was
thoroughly familiar to David. and the
inhabitants had become much attached
10 him. He had just increased his
personal hold upon their leading men
by giving them valuable presents (see
l Sam. 30:2G-3D. Abigail. the wife
Of Nabal:" Rather. his widow And
his mem" Probably most Of David's
renowned COO came from this district.
SO that now they merely returned tc
their former homes. hoping to dwell
In peace. The men of Judah
anointed David king" This was his
public Inauguration. making him the
peoples choice as well as Samuel'S
David shows himself at this crisis
20 be wise conciliator He had heard
IL the gallant act OF the men of Jabesh
N crossing the Jordan TO rescue Sauls
body. and it touched his own generous
heart But his message Of thanks to
hem was not devoid Of shrewd politics.
The oSly surviving son OF Saul was a
weak character. entirely unfit for the
Yet TO retain his own posi-
ion as head OF the army Abner made
shbosheth king and succeeded for
some time in holding together the north
I'm tribes under his leadership. Ish- ,
,osheth was. however. mere puppet. ,
Abner was virtually king. To Ma /
Abner was forced to move
IFS capital from Gibeah to a place OF ,
afety across the Jordan. The PILLS
Inc victory 1T Gilboa was overwhelm-
ng and they probably kept that dis Z
riot under subsection. They left David I
at Hebron. for he was stun
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