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🗓️ 8 May 2024
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | Today we recounted a lot of David's military victories and it's worth noting that |
0:17.5 | all these battles aren't necessarily happening back to back. They're just |
0:20.8 | grouped together here instead of spread out chronologically. |
0:24.0 | But this extensive list shows us how God was working to fulfill His Covenant with David. |
0:29.6 | As I've mentioned before and as I'm sure you've noticed, some of the details are repeated in |
0:33.6 | both Chronicles and in Second Samuel. So if you're comparing things, you'll probably |
0:38.6 | notice that Chronicles leaves out some of the more personal stories about David. The primary function of Chronicle seems to be to show the trajectory of the covenant |
0:46.8 | fulfillment more than David's personal growth and failure. |
0:50.1 | But Second Samuel gives us more of an insider's view into his life. |
0:54.0 | If it helps, you can imagine Chronicles as a news story and Second Samuel as a docueries. |
1:00.0 | And if you forget which is which, just remember that the names of the books should hint toward which one is more personal. |
1:07.0 | David is a winning king for sure, but one thing scripture drives home repeatedly is that his victories are granted by God. |
1:15.0 | Three times in our reading today we saw that the Lord gave victory. |
1:19.5 | Victory is God's to give. |
1:21.5 | David wins because of God's plan and favor, |
1:24.8 | not because of David's strength or ability. |
1:27.6 | God is the hero of the story. |
1:30.0 | Given David's circumstances, |
1:31.8 | it would be easy to forget where the praise belongs. |
1:34.0 | After all, he rose to power as the war hero, the guy who defeated the Philistines with one sling of a stone. |
1:40.0 | But scripture continues to remind us to give glory to God, not David. And David gives glory to God too. |
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