May 16th 1
Chronicles 16
1: So they brought
the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings
before God. 2: And when David had made an end of offering the burnt
offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD. 3: And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and
woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a
flagon of wine. 4: And he appointed certain of the Levites to
minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and
praise the LORD God of Israel: 5: Asaph the chief, and next to him
Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and
Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with
harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; 6: Benaiah also and
Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the
covenant of God.
David’s Psalm of
thanksgiving
7: Then on that day
David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of
Asaph and his brethren. 8: Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his
name, make known his deeds among the people. 9: Sing unto him, sing
psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10: Glory ye in
his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11:
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. 12:
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the
judgments of his mouth; 13: O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye
children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 14: He is the LORD our God; his
judgments are in all the earth. 15: Be ye mindful always of his
covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; 16:
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto
Isaac; 17: And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to
Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18: Saying, Unto thee will I give
the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 19: When ye were but
few, even a few, and strangers in it. 20: And when they went from
nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; 21: He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes, 22: Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no
harm. 23: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to
day his salvation. 24: Declare his glory among the heathen; his
marvellous works among all nations. 25: For great is the LORD, and
greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. 26:
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens. 27: Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and
gladness are in his place. 28: Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the
people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 29: Give unto the LORD
the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him:
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 30: Fear before him, all
the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 31:
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say
among the nations, The LORD reigneth. 32: Let the sea roar, and the
fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33:
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the
LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34: O give thanks unto
the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 35: And
say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and
deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy
name, and glory in thy praise. 36: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the
LORD.
Service to God
commences
37: So he left
there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his
brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work
required: 38: And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and
eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
39: And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the
tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, 40: To
offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt
offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all
that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
41: And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen,
who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his
mercy endureth for ever; 42: And with them Heman and Jeduthun with
trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with
musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
43: And all the people departed every man to his house: and David
returned to bless his house.
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Chronicles 17 David desires a house for God
1: Now it came to
pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the
prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the
covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. 2: Then Nathan said
unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3:
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying, 4: Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD,
Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5: For I have not dwelt
in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but
have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6:
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of
the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why
have ye not built me an house of cedars? 7: Now therefore thus shalt
thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took
thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8: And I have been with
thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine
enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of
the great men that are in the earth. 9: Also I will ordain a place
for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in
their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children
of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10: And since
the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel.
Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee
that the LORD will build thee an house. 11: And it shall come to
pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy
fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of
thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12: He shall build me an
house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13: I will be his
father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14: But I will
settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne
shall be established for evermore. 15: According to all these words,
and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
David’s
prayer
16: And David the
king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God,
and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17: And
yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also
spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast
regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD
God. 18: What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy
servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19: O LORD, for thy servant's
sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this
greatness, in making known all these great things. 20: O LORD, there
is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to
all that we have heard with our ears. 21: And what one nation in the
earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his
own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by
driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
out of Egypt? 22: For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own
people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23: Therefore
now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant
and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast
said. 24: Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified
for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God
to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established
before thee. 25: For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou
wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his
heart to pray before thee. 26: And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast
promised this goodness unto thy servant: 27: Now therefore let it
please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before
thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for
ever.
1 Chronicles
18 David’s victories
1: Now after this
it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them,
and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2:
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts. 3: And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto
Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4: And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the
chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5: And when
the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David
slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6: Then David put
garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants,
and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he
went. 7: And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8: Likewise from
Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much
brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and
the vessels of brass. 9: Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David
had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 10: He sent
Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to
congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and
smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all
manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11: Them also king
David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he
brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from
the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12:
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt eighteen thousand. 13: And he put garrisons in Edom;
and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved
David whithersoever he went.
David’s
officials appointed
14: So David
reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all
his people. 15: And Joab the son Zeruiah was over the host; and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 16: And Zadok the son of
Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and
Shavsha was scribe; 17: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief
about the king.
It was a glorious
day when David set up the Tabernacle and put the ark in it. They were
then able to offer burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
And when everything was completed he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD and he gave to all the people a loaf of bread some good
quality meet and a flagon of wine. Not only were the people finally
able to be right with their God but they had the happiness of a
celebration and physical sustenance and wine to fill their souls with
joy. David appointed Levites to serve the Lord before the Ark of God
and they were to record everything and give thanks before the LORD
God of Israel. He also appointed men to play the harps, cymbals and
trumpets. Then David inspired of the Lord gave a Psalm to Asaph and
his brothers to sing to the Lord. And so the service of the Lord had
commenced in the Tabernacle of the Lord. David also has a desire to
build a house for the Lord rather than just a tent. Then David gives
a prayer before the Lord. Then he read of David’s victories and of
the appointment of his officials. But let’s get back to the Psalm
of thanksgiving.
Give thanks to
the LORD, call upon his name,
make known his
deeds among the people.
Sing unto him,
sing psalms unto him,
talk ye of all
his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his
holy name:
let the heart of
them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Seek the LORD
and his strength,
seek his face
continually.
Remember his
marvellous works that he hath done,
his wonders, and
the judgments of his mouth;
O ye seed of
Israel his servant,
ye children of
Jacob,
his chosen ones.
He is the LORD
our God;
his judgments
are in all the earth.
Be ye mindful
always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand
generations;
Even of the
covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
And hath
confirmed the same to Jacob for a law,
and to Israel
for an everlasting covenant,
Saying, Unto
thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
When ye were but
few, even a few, and strangers in it.
And when they
went from nation to nation,
and from one
kingdom to another people;
He suffered no
man to do them wrong:
yea, he reproved
kings for their sakes,
Saying, Touch
not mine anointed,
and do my
prophets no harm.
Sing unto the
LORD, all the earth;
shew forth from
day to day his salvation.
Declare his
glory among the heathen;
his marvellous
works among all nations.
For great is the
LORD, and greatly to be praised:
he also is to be
feared above all gods.
For all the gods
of the people are idols:
but the LORD
made the heavens.
Glory and honour
are in his presence;
strength and
gladness are in his place.
Give unto the
LORD, ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the
LORD glory and strength.
Give unto the
LORD the glory due unto his name:
bring an
offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of
holiness.
Fear before him,
all the earth:
the world also
shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Let the heavens
be glad,
and let the
earth rejoice:
and let men say
among the nations,
The LORD
reigneth.
Let the sea
roar, and the fulness thereof:
let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
Then shall the
trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD,
because he
cometh to judge the earth.
O give thanks
unto the LORD; for he is good;
for his mercy
endureth for ever.
And say ye, Save
us, O God of our salvation,
and gather us
together,
and deliver us
from the heathen,
that we may give
thanks to thy holy name,
and glory in thy
praise.
Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel for ever and ever.
And all the people
said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
David’s Psalm of
thanksgiving is a general call that all might give thanks to the
Lord. He calls on Israel to praise the Lord to call make his deeds
known in all the earth. To glory in his name and to rejoice in the
Lord. Joy is always the result of revival. The OT exhortation is
always to seek the Lord. That is to come to the tabernacle seeking to
commune with the Lord to know his will and direction for the future.
To remember all that the Lord has done and to remember the God who
did it all. He calls on Israel to remember the covenant that they are
in - the Abrahamic covenant and of the Lords protection. He says this
news is to be declared among the nations. (Israel was to be a light
to the Gentiles) Because the Lord is great and much greater than
their gods. They are to Fear the Lord (another key OT concept). The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Then he calls on all the
nations to give thanksgiving to the Lord and to worship him in the
beauty of holiness. Let all the stars rejoice and all the earth
rejoice and let every man on the earth rejoice. And let them say in
the nations the LORD reigneth. (Of course the most high rules in the
kingdoms of men and he sets over them whosoever he will.) He calls on
the sea to rejoice and the fields and the trees of the wood to sing
out at the presence of the LORD because he comes to judge the earth.
So this is also prophetic. David looks far into the future and sees
the Glorious kingdom of our LORD Jesus Christ when all the nations
will convert to the Lord and Christ himself will come to establish
judgment among all men. Then we have an insight into OT theology.
David says Save us O God of our salvation. Gather us together and
deliver us from the heathen so that we might give thanks to your holy
name and glory in your praise. Then he closes saying blessed be the
LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. This is the ultimate
consummation of all things. When the LORD God of Israel is blessed
for eternity. But how is it achieved? By three things..1. The
salvation of Israel which will be found in the personal appearance of
Israel’s Messiah and national Saviour – Jesus of Nazareth. 2. In
the gathering of the whole 12 tribes of Israel to the land. 3 In the
miraculous deliverance of Israel from the armies of the heathen
nations. What insight David had. After this David instituted the
service of the Tabernacle. It became a well run spiritual institution
dedicated to the worship of the LORD. In all of this David longed to
build a temple for the Lord. David chatted to Nathan about it and
Nathan recognising that David was in a good spiritual state so he
said do whatever is in your heart. But this was not Gods will. And so
we see that the principle that ‘he that gets the vision gets the
job’ is in fact wrong. David had the vision but it would not be his
job. The Lord sends Nathan to commend David on his good idea and
reminds him of the long journey that he as brought him on but he says
you are not to be the one to do this great work. However David could
gather the resources for the one who would do the job. Often we might
have a desire to serve the Lord in a special way and it’s
honourable to think like this but the servant of the Lord needs
specific direction from the Lord. It may be that the Lord has someone
else to do the task but we can prepare for them as David did and we
can support them in their work and thus become partners with them in
their work. And so David prays. And what a prayer! He says l am
nothing. And my family is nothing. And yet you have treated me as a
man of high regard. There is none like you in greatness. You took
this nation and used it as an instrument of judgment on the wicked.
And established it for ever. You became their God and so let these
things happen that you are going to do so that your name will be made
large in the nations. You are the God of Israel may my house be
established for ever before you. And so bless me that l might bless
you forever, because your blessing are eternal. After this David had
a number of spectacular victories over his enemies. He defeated the
Philistines, the Moabites, the Babylonians, the Syrians, the
Amelkites, the Edomites. Wherever he went God blessed David. David
also appointed a number of officials to act on his behalf.
Joab General of
his army
Zeruiah Second
in command
Jehoshaphat
Recorder.
Zadok and Abimelech
Priests
Shavsha Scribe
Benaiah Governed
the Cherethites and the Pelethites
The sons of David
Chief’s in David’s court
- What blesses you about Davids Psalm of praise?
- What was the fear of the Lord and how did this operate in the life of Israel?
- What was the purpose of the Tent of Meeting?
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