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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Samuel 2:1-11
David had not consulted God before he escaped into the land of the Philistines (1 Samuel 27:1), and that had led him into trouble. But this bitter experience was not without benefit. He now enquires of the LORD on two occasions. We can never insist too much on this fundamental rule of the Christian life: dependence. It is an obligation, but also the source of our strength and of our safety.
Hebron, to which God brings His anointed, is a place that speaks of death. The sepulchres of the patriarchs were there. Christ, God’s beloved One, the true David, before officially taking up His kingdom, went into death in obedience to God. And this is also the place to which He leads His own. The Christian is dead with Christ.
David does not forget the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead who had shown kindness to Saul. Will the Lord forget the small mercies He has allowed us to exercise? (Hebrews 6:10).
David’s sovereignty was to be established only gradually. For the time being only Judah recognised him. The rest of the people remained under the sway of Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, supported by Abner, the former captain of Saul’s host.
