King

David’s
Reign
 King David’s Reign
▫ With Saul gone, David became king of Israel.
▫ He knew very well that he needed God's guidance more
than ever.
▫ God told him to go to Hebron, which was at the center of
Judah.
▫ There, the men of Judah army anointed David as their king.
They publicly recognized him as God's choice.
David’s Accomplishments
 1. David gains military and political victories.
▫ Under David's leadership,
⬝ the Philistine threat over the Israelites was finally controlled.
⬝ The Israelites won successive victories over the Philistines and drove them
out of Canaan.
⬝ David also entered into a treaty with the Phoenician king. This expanded
the borders of Israel as far as Assyria in the north and Egypt in the south.
⬝ Israel had not experienced such political power before David. David
brought a period of internal and external peace to his nation.

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 2. David establishes Jerusalem as the seat of power.
▫ David transferred the seat of power to Jerusalem.
▫ David also gave due importance to the Ark of the Covenant, which had been
neglected during the time of Saul.
▫ He transferred the ark to Jerusalem where all the tribes of Israel could worship
Yahweh.
▫ David transformed Jerusalem into a religious capital.
▫ This legacy of David began a tradition that would last a thousand years.
▫ Jerusalem eventually became the religious center not only for the Jews but also
for Christians and Moslems.

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 3. David encourages the writing of the Old Testament books.

▫ David's time also brought about great cultural advances.

▫ His reign was characterized by peace, order, and justice, and given such an great
books of the Atmosphere, scholars were encouraged to produce many of the Old
Testament such as the Pentateuch and the book of Psalms.

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 4. David receives God's promises.
▫ God promised greatness and immortality to David's kingdom: "Your house and
your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm
forever" (2 Sm 7:16). In the book of Psalms, God also said, "I will make your
dynasty stand forever and establish your throne through all ages" (Ps 89:5).

▫ God promised David that his family line would go on forever. David's
descendants would continue to be kings and to be blessed with greatness.

▫ The greatest gift God offered David was received generations later when Jesus
Christ, the Messiah, was born from David's line.

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 King David's
Sin and
Repentance
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David's Sins of
Lust, Murder,
and Adultery (2
Sm 11)
 One day, David saw a beautiful woman bathing and asked his servant to bring
her to him. The woman was Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, one of David's trusted
officers. Although David already had many wives, he still desired to have
Bathsheba.

At that time it was legal for a man to have more than one wife, but no man,
not even if he was king, could marry someone else's wife. To do so was to commit
adultery, and this was not allowed by the Jewish law.

David thought of a way to get rid of Uriah so Bathsheba would be free. He

sent Uriah to the Have you ever told a frontlines of a battle where he would surely
be killed. With Uriah dead, David could already take Bathsheba as one of his
wives. It was a clear case of lust, murder, and adultery.

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 David's
Repentance (2
Sm 12)
David thought no one would notice,
but nothing could escape from God.
God was displeased with David’s
evildoings, so He sent the prophet
Nathan to denounce his sinfulness.
Nathan came into David’s palace
and told David a story.
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 Nathan used a powerful story to
point out David's hidden sins and to
make him realize the great injustice he
had committed.

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 1. David acknowledges his sins.
David could have lied, made excuses, or even had
Nathan executed. Instead, he acknowledged the truth
humbly: "I have sinned against the Lord" (2 you do?
Sm 12:13). He realized the seriousness of the evil he
had done and remembered how good God had been to
him. He wept in sorrow and awaited God’s
punishment.
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 2. David faces his punishment.
▫ David saw chaos in his family and in his nation.
⬝ His first son with Bathsheba died (cf 2 Sm 12:15-18),
⬝ his other sons murdered each other (cf 2 Sm 13), and
⬝ his son Absalom plotted a rebellion against him (cf 2 Sm
15).

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 All these events brought him
great sorrow. He begged for
God's forgiveness. God had
forgiven David, but David had
to face the consequences of
his sins.

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We realize here that admitting our sins and asking for
forgiveness do not wipe out all consequences. In fact,
after receiving forgiveness, we must do our best to
restore justice and make things right. God's
forgiveness does not absolve us from that moral
obligation.
We cannot be truly forgiven unless we admit that we
have done wrong and are determined to make
amends.

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 3. David receives God's saving grace.
▫ It is important to remember that although David had sinned, he repented for his
sins. In the end. the brave and courageous David became a model of repentance.
He was sorry for his sins and trusted that God would forgive him. David wrote:
-Ps 51:3-4, 10, 12 (NABRE)

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 After his genuine repentance, David lived in in God's
unconditional God's grace once again. He received
tremendous blessings of prosperity from God. That is
why the Scriptures refer to him as "a man made after
God's own heart.' His kingdom grew more admirable in
the eyes of people. His reign brought great peace and
prosperity to Israel. From David's lineage would come
Jesus who would set Us free from sin.

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 King David's
Psalms and
Our Prayers
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 Psalms are rich and vivid lines of praise to
God. David wrote psalms as young man and
prayed them often. When he became king, he
promoted the writing of the book of Psalms
and the other books of the Old Testament,
The Psalms became a central part of Jewish
prayer life, especially of temple worship.

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 As prayers, the Psalms teach us that God
deserves an honest prayer, one that comes
from the heart. The Psalms express not only
our anguish, sorrow, and frustration over the
many things we experience in life, but also
our great joy and thanksgiving for God's
blessings and favors.
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Psalms: Rich
and Varied
Ways of
PrayingThere are three most common
types: praise, lament, and thanksgiving psalms.
 1. A psalm of praise
- expresses worship and thanksgiving for
the saving acts of God and a plea for
His continued care (cf CFC 446).
- Examples of this type of psalm are
Psalm 33 and Psalm 66.

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 2. A psalm of lament
-communicates anguished and sorrowful feelings. It
describes a problem and asks for God's help. To
express the person's or the community's gratitude for
God's deliverance, the author of the psalm promises
to praise and serve God.

Examples of this type of psalm are Psalm 13 and

Psalm 77.
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 3. A psalm of thanksgiving
-expresses our gratitude to God for
His goodness and generosity. Two
examples of this type of psalm are
Psalm 92 and Psalm 118.

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 Psalm in Our Liturgy
Responsorial Psalm is an important part of
the Eucharistic
celebration especially when the reader and
the congregation recite or sing it together. The
Responsorial Psalm is the congregation's
response
to the Word of God and the prayer that
expresses their praise, thanksgiving, and
petitions.
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