God, Save the King!

September 8, 2024         Rev. Thomas M. Cox

2 Samuel 21-22 * God, Save the King!

• OBSERVATIONS

• 21:1-14 David makes P________ with the Gibeonites.  (Mephibosheth is S__________ again.)                                                              
• 21:15-22 David is R____________ during W____with the Philistines.                                                
• 22:1-51  David’s psalm of D____________   (Rescue from enemies vss. 1-28, Victory song vss. 29-51)      

1. B) INTERPRETATION

1. David S_______ the Lord and obeyed His Word. Israel was to H______ in David and his line. Today, we are to follow Jesus, the perfect Son of David.

1. David was king over the tribes and also F__________________.

       Jesus is Lord of the N____________.

• How do these cross-references help to inform us?

   (OT) 1 Samuel 2, 1 Kings 11:35-36 & 15:1-5, Psalm 18, Jonah 2, 

   (NT) John 8:12, Romans 15:8-13, 1 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 4:6

23. C) APPLICATIONS: Read Chapter 23.

• C_____ upon the Lord, your R_____ and refuge, for rescue from the world, the F_____, and the devil. 
• The Bible is the Word of the Lord. How can you learn more? (*CAUTION: “God T______ me…”)
• Review these notes during your devotions this week. Choose a song to S______ to the Lord.

2 Samuel 21:1-7, 15-17 & 22:1-7, 44-51  (ESV, emphases mine)

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah. 3 And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?” 4 The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?” 5 They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, 6 let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.” 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

…There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary. 16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

22 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, 3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my Savior; You save me from violence. 4 I CALL upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

5 “For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me; 6 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. 7 “In my distress I CALLED upon the Lord; to my God I CALLED. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came to His ears.

… 44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. 45 Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me. 46 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. 

47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation, 48 the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me, 49 who brought me out from my enemies; You exalted me above those who rose against me; You delivered me from men of violence.

50 “For this I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name. 51 Great salvation He brings to His king, and shows {steadfast love} to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever.”