14:1-7
David received gifts from Hiram king of Tyre to help build a palace for himself. He received blessings from other nations. Various prophets foretell of the wealth of nations coming to Israel. The Law was to go out from Israel and wealth was to come in. David also took more wives and so had more sons and daughters. This was not so good, taking wives was to be Solomon’s downfall, and sexual sin was part of David’s downfall.
14:8-17
The Philistines tried to attack David, but David defeated them. The key points here are (i) that David enquired of the Lord, and (ii) the Lord gave him victory.. The Philistines tried again. David again enquired of the Lord and he followed God’s instructions. Once again David defeated the Philistines, and fear of David among all the nations. The lesson is that if Israel feared the Lord, all would go well with them.
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