Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace.

From even to eternity, the Bible tells one big story of redemption.

My name is Tiffany, and I want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through the Bible chronologically.

Together, we will explore God's sovereign plan as the events of Scripture unfold and point to Jesus.

Hey, you're in the Bible family. Welcome back to the podcast.

Tiffany here, and today we head back to Second Samuel V briefly and take a look at First Chronicles, chapters 11 and 12.

Keep in mind that from here on, we are going to be looking at parallel passages of the same events.

We are going to get very good at flipping back and forth between these books.

And that is a great thing because it builds biblical literacy.

Today, at long last, we will read about David's crowning as king over all of Israel.

Over the past week, we've been in a brief interlude where we have built some historical context and immersed ourselves in the Psalms.

Our historical and biblical context will continue to increase, but we will also see how David's reign united, prospered and brought joy to the nation.

Specifically in today's chapters, we will learn more about David's mighty men and how the Lord of armies guided Israel through the early days of David's reign.

If there was a thesis statement from our scripture passages today, it would come from Second Samuel 510 and First Chronicles 119, which read,

David steadily grew more powerful, and the Lord of armies was with him.

God anointed David, God provided an army for David, and God would continue to prosper David, not due to anything David did, but to carry out his plan of redemption.

David's roles as shepherd and warrior will help him as he leads the nation, but more importantly, they will remind us that the better shepherd, warrior and king was still to come.

When David ascends the throne over all Israel in Second Samuel 5, it has come after seven years sitting on the throne of Judah,

and much turmoil between Nur and his puppet king Ishbosha in Israel.

After the murders of these two men, the people of Israel have nowhere else to turn, and the elders ask David to rule over Israel.

The newly appointed king of the nation takes his army and they mount an attack on Jerusalem.

What seemed like a difficult task given the mountainous geography of Jerusalem, David's army conquered easily with God's assured victory.

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