CHUKA KEN MINISTRY

Do you remember when we talked about the book of First Samuel? It told about the last Judge of the Jews and the first king of the Jews didn’t it? Who was the last judge of Israel? Do you remember? That’s right, it was Samuel. And who was the first king of Israel? Yes, Saul. But before the book of First Samuel Ville, we had talked about other books of the Bible that came before for Samuel hadn’t we? First we had talked about Genesis, the book of beginnings, the beginning of the world, and the beginning of the Jews with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and how Jacob and his sons went down to live in Egypt, during the big famine, and how Jacob son, Joseph was very important in Egypt and took care of them there. Then next, in the book of Exodus, we talked about how the Jews also called the children of Israel or the Hebrews, how the Jews became a big bunch of people, and how God took them away from being slaves in Egypt. Then Moses was their leader, and judge, and led them in the wilderness for 40 years. Next, in the books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, we talked about when the children of Israel wandered 40 years in the desert, and how God took care of them all during that time. Then, in the book of Joshua, we talked about how Joshua became the leader and judge the Jews after Moses died. And Joshua took the children of Israel into the promised land of Canaan, and God had them conquer the land. After Joshua died, there were the books of judges and Ruth weren’t there. In these, we saw how life was during that time, and how the children of Israel, the Jews begin worshipping idols, so God had to punish them, to bring them back to him. Their enemies would come in and conquer them. Then when they were sorry for sinning against God and cried out to Him, God would send a judge to rescue them and lead them in defeating their enemies. Do you remember which judges we talked about? That’s right. We talked about he hood. And Samson, and Gideon, and Deborah, didn’t we? And we talked about Ruth too, though she wasn’t a judge. Ruth lived in Bethlehem during the time of the judges. And Ruth was very loyal to her mother in law, Naomi, and Ruth finally married a man of the tribe of Judah named Boaz. Then in the book of First Samuel, we talked about the last Judge of the children of Israel. What was his name again? Do you remember? Yes, it was Samuel. These men, Moses and Joshua, and he had and Samson and Gideon and Samuel, were all judges of Israel, weren’t they? But who was the king of the children of Israel, all during that time? Yes, God was their king. But then what did the Jews start wanting that other people had? That’s right. They wanted a man to be their king, a king, they could see. That was bad that they didn’t want God to be their king anymore, wasn’t it? But God told Samuel to go ahead and anoint a certain man. And he became the first man to be the king of the Jews. Now, what was the name of this first king of Israel? Yes, it was Saul, wasn’t it? But then remember, Saul disobeyed God, two times. So God said that he was going to make someone else to be king, who would obey Him. And who was that going to be? Do remember? That’s right. David, the great grandson of Ruth was going to be the next king.
So remember, the book of First Samuel started with the birth of Samuel the last judge and it ended with the death of Saul, the first king of the Jews. Now, the next book in the Bible is called Second Samuel. It isn’t about Samuel himself, though. So Samuel was already dead. But you see, in the days when First and Second Samuel were written, they didn’t have books with pages, like we have now. They had scrolls. A scroll is like a big long piece of paper that is written on, and then rolled up onto a stick. Well, when Samuel was written, the story was too long, for just one scroll. So they made two scrolls out of it, and called the two scrolls. First Samuel, and Second Samuel. In fact, actually, there were four scrolls in this big long story. And some places called these four schools for second, third and fourth kings. Because you see, these four scrolls are about the kings of the children of Israel. But we’re just going to call them the way they are in our Bibles, First and Second Samuel, and First and Second Kings. Anyway, now we’re going to talk about Second Samuel. And the whole book of Second Samuel is all going to be about when David is King of the Jews. And guess what? There are two books about when David was king of the Jews. Yes, the book of Second Samuel, and the book of First Chronicles, both about the time when David was the king of the children of Israel. So today, we’re going to talk about these two books together. Second, Samuel, and First Chronicles, the word Chronicles means telling about something, the stories of something. And first Chronicles are going to be full of stories about David when he was king, chess to Second Samuel, his will, as you remember, at the end of First Samuel, King Saul, and his son, Jonathan, were both killed in battle. Jonathan and David had been very good friends. And David was very unhappy to hear that both Saul and Jonathan were dead. So David wrote a beautiful poem about them, and taught the poem to a lot of people. And they mourned because King Saul and Jonathan were dead. Now, Jonathan, had a five year old son named muffit. Bush chef, that’s a hard name to say, isn’t it? MEF fib, Bosch chef. Anyway, when the news about Solon Jonathan’s being killed in battle, got back to their family. Little football chefs nurse was scared. And she grabbed the Fibble chef, and started to rumble, run away with him. But she was in such a hurry. That muffit Boo shift fell and hurt both of his feet quite badly. And he was crippled from then on. And I’ll tell you more about Mephibosheth in a little while. Now, remember, King Saul when he was alive, had been jealous of David, and had tried to kill David. So David had been living among the Philistines in the Philistine land. But David was from the tribe of Judah, which had a big part in the land of Israel. And now that Saul was dead. David asked the Lord, should I go back to Judah? The Lord told David, yes, go there. Then David said to the Lord, where should I go in the land of Judah?
The law Lord said, David, go to the city of Hebron. So David took his wives and the men who had been with him and their families, and they went to the city of Hebron. And the men of Judah came to David. And they anointed David, to be king of Judah. One of Saul’s other sons, had been made king over the rest of the Land of Israel, the rest of the tribes. But he was only king for two years. And then some bad men killed him. And then the rest of the tribes of Israel came to David and said to him, and soul was the king of all of us, you let us in war. And the Lord had already told you that you would be king over all of us. And they asked David, to be king of all of the children of Israel. So David became the king of all of the Jews. Just as the Lord had told him, he would, of course, anything God says always happens, doesn’t it? At this time, the children of Israel didn’t own the city of Jerusalem, even though it was right there in the middle of their land. Well, David, who was no king David took an army. And he went, and they captured the city of Jerusalem. There was a fort in Jerusalem, and David lived there. And that part of Jerusalem was called the city of David. Remember, Bethlehem was called the city of David, because that’s where David was born and grew up. But now, this part of the city of Jerusalem is called the city of David, too. So there are two places called the city of David Bethlehem, and part of Jerusalem. Anyway, David built up the rest of Jerusalem too. And David became strong as a king and great. Now, why do you think that was that David became such a great king? Of course, it was because God was with him. David loves God very much. And God loves David. In fact, the Bible calls David, a man after God’s own heart. That means that David tried to obey God, and loved God, very much. No, have you heard about the book of Psalms in the Bible? That is sort of the songbook of the Jews. Well, many of those songs were written by David. And he wrote different kinds of Psalms. Some of those psalms are Psalms praising God. Others are Psalms asking God for help. Other psalms are asking God for forgiveness when David had sinned. But David was not only a king, and a warrior, and a songwriter. David was also a prophet. You see, David lib 1000 years before Jesus came to earth. But some of David’s Psalms tell about when Jesus was going to come and die for us to save us from our sins. Well, as I said, David became greater and greater as a king. And the Philistines heard that David was king of the Jews now. So the Philistines got an army together, and they went up to find David. They were going to fight him. When David heard about this, David went into his forte, and he asked God, shall I go out and fight the Philistines? Will you have me win against them?
And the Lord said to David, yes, go, I will give the Philistines into your hand. So David went out and God let him beat the Philistine army. But then another time, the Philistine army came up against David again. And again, David asked the Lord, shall I go up against them? But this time, the Lord said, No, don’t go out against them. Then the Lord told David, you sneak around behind the Philistine army this time, then wait until you hear what sounds like marching in the tops of the trees there. When you hear that sound, then go up to fight. Because I the Lord will have gone out in front of you just smite the army of the Philistines. Smite means to hit, God was going to fight against the Philistines. And that’s what happened. David, and his army sneaked around behind the Philistines. And when they heard that sound, which would mean that the Lord had gone out before them. David and his army rushed out. The Bible doesn’t tell us but I imagined the Philistines had heard what sounded like marching in the treetops, too, and it started running away. Anyway, David and his army were able to kill lots of the Philistines. And the other countries heard about David, and how he would win battles. And God made it so that the other countries were afraid of David, and would leave him alone. No, do you remember back in First Samuel, when the Philistines had taken God’s Ark of the Covenant, that special golden box that God had made for the tabernacle. And remember how finally the Philistines had sent the Ark back to the children of Israel, because God kept making them sick. Or this was before soul was even King. Well, all of those years, over 50 years, the ark of the Lord had stayed in the house of a man named a Bennett dab. But now David wanted to bring the ark of God up to Jerusalem. So David talked with his army officers, and the people about this, and everyone agreed to do it. So they built a new cart. And they put the ark on the cart, and started off with it, to take it to Jerusalem. But they had forgotten something that was very important. You see, when God first told Moses, a long time before, how to build the ark, God had told Moses, to put places on the sides of the ark of God, that pulls could be slid into those places. And then God told the Jews that the ark was always to be carried by those poles, on the shoulders of some special people called Levites. And no one was to touch the ark. No, it was good of David to want to bring the ark to Jerusalem. But he should have remembered God’s rules. Anyway, they built this new cart, and put the ark on it. And some oxen were pulling the cart, David and everyone were very happy. And we’re making music to God as a cart went along. But as it went along, the oxen stumbled, in man named Oza, was with the cart. And when the oxen stumbled, as a put his hand on the ark of God, in case it might fall. So, even though I wasn’t meant good, he was disobeying God, wasn’t he? He wasn’t supposed to touch the ark. Well, God had us a die, because he had touched the ark. We should follow God’s rules and not do just what we think is best, right?
We’re well, this that also had died. Upset David a lot. And then David was afraid of the Lord and said How can I take the ark of God with me? Remember, he wanted to take it to Jerusalem. Anyway, David left the ark of God at a man’s house, and David went home. And God bless the home or the man for God’s Ark of the Covenant was. Well, David bit built houses for himself in Jerusalem, the city of David. And David was told that God was blessing the home where the Ark was. So David had a place fixed for the ark of God in Jerusalem, he put a tent there. And David said, No one is to carry the ark of God except the Levites, because that is what the Lord said. So the Levites got themselves ready. And they carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles Cestus God, a long time ago, had told Moses they should do. And David had musicians play music in front of the Ark as they walked along. And the priests blew trumpets, and there was a sacrifice to the Lord as they went along. And David took off his kingly robes, and just wore plain clothes. He knew that the Lord was important, not himself. And David danced before the Lord as hard as he could. And everyone was shouting as the ark came along. The ark of God was brought into the city of David there in Jerusalem. And there were many offerings made to the Lord. And David blessed the people in the name of the Lord and gave everyone bear some food. David wrote a song of thanksgiving to the Lord, and had the singer sing it. We have this song in the book of Psalms, and it tells us how good and great God is, and gives praises to God. We call this Psalm 105. David arranged for the regular worship of God, and for sacrifices to be made to God. And then David went home to bless his household. But one of David’s wives had been looking out of the window, as the ark was being brought into the city of David. She had seen David and just playing clothes and dancing and leaping and onto the Lord, and she didn’t like it. She thought, David should have acted in a dignified way like a king, not like just an ordinary man. When David got home, his wife said to him, You didn’t act like a king. All right? You shamed yourself in front of everyone. But David said to his wife, I made myself humble before the Lord, who made me King, and I will do it again. The people will honor me for it, not be ashamed of me. Now, God help David against his enemies. And finally, there was peace. And David got to thinking. So he said to Nathan the prophet, look, I live in a wooden house. But the ark of God only lives in a tent. Nathan said to David, do what you want to. You see, David wanted to build a nice house or temple for the ark of God. But that night, the Lord spoke to Nathan the prophet and told him, go tell my servant David, I made you to be a king, and have protected you from your enemies. But I the Lord, have never asked the people to build me a house. Tell David, you are not to build a house for me though. But when you’re dead, your son will build one and I will be with him. I will establish your throne and your kingdom forever. So the prophet Nathan told David what the Lord had said,
And David, praise the Lord. David said, you weren’t great. Oh, Lord God. There was no one like you and there was no other God except you. And David praised God and thanked him for taking care of the children of Israel. All of those yours. So David didn’t build the temple. But he did get together all sorts of things to build the temple with, so that they would be ready for his son. When the time came. David got together nice wood and metals and stones, and all sorts of things that would be needed. After that, God let David win over other enemies. And David’s Kingdom grew bigger and bigger. And David gotten very rich. All of this was because God was blessing David. And David became very famous and powerful. Well, one day, David got to thinking about his dead friend Jonathan, Saul’s son. David asked, is there anyone from Saul’s family alive that I could be kind to, because of Jonathan. And someone told David, that Jonathan son, my football chef was alive and that he was crippled. Remember when we talked about morphable chef a little bit ago, how he fell when they were running away and hurt his feet. King David set formal Fibble ship and had him come to his house. The flipper chef came to David and bowed very low before him. David said to him, Mephibosheth, don’t be afraid. I want to be kind to you because of your father, Jonathan. I’ll give you back all of the land that had belonged to your grandfather, Saul. And you will always eat at my table. And David treated Wolfeboro chef, like one of his own sons. David had several wives by now. And David loved God very much. But one time, David did something very bad. Something he knew was very wrong. And I’m going to tell you about that now. You see, one of David’s army officers was named Uriah and Uriah was off at the war. But David had stayed home. One day, David looked out of the window and saw your arrives wife. And she was very beautiful. Her name was Bathsheba. David wanted to marry Bathsheba, even though she was already married Uriah. Finally, David sent a message to a general and told him to have your Raya be in the front of the army when they attacked, and to make sure that Uriah got killed in the battle. And the general did that. And Uriah was killed by enemies. After Uriah died, David married Bathsheba and had a baby boy by her. Now that was very wicked of David to do, wasn’t it? To want someone else’s wife so badly? And then to have his loyal army officer Uriah killed? Do you think God like that? No, of course not. Well, the Lord God sent the prophet Nathan did David. And Nathan said to David, you had lots of wives. But you took another man’s only wife. And Nathan told David how bad he would had been, and that God would have to punish him. Now, do you think David got mad about that? No. David was very sorry that he had been so bad.
David said, I have sinned against the Lord. And David prayed to God and he wrote his All that we have in the Bible, saying how bad he had been, and how sorry he was, and asking for the Lord to forgive him, and to help him to be good.