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10 do the greatest good Dayid's lifs
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tudcs swinging trough nm arc that en-
brnccd much n not all OF human OK.
peiicnce. Edward Irving finely says
Of him. Every angel OF Joy and OF
sorrow swept, as he passed. over tho
chords OF David's harp. and the hearts
Of n hundred men strove and struggled
together within the narrow continent
Of his single heart Professor
Moorohead.
Hebron, the Capital. was one of the
most ancient. cities In the world. sit
uated In a high, mountainous region.
$500 feet above the sea II was east
~ defended. 1t was far enough from
the PhilIstines and from the northern
tribes to be safe. 1t was in a region
familiar TO David in his exile. and
where he himself was well known
Hebron had been tho home of his an
cestor Abraham. In the side Of a
neiGhbaIing "ravine was the cave OF
Machpelah, where the fathers OF the
nation slept IN God" Isaac and Re
bekah had lived here. Near by was
the the brook Eschol where grew the
~lixuriant vine from which the spies,
more than four centuries before. had
cut down the famous clusters. Says
Professor Blake, ITO live in Hebron,
and not feel faith quickened TO new
life, would have indicated a soul dead
to every impulse of patriotism and
piety."
V. 4. THE men of Judah
anointed David king" This was the
public ceremony OF coronation, The
kingdom came to him, not only by
divine appointment. but by choice Of
the people themselves ". IL Chron.
ll:1-3.) The two conceded.
David Reigned at Hebron seven and
one,half years g Sam. 5:5). in a quiet
and peaceful manner growing In ia.
,vor with God and man. and laying the
foundations for his great work of con.
solidating and reconstructing the ma
ton.
David Became King in the Best Pos
sible Way. 1) He did not seek the
Office, but the Office sought him. V.
J.. Then came all the tribes OF Is
rael TO David" They came by their
elders ". -, representing. according
TO / Chron. %12:23.i0. 339,G00 warriors.
They gave good reasons.
(2) He was Sault natural successor,
being his son.in.law; and to make this
more evident, he insisted that his wife
Michal who hal been taken away from
him by Saul, should be returned to
him. They said I'VE are thy bone
and thy flesh" both by race and by
alliance with their royal house.
(3) He had proved himself a strong
and worthy leader. both as warrior
and statesman. They recalled his
splendid feats of arms when all the
tribes were one kingdom. V. 2. Thou
vast he hat leddest out" etc. All
through his past life. since the con
generalship. wisdom, skill. forbear-
ance, courage, knowledge of men, and
trust in God.
ca He was divinely appointed, the
one whom God saw to be the best one
to be their ~king-"the Lord said to
thee" The man whom God chooses
for an Office is the man the people
need.
.(5) He had the right ideas concern.
ing the duties of a king. Thou shalt
feed" Literally, Thou shalt shep-
herd;" a natural metaphor to express
the rulers care for h'J people. 1t Is
used by Greek poets, e. &, Homer,
whose regular title for Agamemnon is
shepherd Of the peoples Cam
bridge Bible. The true king, ever true
ruler, seeks not to obtain all he can
from the people. but to do all he can
for them; not to plumber the sheep,
but to shepherd them. David we'll
knew what was meant.
(6 David's was n constitutional mon.