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ADONIJAH SETS HIMSELF UP AS KING
Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King. Then Adonijah the son of [David’s wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I [the eldest living son] will be king.” So [following Absalom’s example] he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
THE BIBLE BOOK OF 1 KINGS
National Development under the Monarchy
JUDGMENT STAYED BY SACRIFICE
Judgment Stayed By Sacrifice. When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he spoke to the LORD and said, “Behold, I [alone] am the one who has sinned and done wrong; but these sheep (people of Israel), what have they done [to deserve this]? Please let Your hand be [only] against me and my father’s house (family).”
DAVID’S CENSUS A PROUD HEART HUMBLED
David’s Census A Proud Heart Humbled. So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south], and conduct a census of the people, so that I may know the number of the people.”
DAVID’S MIGHTY MEN, MEN WITH A RECORD
David’s Mighty Men, Men With A Record. These are the names of the mighty men (warriors) whom David had.
DAVID’S MIGHTY MEN
David’s Mighty Men. These are the names of the mighty men (warriors) whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, also called Adino the Eznite (spear) because of the eight hundred men killed [by him] at one time.
The Last Words Of David His Last Song. How these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, “The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.
DAVID’S SONG OF DELIVERANCE
David’s Song of Deliverance. David spoke the words of this song to the LORD when the LORD rescued him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
WAR WITH THE PHILISTINES MORE GIANTS SLAIN
War With The Philistines More Giants Slain. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, and struck and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
THE REBELLION OF SHEBA
The Rebellion of Sheba. There happened to be there a worthless and wicked man named Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. He blew a trumpet [to call Israel to revolt] and said, “We have no portion in David And no inheritance in the son of Jesse, Every man to his tents, O Israel!”