{"id":670,"date":"2012-03-30T05:35:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=670"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:26:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:26:24","slug":"2-samuel-5-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/03\/30\/2-samuel-5-11-25\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 5.11-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Samuel 5.11-25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(cf. 1 Chronicles 14-see our study<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The remainder of chapter 5 (see our study of 2 Samuel 5.1-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>), establishes David as an international king, not merely a tribal king (12). The description of\u00a0his home, built with wood rather than stone, presents a palatial estate (<\/span>2 Samuel 7.2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

David is seen as an international sovereign. In being this he takes on the customs of those around him (syncretism). He adds more wives and concubines. God forbade this in Deuteronomy 17.17<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0but David allowed this probably because it was accepted\u00a0cultural protocol for a king in making a peace treaty to take wives from the other\u2019s family. This is the definition of\u00a0syncretism, taking on what culture mandates as part of your life without regard to what God\u2019s Word has to say. They, and we, always want to be like the others around us (<\/span>1 Samuel 8.5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> [<\/span>see study<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>] and <\/span>Ezekiel 20.32<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

David establishes a treaty with Hiram of Tyre [more research]. He will later supply David with the material to build the Temple (1 Kings 5.1-18<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As long as David was king over Judah only, the Philistines apparently were not concerned. When he was established\u00a0as king over all Israel, they began attacking. The remainder of this chapter highlights the exploits of David\u2019s men as seen in our study of 1 Chronicles 11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and will be seen when we return to 1 Chronicles 14<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The highlight is that David discussed his plans with God (19, 20). He did what God commanded and was victorious because of it. Some have suggested the marching on the tops of the trees are the angels marching to battle. Interesting thought that requires more research. Also, in this verse (24), it states that the Lord will go before them. This is not a foreign concept for the Lord is a warrior (Exodus 15.3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>) and He goes before His people to fight for them (<\/span>Exodus 14.14<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Deuteronomy 1.30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Joshua 5.13-15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u2013<\/span>see our study<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As long as we are in submission to God\u2019s commands and following His Word, will, and way, we are promised victory (1 John 4.4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> and <\/span>1 John 5.4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). Are you living in obedience or living in syncretism?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As long as we are in submission to God\u2019s commands and following His Word, will, and way, we are promised victory (1 John 4.4 and 1 John 5.4). Are you living in obedience or living in syncretism?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,5],"tags":[150,36,145,27,24,118,337,89,60,19],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-2-samuel","category-daily-studies","tag-chronicles","tag-david","tag-deuteronomy","tag-exodus","tag-god","tag-john","tag-joshua","tag-king","tag-research","tag-syncretism","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1871,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}