Posts Tagged ‘David’

Romans 4:6–8

Romans 4:6–8:
David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.” (NIV)
just as David also speaks of the blessing [...]

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“His Love Endures Forever”

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.” (2 Chr 7:3)
The priests took their positions, as did [...]

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Romans 1:3

Romans 1:3:
regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, (NIV)
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, (NASB)
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; (KJV)
Here, Paul continues on the digression [...]

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Musicians as Prophets

David, together with the commanders of the army, set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:
From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were [...]

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Preparing for Solomon

1 Chronicles 22 describes an interesting moment of parenthood on the part of David. In 1 Chr 22:5:
David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make [...]

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House of the Lord AND the Altar

Then David said, “The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” (1 Chr 22:1)
I hadn’t noticed before that David talks about the house of the Lord as separate from the altar of burnt offering. I guess I didn’t realize that there was a possibility [...]

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Punishment for the Census

As I was reading through 1 Chr 21, I had a lot more questions than I had answers. The primary one: “Why was Israel punished for the census?”
I wrestled through this question and tried to remember some of the answers I had heard before. For example, I remember hearing at some point that the punishment [...]

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“Whatever You Have in Mind?”

I came across an interesting verse as I was reading the account of Nathan relaying God’s will about the temple to David in which I was intrigued by Nathan’s thinking. In 1 Chr 17:2 Nathan responds to David’s concern about a lack of a proper home for the ark as David sits in his palace:
Nathan [...]

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David’s Psalm of Thanks (and Praise)

In 1 Chr 16:8–36, we have a psalm of thanks from David that was important enough that the Chronicler felt necessary to recount it in full and to describe how it was taught to Asaph and his associates (1 Chr 16:7).
The part that struck me the most about this was the focus on the importance [...]

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Consecrated for God

David’s instructions to the Levites who were to carry the ark were simple and explicit (1 Chr 15:12, 14):
He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I [...]

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