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Text of the Lesson, 4 Kings ], 2S-4O.
Memory Verses, 80, 4O-Goldcn
Text, 1 Chron. XVIII, 9-Com-
mentary Prepared by Rev. ID. VI.
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the important events since last lesson
After Davids return to his throne there
/ was Il rebellion under q wicked man
| named Sheba. the son of Bichri, but
he was overthrown and slain. and a
! city was saved through the influence
IT wise woman who may be ranked
with the wise woman of Tekoa and
with Jael. the wife Of Heber III Sam
Xxx. |. Ii. ~ In III Sam. xii we
have one of Davids great songs OF de-
! liverance. which Is repeated in full in
ps xviii. In III Sam. xiii we have
some of David's last words, which we
may perhaps find space to consider in
| in today's lesson.
But there are some things which we
! must notice in ii Sam. xiv. such as
! the story of the threshing floor Of
/ Araunah, the Jebusite, over which the
Lord stayed the hand of the destroy
| ing angel. saying, 1T is enough" and
which David bought for fifty shekels
Of silver and the whole place or hill
! for GOO shekels of gold III Sam. xiv.
l6, "a; Chron. xxi. 22-25l. This hill
was the identical mount Moriah on
which Abraham offered up Isaac and
received him back from the dead in
I figure, and on this hill Solomon build
ed the temple which David desired TO
build. but was not permitted to, but
God gave him the plans of it and al
lowed him TO prepare abundantly Tor
il. See carefully these passages,
Chron. xviii, II, II, 10; III Chron. iii, l.
In | Kings ii, IA, we have some OF
the last words Of David, with few OF
his words TO Solomon. but much more
fully in | Chron xviii and xxx, with
his wonderful prayer in xxx, 1919,
which we found great pleasure in mem
orizing in the Bible classes not long
ago. oh. for lesson on some of these
portions teeming with the riches of His
grace and glory instead Of the less rest
full portions such as the lesson Of today.
But let us notice before looking M
this lesson that Moriah and the thresh.
ing floor Of Araunah or Ornan, the
same hill. are strongly suggestive OF
the great atonement Of the Lord Jesus.
so that the foundation OF the temple
was really the atonement. So also in
the tabernacle of Moses every board
stood on the silver which was paid as
a ransom for their souls. The only
foundation for an individual or for the
church is the finished work Of the Lord
Jesus. In our lesson today David is
said to be old. though he was only sev
enty dI Sam V, 4 Kings ii, 10. ~
He is said TO have died in a good old
age. full of days. riches and honor q
Chron. xxx. PSI. Trouble seems TO
have followed him all the way, and
now, at the very end. Adonijah. his
fourth son. whom he had never dis
pleased by even saying why hast thou
done SOP I'll Sam. iii. %; Kings |, O..
seeks the throne and has himself pro
claimed king This stirred Nathan the
prophet, and he and Bathsheba, the
mother Of Solomon, appealed to David.
with the result that solomon was caus-
ed TO ride upon King David's mule and
was anointed king instead of his ia
ther. This caused great rejoicing, so
that the earth rent with sound thereof
and David himself said, Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel, who hath Civ
en- one TO sit on my throne this day,
mine eyes even seeing it, verses 3S. 40,
4S). Then Solomon sat on the throne
of the Lord as king instead Of David,
his father, and prospered, and all Is
rael obeyed him" Il Chron. xxx, 23).
No throne on earth was ever called
the throne of the Lord except the
throne at Jerusalem, and we are fast
approaching the time when Jerusalem
shall again be the throne Of the Lord
and all nations shall be gathered unto
IL, to the name Of the Lord, to Jerusa-
lem der. iii. ID. The Lord had told
David before Solomon was born that
he should be his successor and sit on
his throne q Chron. xxi, 7-9), and so
it came to pass, for in some way or
other every purpose Of the Lord shall
be performed der. Ii, 29). | have in
mind always in this connection Ps.
xxxiii, 10, IL; lisa. xiv, 24, and find
great rest in such assurances. If the
affections OF all true believers were as
lullN StL uDOH llt DhliulAlS VI NAt
church and the bringing back of the
king to set up His kingdom and we
were as ready to prepare with all our
might, as was David, for the temple
q Chron. xxx, ., 81 how the mission
treasures would overflow with funds
to help give the gospel to every crea-
ture, and what great company would
be heard saying, Here am L; send
mel' Qsa. vi. 81 We need to remem.
Der that God tries the heart and has
pleasure in uprightness and that in His
hand are power and might and that all
things come of Him q Chron xxx,
IL, IA, 10.
In the last words of David in ii. Sam.
xiii, Is. he was filed with thoughts Of
all that God had done for him in taking
him from his flocks to be king over Is
rael, and how all that he had written
had been given to him by the Holy
Spirit. He was conscious OF his fail