King David bible study 1 Chronicles chapters 11 through 22

 

Here is a bible study of the story of David’s kingship. He was very much blessed of God, and He sought and praised God like few others, having a really strong faith in Him that was often rewarded by God with many blessings, and did repent when he made mistakes. This study covers the start of his reign most of the way through the reign, with many of the different encounters, stories and more that happened  during his reign as king of Israel.

In 1 Chronicles chapter 10 it tells how David became greater and greater and some of the mighty men under him

(1 Chronicles 11:1)  Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:2)  In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.'"

 

(1 Chronicles 11:3)  So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:4)  And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:5)  The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You will not come in here." Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:6)  David said, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:7)  And David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:8)  And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:9)  And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:10)  Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:11)  This is an account of David's mighty men: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against 300 whom he killed at one time.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:12)  And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:13)  He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:14)  But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the LORD saved them by a great victory.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:15)  Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adullam, when the army of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:16)  David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:17)  And David said longingly, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!"

 

(1 Chronicles 11:18)  Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David. But David would not drink it. He poured it out to the LORD

 

(1 Chronicles 11:19)  and said, "Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:20)  Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:21)  He was the most renowned of the thirty and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:22)  And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:23)  And he struck down an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver's beam, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:24)  These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and won a name beside the three mighty men.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:25)  He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.

 

(1 Chronicles 11:26)  The mighty men were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:27)  Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pelonite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:28)  Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:29)  Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:30)  Maharai of Netophah, Heled the son of Baanah of Netophah,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:31)  Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah of Pirathon,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:32)  Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:33)  Azmaveth of Baharum, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:34)  Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:35)  Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:36)  Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:37)  Hezro of Carmel, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:38)  Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:39)  Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:40)  Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:41)  Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:42)  Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:43)  Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:44)  Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:45)  Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:46)  Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

 

(1 Chronicles 11:47)  Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

 

In Chronicles chapter 12 is described all the men who came to David to fight with him in his army

(1 Chronicles 12:1)  Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:2)  They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:3)  The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of Anathoth,

 

(1 Chronicles 12:4)  Ishmaiah of Gibeon, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah,

 

(1 Chronicles 12:5)  Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;

 

(1 Chronicles 12:6)  Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

 

(1 Chronicles 12:7)  And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:8)  From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

 

(1 Chronicles 12:9)  Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

 

(1 Chronicles 12:10)  Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,

 

(1 Chronicles 12:11)  Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,

 

(1 Chronicles 12:12)  Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,

 

(1 Chronicles 12:13)  Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:14)  These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:15)  These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:16)  And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:17)  David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you."

 

(1 Chronicles 12:18)  Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:19)  Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, "At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.")

 

(1 Chronicles 12:20)  As he went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:21)  They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:22)  For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:23)  These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the LORD.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:24)  The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:25)  Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100.

 

(1Ch 12:26)  Of the Levites 4,600.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:27)  The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him 3,700.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:28)  Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers' house.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:29)  Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:30)  Of the Ephraimites 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:31)  Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:32)  Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:33)  Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:34)  Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:35)  Of the Danites 28,600 men equipped for battle.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:36)  Of Asher 40,000 seasoned troops ready for battle.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:37)  Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, 120,000 men armed with all the weapons of war.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:38)  All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:39)  And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

 

(1 Chronicles 12:40)  And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

 

In chapter 13 David decides to have the Ark of the covenant moved and ends up putting  the ark into the house of Obed-edom 3 months

(1 Chronicles 13:1)  David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:2)  And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and from the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:3)  Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul."

 

(1 Chronicles 13:4)  All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:5)  So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:6)  And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD who sits enthroned above the cherubim.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:7)  And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio were driving the cart.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:8)  And David and all Israel were rejoicing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:9)  And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:10)  And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark, and he died there before God.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:11)  And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:12)  And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"

 

(1 Chronicles 13:13)  So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

 

(1 Chronicles 13:14)  And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 14, then David marries more wives whose sons are listed and then runs a couple of successful campaigns against the Philistines

(1 Chronicles 14:1)  And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:2)  And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:3)  And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:4)  These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

 

(1 Chronicles 14:5)  Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

 

(1 Chronicles 14:6)  Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

 

(1 Chronicles h 14:7)  Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:8)  When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:9)  Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the Valley of Rephaim.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:10)  And David inquired of God, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?" And the LORD said to him, "Go up, and I will give them into your hand."

 

(1 Chronicles 14:11)  And he went up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them down there. And David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood." Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:12)  And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:13)  And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

 

(1 Chronicles 14:14)  And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

 

(1Ch 14:15)  And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines."

 

(1Ch 14:16)  And David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

 

(1Ch 14:17)  And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 15 David realizes his error and then has the Levites bring up the Ark of the covenant  to the city of David with praise and thanksgiving

(1 Chronicles 15:1)  David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:2)  Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the LORD had chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister to him forever.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:3)  And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:4)  And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

 

(1 Chronicles 15:5)  of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his brothers;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:6)  of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his brothers;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:7)  of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his brothers;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:8)  of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his brothers;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:9)  of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his brothers;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:10)  of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:11)  Then David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

 

(1 Chronicles 15:12)  and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:13)  Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule."

 

(1 Chronicles 15:14)  So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:15)  And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:16)  David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:17)  So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:18)  and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:19)  The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:20)  Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;

 

(1 Chronicles 15:21)  but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:22)  Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:23)  Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:24)  Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:25)  So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:26)  And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:27)  David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:28)  So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

 

(1 Chronicles 15:29)  And as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and rejoicing, and she despised him in her heart.

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 16, the Ark of the Covenant is set up in the tent that David had made for it and at that time all the people assembled and, led by David, give thanks and praised God for the Ark

(1 Chronicles 16:1)  And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:2)  And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD

 

(1 Chronicles h 16:3)  and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:4)  Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:5)  Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:6)  and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:7)  Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by Asaph and his brothers.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:8)  Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:9)  Sing to him; sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:10)  Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:11)  Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:12)  Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles and the judgments he uttered,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:13)  O offspring of Israel his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:14)  He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:15)  Remember his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:16)  the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:17)  which he confirmed as a statute to Jacob, as an everlasting covenant to Israel,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:18)  saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance."

 

(1 Chronicles 16:19)  When you were few in number, and of little account, and sojourners in it,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:20)  wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:21)  he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:22)  saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"

 

(1 Chronicles 16:23)  Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:24)  Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:25)  For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:26)  For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:27)  Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:28)  Ascribe to the LORD, O clans of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:29)  Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;

 

(1 Chronicles 16:30)  tremble before him, all the earth; yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:31)  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

 

(1 Chronicles 16:32)  Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:33)  Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:34)  Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

 

(1 Chronicles 16:35)  Say also: "Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather and deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:36)  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!" Then all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:37)  So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

 

(1 Chronicles 16:38)  and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:39)  And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon

 

(1 Chronicles 16:40)  to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the LORD that he commanded Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:41)  With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:42)  Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:43)  Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 17 David wants to build a permanent house for the Ark of the Covenant than the tent that it is now, but the Lord forbids it to him from doing just that, saying one of his sons, who would prove to be Solomon would build  it, and then promises many blessings on him and Israel

(1 Chronicles 17:1)  Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

 

(1 Chronicles 17:2)  And Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."

 

(1 Chronicles 17:3)  But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,

 

(1 Chronicles 17:4)  "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:5)  For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:6)  In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"'

 

(1 Chronicles 17:7)  Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel,

 

(1 Chronicles 17:8)  and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:9)  And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,

 

(1 Chronicles 17:10)  from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build you a house.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:11)  When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:12)  He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:13)  I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,

 

(1 Chronicles 17:14)  but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.'"

 

(1 Chronicles 17:15)  In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:16)  Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

 

(1 Chronicles 17:17)  And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O LORD God!

 

(1 Chronicles 17:18)  And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:19)  For your servant's sake, O LORD, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:20)  There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:21)  And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?

 

(1 Chronicles 17:22)  And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:23)  And now, O LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken,

 

(1 Chronicles 17:24)  and your name will be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God,' and the house of your servant David will be established before you.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:25)  For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:26)  And now, O LORD, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

 

(1 Chronicles 17:27)  Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O LORD, who have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 18 then more of David’s successful campaigns are listed as well as the things he received from the campaigns and other ways, and that his kingship was very equitable, just and wholly successful in many ways

(1 Chronicles 18:1)  After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:2)  And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:3)  David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:4)  And David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:5)  And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:6)  Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:7)  And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:8)  And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. With it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:9)  When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,

 

(1 Chronicles 18:10)  he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:11)  These also King David dedicated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:12)  And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:13)  Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:14)  So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people.

 

(1 Chronicles 18:15)  And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

 

(1 Chronicles 18:16)  and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;

 

(1 Chronicles 18:17)  and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.

 

In 1 Chronicles 19 it is described how the Ammonites and also the Syrians come against David and are defeated soundly even their commander killed and Syria then decides against helping Ammon any more.

(1 Chronicles 19:1)  Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:2)  And David said, "I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt kindly with me." So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites to Hanun to console him.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:3)  But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, "Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?"

 

(1 Chronicles 19:4)  So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away;

 

(1 Chronicles 19:5)  and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, "Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return."

 

(1 Chronicles 19:6)  When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:7)  They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:8)  When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:9)  And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:10)  When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:11)  The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:12)  And he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:13)  Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him."

 

(1 Chronicles 19:14)  So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle, and they fled before him.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:15)  And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:16)  But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:17)  And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to them and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:18)  And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 7,000 chariots and 40,000 foot soldiers, and put to death also Shophach the commander of their army.

 

(1 Chronicles 19:19)  And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to save the Ammonites anymore.

 

1 Chronicles chapter 20 describes the taking of the city of Rabbah and all another defeat of the Philistines at Gath

(1 Chronicles 20:1)  In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:2)  And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:3)  And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:4)  And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:5)  And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:6)  And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:7)  And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:8)  These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 21 here is the census that this account Satan encouraged David to take of his fighting men, God would end up punishing David for it though David repented, then made atonement to stop the judgment being inflicted on Jerusalem and Israel over this by God

(1 Chronicles 21:1)  Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:2)  So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, "Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:3)  But Joab said, "May the LORD add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord's servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?"

 

(1 Chronicles 21:4)  But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:5)  And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:6)  But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:7)  But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:8)  And David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:9)  And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

 

(1 Chronicles 21:10)  "Go and say to David, 'Thus says the LORD, Three things I offer you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.'"

 

(1 Chronicles 21:11)  So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Choose what you will:

 

(1 Chronicles 21:12)  either three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD, pestilence on the land, with the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.' Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:13)  Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:14)  So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:15)  And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:16)  And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:17)  And David said to God, "Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father's house. But do not let the plague be on your people."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:18)  Now the angel of the LORD had commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:19)  So David went up at Gad's word, which he had spoken in the name of the LORD.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:20)  Now Ornan was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:21)  As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David and went out from the threshing floor and paid homage to David with his face to the ground.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:22)  And David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the LORD--give it to me at its full price--that the plague may be averted from the people."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:23)  Then Ornan said to David, "Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him. See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I give it all."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:24)  But King David said to Ornan, "No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

 

(1 Chronicles 21:25)  So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:26)  And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:27)  Then the LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:28)  At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

 

(1 Chronicles 21:29)  For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon,

 

(1 Chronicles 21:30)  but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

 

In 1 Chronicles chapter 22 David would then commission his son Solomon to build the temple. Solomon would be the next king too eventually and encouraged Solomon to seek God with all of His heart

(1 Chronicles 22:1)  Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the LORD God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

 

(1 Chronicles 22:2)  David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:3)  David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,

 

(1 Chronicles 22:4)  and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:5)  For David said, "Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:6)  Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:7)  David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:8)  But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:9)  Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:10)  He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.'

 

(1 Chronicles 22:11)  "Now, my son, the LORD be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:12)  Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:13)  Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:14)  With great pains I have provided for the house of the LORD 100,000 talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:15)  You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working

 

(1 Chronicles 22:16)  gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! The LORD be with you!"

 

(1 Chronicles 22:17)  David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

 

(1 Chronicles 22:18)  "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and his people.

 

(1 Chronicles 22:19)  Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD."

 

David indeed did seek God with all of His heart. He also encouraged his son to do the same. The last years of the account of David and the reign of Solomon are covered in this study:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/david-and-solomon-bible-study/10200719036311862

Here is a study of how David repented of the Bathsheba affair and that is a repentance bible study showing how we all need to repent of our sins and mistakes before God seeing how none of us are perfect. That study is here at this link

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/bathsheba-affair-a-repentance-bible-study/10200717777480392

God is so merciful that He gave His only son, through David’s line, and even David would acknowledge Him as Lord (Psalm 110), who died on the cross to pay for all of our sins. God and Jesus want relationship with us, and there is no relationship like the one that is with Him. I am including a prayer now so you can invite Jesus in your heart and have this special love relationship, or return to it if you have drifted away. Please pray this prayer with me

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours