As God made His covenant with David, He was prompting David to look both back to the past and forward to the future. God’s promise to make David’s name like “the great ones of the earth” was an echo of His covenant with David’s ancestor Abraham
If you were asked to write a biography of David, how many pages would you devote to his affair with Bathsheba? Would you give a chapter or more to the adultery, the scheming, and the murder, and how God was displeased and sent his prophet to expose
Does trouble drive you to God or from God? In Psalm 3, King David is facing a severe trial: the apparently successful insurrection of his son Absalom. He has had to flee his palace and his capital. Many men he counted as friends have turned against
February 20, 2025
Psalm 11:1
Alistair Begg Devotional
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the question then will not be whether we flee but where we flee. Some of us will take the advice of David’s friends in Psalm 11. These advisors urged him to “flee like a bird to your mountain.” Difficulty had come for David, seemingly in the form
Externally, King David’s attempt to cover up Uriah’s murder appeared successful—but the Lord saw it and was displeased. In His mercy, God sent His servant Nathan to confront the king. Exposed by God’s word, David confessed his sin and received
After protecting men in the wilderness that were not his own, David sent word to their master, Nabal, asking for provisions. Nabal, however, spurned David’s kindness and repaid evil for good. While David planned to avenge himself through bloodshed
God promised to establish His kingdom forever through David’s seed. In response, David humbly sat before the Lord to offer a prayer marked by exclamation, observation, explanation, and declaration. By faith, he acknowledged that all mankind would
Facing Absalom’s betrayal, David and his company fled Jerusalem and ascended the Mount of Olives. Alistair Begg explains how David’s suffering and exile anticipate and illuminate the later anguish and steps of Christ. There’s one key difference
When David made this inquiry, he had just fought the Philistines and gained a classic victory. The Philistines came up in great numbers, but, by the help of God, David had easily put them to flight. Note, however, that when they came a second time
There is a sense in which the story told in part in these verses can be viewed in terms of conscience—a sensitive conscience, as found in David, and a hardened, seared conscience, as found in Saul. David knew that although the Spirit of God had
Hiding sin is always a futile exercise. King David knew this—yet when he allowed his lust for Bathsheba to triumph over obedience to God’s laws, he still attempted to conceal his wrongdoing. Twice David tried to use Bathsheba’s husband Uriah
December 6, 2020
2 Samuel 5:1–5
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• 43:20
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Our reading this morning is from 2 Samuel and from chapter 5, and I invite you to follow along as I read from verse 1 through to the end of verse 16. Two Samuel chapter 5, and we come to the anointing of David as the king of Israel: “Then …
June 23, 1991
Psalm 9:1
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David lived in a fallen world, just as we do, and at times he felt like the wicked were prospering. In the Psalms, he wrote candidly about feeling sad, bewildered, and angry about what he saw. How did he handle it? Alistair Begg teaches us that David kept his focus …
September 20, 2020
2 Samuel 1:1–16
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• 36:38
• ID: 3452
Our Scripture reading this morning comes from 2 Samuel and chapter 1, and we’ll read from the first verse through to the end of verse 16. Second Samuel 1:1: “After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David
September 11, 2022
1 Kings 2:5–12
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• 42:08
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With the royal succession plan settled, the aged King David issued a commandment to his son Solomon, directing him to act on unfinished matters of the kingdom—with kindness for some and with justice for others. Was David’s decree simply a matter
unfolds toward these eternal realities—a throne occupied by the true son of David, a family comprised of all of God’s people, and a celebration where we will bless the Lord forever.
June 23, 1985
Psalm 13:1
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Like David, many of us have seasons of the soul where it feels like winter all the time. Often, though, this kind of depression comes from a wrong perspective. While we need to realize the depth of our sins, we must not be overcome; as Alistair Begg
the reigns of the nation’s first kings, Saul and David. Yet as memorable as these stories may be, an even greater story lies at their heart: that of the true King, “great David’s greater Son,” who would one day come to establish His throne and rule
November 21, 2021
2 Samuel 19:1–43
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• 46:59
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As King David returned to his kingdom after Absalom’s defeat, tragedy overshadowed triumph. His grief over the death of his enemy-son impacted those around him: foolish arguments erupted between the tribes of Judah and Israel, and lives changed
January 17, 2021
2 Samuel 6:12–23
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• 44:20
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After a three-month stopover at the house of Obed-edom, the ark of God finally arrived in Jerusalem. This momentous national occasion was marked by rejoicing, sacrificing, dancing, and shouting, with King David himself leading the procession
