David's name means "Dear" and "Meng Ai". He is also an outstanding musician and poet. He wrote most of the poems. However, this emotional hero also felt sorry for Beauty Pass and committed a serious crime.
1, young shepherd period
David belongs to the tribes of Israel and Judah. His father Jesse I has eight sons, and David is the youngest. One day, David was called home while herding sheep. For the LORD God sent Samuel the prophet to anoint him as the second king of Israel in the future. Scholars estimate that David was only 12 years old at that time, and he could not become king immediately (King Saul was still in power at that time), but from that day on, the Lord God was with David.
David was a musical prodigy, and it was not long before he was introduced to the palace to play the piano for King Saul, who was possessed by demons. Because God is with David, when David plays the piano, the devil will leave, and Saul will feel comfortable and refreshed. So David began to stand in front of King Saul.
Goliath, the Philistine, declared war on Israel, shouting that no one dared to fight for 40 days. Jesse told David to say hello to his brothers at the front barracks. Brave David relied on God's confidence and threw a stone at Goliath's forehead with only a string. The "giant" who was six cubits tall and one tiger's mouth (about 290cm high) died like this. David became famous in one fell swoop and was deeply loved by the people.
2. Youth escape period
Because the women said, "Saul killed Qian Qian and David killed ten million people." Inspired Saul's jealousy of David, David began to wander around in order to escape Saul's pursuit. He had to lie to get food. He played the fool with Aji, the king of Gath, a neighboring country.
Even though he was so poor, David still remembered his parents and asked the king of Moab to take his family in, while he was still wandering in the wilderness. At that time, about 400 outlaws like David followed him. Under the promise of the Lord, David led them to attack the Philistines, rescued the residents of Gera, and began to build their own prestige.
Saul himself led his troops to the mountains and wilderness to find David. David had two chances to assassinate Saul, but he didn't do it. Saul peed in the cave for the first time. David and his men hid in the depths of the cave. David quietly cut off Saul's robe, but he didn't kill him.
David appeared to Saul for reconciliation, and Saul let David go for a while, and soon led troops to kill David. This time, David sneaked into Saul's camp with a man at night, and the Lord made everyone sleep. David just took Saul's gun and water bottle and left, then called Saul to make up.
David has long been anointed as the second king by the Lord God, and killing Saul will make him king. Besides, Saul has been chasing him for more than ten years. Whether David wants to fight for the throne or kill Saul in self-defense, it is reasonable for ordinary people, but David fears God and respects Saul as the anointed of the Lord. He did not hurt Saul himself, nor did he allow others to kill Saul.
3. Middle-aged king period
After Saul's death, David was made king by the Jews at the age of 30. Seven and a half years later, the elders of other 1 1 tribes in Israel also supported David, and David officially became the king of all Israel and ruled for 33 years.
David, who lives in the cedar house, saw that the ark of God was in the curtain instead. As soon as David devoted himself to serving God, he wanted to build a house for the Lord. But the Lord God instructed David that the building of the temple should be completed by his descendants.
When a kindness is rejected, ordinary people may feel neglected and depressed, but David knows that God must have his plan, so he tries his best to collect materials such as gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone in his lifetime to prepare for the construction of the temple in the future.
David is considered to be the most suitable person for God. Although his proposal was not accepted by God, God accepted David's mind. The Lord made a "king's covenant" with David [2 Sam 7: 9- 16]:
The descendants of David not only refer to David's son, but also predict the savior Jesus. Yue Se, the father of Jesus, is a direct descendant of David in the 28th generation.
4. Two crimes in old age
(1) Catch a married woman
David lived in exile all his life. Besides loving poetry creation, he also married eight wives. He became a queen in Jerusalem and took a concubine, and his eighth wife was a married woman.
On the day when David was supposed to go to war, he only sent generals to fight. When he was wandering in the palace, he happened to see a beautiful woman Bathsheba taking a bath, and his heart was full of evil thoughts. At that time, Bathsheba's husband Uriah was on the battlefield, and her menstruation had just been purified. David sent someone to take her into the king's palace and lay with her, and she became pregnant. After learning that Bathsheba was pregnant, David made mistakes again and again, pretending to entrust Uriah with the heavy responsibility and let him die in the battlefield, and then married Bathsheba.
Even though David is a king, he still holds his head three feet high and has a god in his heart. He did something bad in the eyes of God. The Lord sent Nathan the prophet to rebuke David, and David repented immediately and said, "I have sinned against the Lord!" " "David's repentance is sincere. Psalm 5 1 is a repentance poem written by David on this matter.
God has David's work to do. After David repented, God removed his sin so that he would not die. But God's judgment is just, and his reward for David is:
The sword will never leave David's house.
David's concubines should sleep with others in public.
* The son born of David's adultery with Bathsheba will surely die.
All these things have come true one by one. David has many wives and concubines, and his eldest son raped his half-sister. Another son murdered his brother; David's concubines were openly possessed by his rebellious son; Bathsheba conceived David's first son and died.
But the Lord also promised David, "Wherever you go, I will always be with you and cut off all your enemies. "1 Sam 7:9" When David's worries subsided a little, he sinned again.
(2) Count the number of people
Today's head count is a census. How can it be a crime? In Moses' time, the Israelites were ordered by God twice to prepare for the conquest of Canaan. However, in David's later years, Israel was already a powerful country. At this time, David wanted to count the number of people, in fact, he wanted to be proud and boast that he had many soldiers. He forgot that God's ability to protect his people does not depend on the number. In Moses' time, the twelve tribes of Israel gathered together, while in David's time, it took several people nine months and 20 days to travel around Israel and give up everything.
After counting the number of people, David blamed himself and prayed to confess to the Lord. God sent the prophet Gad to answer David, saying, "God has three plagues. Choose one. Are you willing to have a national famine for seven years? " Or run away from the enemy and be hunted for three months? Or the plague in your country for three days? "
David's choice shocked the world again. He chose the three-day plague because he knew that the Lord God was full of mercy. God sent a plague and 70 thousand people died.
As David expected, when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy the city of Jerusalem, the Lord was merciful and said to the angel, "Enough, stop!" " Then the angel was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. According to the instructions of the prophet, David bought the land and built an altar to the Lord, offering burnt offerings and peace offerings. The Lord answered the people's request, and the plague was stopped among the Israelites. That land later became the place where temples were built.
Before David died, he made Solomon, the fourth son of Bathsheba, king. Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
David's life has always been envied by God's presence, as his famous poem Psalm 23 says: