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His men were naturally enraged. And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. Now as David all through, whether in the First or in the Second Book of Samuel, is a type of the Lord Jesus, there ought not to be a question, as it appears to me, that the Spirit of God is giving us, in the adversaries of David, antichrists. And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. 16, 17 this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins me to speak freely of the patriarch David." Thus every type falls short of the truth. I think he was humbled by his own sins. How different is the character of2 Samuel 23:1-39; 2 Samuel 23:1-39! This is brought out before us in the next chapter (2 Samuel 17:1-29),where "Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. Hence a suspicion arises that all was not straight. But in 2 Samuel 21:1-22 an instructive scene is introduced to us to which we may turn our attention for a moment. This motion was made by Abishai, who would have ventured his life to have been the death of Shimei when he was cursing, 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 16:9. If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, Curse David, who then shall say, Why have you done so?. He is not a mere king, but a beast with two horns. But in Absalom's case there was a still deeper character of lawlessness, as there was a nearer and more dependent tie to the king. Knowing the rivalry that existed between Judah and the other tribes, David cunningly suggested that Judah quickly show its support for him, otherwise it would be outdone by the other tribes. Forgiveness: Joseph Forgives his Brothers. Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. A generation later, when the kingdom split in two, the tribe of Benjamin remained attached to Judah. What then appears to be the distinction intended? The conduct of Shimei towards David in his flight (2 Samuel 16:5) was base and iniquitous."The wheel turns round once more; Absalom is cast down and David returns in peace. He repented and the king forgave him and told him hed live. And the king swore to him.Nave's Topical Index, 1 Kings 2:8,9And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.Nave's Topical Index, The Seventh Season, nature indeed upon which meekness and forgiveness will not the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David: who shall you, but bears with you and forgives; and will //christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/vii the seventh season.htm, Christian Meekness God does not make a show of forgiveness and keep our every day afresh upon the score, but God often forgives. It is not meant in the least that there is no security. The criminal's submission (2 Samuel 19:18-20; 2 Samuel 19:18-20): He fell down before the king, as a penitent, as a supplicant; and, that he might be thought sincere, he did it publicly before all David's servants, and his friends the men of Judah, yea, and before his own thousand. No man felt it more than king David. Now as John refers to the two characteristics of the last antagonist of Christ, so I think it will be found that in the First Book of Samuel Saul stands forth as the chief adversary of David before he came to the throne. This verse is quoted multiple times in the New Testament: So David responded very patiently and graciously to Shimei. Never should we sacrifice one duty in doing another. Not that His heart was not filled with the deepest feelings of love yet of sorrow for man and Israel, for His own too in their midst, soon to enjoy the Comforter He would send down from heaven as the seal of redemption. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. They show a contrast between forgiveness and judgment. Shimei had actively opposed David, Ziba had misled him (apparently), and Mephibosheth had not supported him. There could be no doubt that the allegory was admirably drawn. But now there is everything calculated to seduce us into the world, and cause us to overlook the moral glory of our calling, to forget Christ's rejection and cross. Then follow the names of his mighty men, and certainly there is one act among them that may well read a lesson of the gravest kind to us. So there is absolutely no point in holding onto what has already been taken care of by God. Whatever may be taught by this one or preached by that must be brought to the touchstone of scripture, instead of being taken out of its place and made a test of the truth. He let Shimei continue hurling both stones and curses at him. Therefore he says, "O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness." fail others, its human nature. Unfortunately, the whole affair further stirred up those inter-tribal jealousies which one day would result in the breaking up of the kingdom (41-43). Conscience must be exercised unhinderedly; and so must faith also, Grace provides for both in the believer's heart. Why? God, on the other hand, was judging the family of David, and speaking to David's own heart and conscience in the sin and shame and scandal that covered as a whole the family with reproach; and this it is that lets us see Absalom. Forgiveness: Jesus Forgives his Enemies. Numbers 12:1-13. They had told David a lie, the servants of Mephibosheth had told David a lie saying that Mephibosheth had pledged allegiance to Abashi, or was trying to take over the kingdom himself after David fled. And he said to David, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. His discharge by the king's order, 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 19:23. 8 The Lord has avenged on you all THE BLOOD OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. For when David boasts in other places of his //melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 9 another mode of.htm, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the Gospels. Here Shimei "cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left." In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me to present, of their main course and objects. We may well covet this in the name of the Lord Jesus that power which is most of all shown in being nothing that Christ may be magnified, in accepting whatever of scorn, shame, loss or persecution, the Lord sees meet for us to bear, because we take our side unqualifiedly with Him and with His truth in a day when not merely the world, or man in general, but even Christendom is departed from Him. And there it is that the blaspheming Shimei cowers before the returning king; for now those that had rendered a feigned obedience are being made manifest. We see in Davids dealings with Amasa (2 Samuel 19:11-15) that forgiveness wins over former enemies. Two principal objects are apparent: the undermining of the king, and this in order to the glorifying himself. And Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king to conduct the king over Jordan." The kingdom is before him here. Genesis 45:5-15 ; 50:19-21. I told you that I wanted to look at an example of forgiveness in the Old Testament, and I chose this account with David and Shimei. And greeted them and so forth, and did really the right thing for these men who had hazard their lives for David ( 2 Samuel 19:1-8 ). The next one to meet him was Mephibosheth who was the son of Jonathan. For what is the distinctive point of 2 Samuel 22:1-51? So it was then that the king, moved by it, listens to her. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the Gospels. for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished." "The sons of Belial," as he says, "shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: but the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place." So then the famine comes, and David enquires of Jehovah. And he said, Say on. It was due to the Gibeonites that they should be satisfied. (LogOut/ He knew the gravity of the tidings, but this very thing brought before him the spring of his confidence, as surely as he saw the hand of Satan in it. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds (the anticipation of the day of Jehovah Himself); as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. He comes now, with a retinue of sons and servants, to meet the king (2 Samuel 19:17; 2 Samuel 19:17), that he may obtain the king's favour, and so come off the better when Mephibosheth shall shortly undeceive him, and clear himself, 2 Samuel 19:26; 2 Samuel 19:26. (Absalom, Joab and Amasa were cousins; see 1 Chronicles 2:13-17.). Exodus 22:28 You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people. [Note: Anderson, p. 2 Samuel 22:1-51 consists, as is well known, of portions substantially given again in the Book of Psalms. It is tempting to look at Davids response to Shimei and think, Well, he is just such a patient, calm, gentle man that it was easy for him to respond this way.. 2 Samuel 16:8 The Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. 2 Samuel 16:10 But the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Oct 3, 2021 at 12:54 Add a comment 2 Answers Sorted by: 2 A straightforward reading would interpret David's mindset this way: During Absalom's rebellion where he and his loyal supporters had to go on exile, David did NOT know God's intention for him. Here therefore we find a course of sorrow and of suffering that ends in joy and triumph. It was judged in Israel; how much more judged in David! At this conjuncture David shows too on his part what v,-as lovely and becoming in the king of Israel. Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel! he shouted at David. But God's hand did not slacken. Forgiveness: The Prophet of Judah Forgives Jeroboam 7 As he cursed, Shimei said, "Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel! And then king David sends "to Zadok and to Abiathar the priest, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? As he was returning to Jerusalem, David was greeted by some of the people who had met him earlier when he was fleeing (15-18a). This is shocking! But look at verse 10 to see how Nabal responded. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Who is the son of Jesse? Nabals just making excuses so as not to have to compensate David because to justify not paying David he must act like David is someone who shouldnt receive anything from him. Davids reference here [2 Samuel 19:12] is not to blood ties, though they may be present, but rather that mutual covenant commitments must be honored because the vows assume fidelity through thick and thin." Nothing could be more artfully devised. But there should also be the unsparing judgment of ourselves in the light, and consequently due and suited confession. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.. He sees clearly the judgment of the wicked. The king betrays the natural affection of a father's heart, but, it may be, with too little sense of his son's impious rebellion, or of God's righteous retribution This is brought before us in the most touching manner. Judah responded so vigorously to Davids call to bring him back to Jerusalem, that it outdid the other tribes (see v. 11, 40). We see in his treatment of Mephibosheth and Ziba (2 Samuel 19:24-30) that forgiveness placates irreconcilable adversaries. Joab would not have stuck much at a sin if it had seemed useful politically; but Joab was too good a politician to be guilty of a blunder, and his quick eye soon perceived that the numbering of Israel was a fatal mistake; not that he cared to please Jehovah, but he would avoid His displeasure, and felt for the interests of the kingdom of David his uncle. Actually they had more or less turned from David, Israel had turned, Jerusalem had turned, and now they have started a movement to bring David back.And so David came back to the Jordan River, as he was returning to Jerusalem, and the first one to meet him at the Jordan River was this guy Shimei who was throwing rocks and cursing him on his way out. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. But if these same people knew us better, they could probably say worse things about us that are true. Human beings (including us!) This will furnish them with opportunities similar in principle to those which the Lord gave to Mephibosheth on the one hand, and of which Shimei took advantage on the other. "And the king said unto him, Go in peace. The most dreadful wickedness on his own part had been met by greater love and grace on the part of David. This day by my hands, or order, or by the sword, 1 Kings 2:8; and the king sware unto him; that he should not die for that offence, or for that only; but if he committed a new one, this oath was no longer binding on him, and not at all upon his heir and successor. "And all the people came before the king, for Israel fled every man to his tent." And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that bad a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? Then of the Gibeonites when they come, David asks, "What shall I do for you? Forgiveness: Esau Forgives Jacob. And the infidelity of men who subscribe all the old creeds is so glaring that mere lawyers and men of the world in general are ashamed at the scandal. As King David came to Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. This Shimei, was a Benjamite, the son of Gera of the house of Saul. If you have any questions about anything I have shared in the sermon or I can pray for you in any way, I will be up front after service and I would consider it a privilege to speak with you. Let me go over and cut off his head!. It may dive more and more in, but it can never get to the bottom. Who knew or valued so highly the "kindness of God"? If God, with all His unstained holiness, with all His jealous regard to righteousness, nevertheless devises His efficacious means (and David knew it well), who or what was David that he should hold out against the pitiful case of his banished one? There is a common groundwork, but much that is distinctive of each. According to the Mosaic law, Shimeis actions were punishable by death. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. [Note: Cf. There was no doubt that Ahithophel of the two was the subtler the one best of all calculated to further the plans of Absalom; but the time was not yet come for anything but a shadowy effort. It was the worst unfaithfulness in David, now evidently a snare to the king. [Note: David M. Gunn, "From Jerusalem to the Jordan and Back: Symmetry in 2 Samuel XV-XX," Vetus Testamentum 30:1 (January 1980):109-13.]. If we begin to give ourselves credit for anything like a definite system of truth, more particularly when it takes a traditional shape carried on from one to another, I am persuaded that the Lord will not be with the enterprise. David reigned for seven years over Judah before he reigned over all of Israel. Abishai herein consulted what he supposed to be David's feelings more than his true interest. Even if David had good reasons for wanting Shimei executed, they dont matter. He killed lions and bears, dodged spears, was asked to kill 100 Philistines and decided to kill 200 instead, and of course he killed Goliath. The fact is that the truth is one, and therefore, where any one part is misapprehended or rejected, there is danger of weakening the rest. 23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; forso their fathers did to the prophets. that He who was buried forgives sins, yea, more than the //chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxix acts xiii 16.htm, Article xii (V): of Repentance. Jobs confidence in Gods sovereignty allowed him to accept the suffering he was experiencing. And now that David is coming back, Shimei is down there to visit him, and to greet him, and to welcome him back. David extended pardon to them and informed them that he still regarded them as his closest kin. Surely then it is a most solemn consideration for all our souls the moral principle which we see in these cases. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him. I know how much I sinned. 2 Samuel 24:1-25 brings before us one scene more, with which the book closes. He took 400 men with him. For we must remember that the Lord Jesus in the variety of His glories displays God in many ways; for instance as Messiah King of Israel, and, when rejected by the Jews, as the Son of man, ruler of all tribes, peoples, nations, and tongues in the world. In the end of the chapter we have another scene still reminding us of the great crisis. The account reveals what David said to his men. When David was being forced out of Jerusalem by Absalom, Shimei stood on a hill, cursed David, and threw rocks at David and his men (2 Samuel 16:5-14). He felt that David was responsible for the death of Saul and, in effect, had stolen the throne. David did not think fit to have it done then, because his judicial power was cut short; but, now that it was restored, why should not the law have its course? Maybe you feel helpless like David described, but David mentioned the fatherless, because theyre the picture of helplessness in the ancient world. God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. This indeed was necessary. And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? On the great deeds of these heroic men we need not dwell now, save to make this simple remark: God looks for another kind of might now. Making it worse the man who stole it was his wicked son, Absalom. Help us to diminish the power of our flesh and focus wholly on You so we may seek You first and not our feelings to choose the God nature over human nature. It will be so with antichrist. A motion made for judgment against him (2 Samuel 19:21; 2 Samuel 19:21): "Shall not Shimei be put to death as a traitor? And should it not be the very same thing with us now? The king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." They were "of the remnant of the Amorites" and you know what the Amorites were "and the children of Israel had sworn unto them, and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah." It wasnt a guarantee. How will you respond? All this was found in Saul. But David showed great wisdom. It is not that God takes pleasure in inflicting a sore plague on His people; but anything is good that leads us to draw near to God in self-judgment for a dishonour done to His name. David, in his afflictive flight, remembered God particularly from the land of Jordan (Psalms 42:6), and now that land, more than any other, was graced with the glories of his return. On Our Lord. And perhaps theLordwill see that I am being wrongedand will bless me because of these curses today.So David and his men continued down the road, and Shimei kept pace with them on a nearby hillside, cursing and throwing stones and dirt at David.. Those who advise us to what is wrong are really Satans, adversaries to us. Ministry in the word is a blessed help; and it would be proud and base to despise the help of God's servants ungrateful towards Him, haughty toward them, and injurious to our own souls. 6 He pelted David and all the king's officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David's right and left. David. Moses forgives the Israelites Numbers 12:1-13.David forgives Saul I Samuel 24:10-12; 26:9, 23; II Samuel 1:14-17.David forgives Shimei II Samuel 16:9-13; 19:23; with I Kings 2:8, 9 .Solomon forgives Adonijah I Kings 1:53.The prophet of Judah forgives Jeroboam I Kings 13:3-6.Jesus forgives his enemies Luke 23:34-OF SINS .See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF it was the parable of one whose heart was not in the matter. He aggravates it: I did perversely. And this is of great importance. And so it was that there was a famine, not immediately after, but now in the days of David for three years. Well he knew that those failures of himself were darkly shadowed out, and retributively brought to mind, in the grief and shame and dishonour of his house. It would have been insulting enough if Nabal didnt give David anything, but Nabal went beyond that and TRIED to insult David. His feelings were moved and stirred deeply. The fact that God put into his mouth the anticipations of the Messiah that he himself knew that he in a striking manner (the most so of any man up to that day) was made the progenitor and type of the Messiah this very fact made his own shortcomings, errors, and sins more poignantly felt. This is what is figured by the faith that wrought by love, that we are shown in thus providing for David. Forgiveness: The Prophet of Judah Forgives Jeroboam I cant imagine how embarrassing and upsetting that must have felt for David and his men. In 2 Sam 16, Shimei curses David and throws rocks at him. When David returned in triumph after Absalom's defeat, Shimei and a thousand Benjamites whom he had persuaded to join him arrived at the Jordan - before any other group of the House of David - and together with the Judahites welcomed him back and begged for clemency (ii Sam. He felt that it was not only a crime, but (what he cared for far more) a blunder. David did not want the Judahites to conclude that by supporting Absalom they had become his enemies. Help us all Lord to forgive as You have forgiven us. Yet there is no disguise as to the people in question. And Joab was told, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom." So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people. If he is cursing because THE LORD HAS SAID TO HIM, CURSE DAVID, who then shall say, Why have you done so? 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! When you can forgive a man who spent years trying to murder you, you know that youre good at forgiving. It shows convincingly that it is not merely a question of God's word, but of His Spirit; and the same Spirit who brings out the truth, and leads into our relationship with Christ above, will bring out to the souls of the righteous godly Jews by and by the expectation of the true King to come for the overthrow of antichrist with every other enemy at the close of the age, and to reign over Israel and the earth in the age to come. It is excellent thus to look onward, the eye filled with the glory of the Lord Jesus, and the heart resting on His grace. In fact the king was guilty, but had the people shown godly horror at his profanation of Jehovah's name? They were adversaries to his inclination, which was to clemency. Had they mourned the deed as tarnishing Jehovah's glory? "The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore Jehovah thy God will be with thee.". If you have been in Sunday school recently when Pastor Nathan taught through 1 Corinthians 5, verse 11 says not to keep company with, or not to associate with revilers or some translations say slanderers. Hes like, Please dont remember when I cursed you and threw rocks at you and kicked dust at you and called you a scoundrel and worthless murderer and accused you of stealing the throne from Saul at the lowest point in your life. Click to access your favorite podcast app: Amazon MusicAndroidiHeartRadioBlubrryJioSaavnPodchaserGaanaPodcast Indexby EmailTuneInDeezerRSS, Learning from King Jehoash of Judah (2 Chronicles 24 and 2 Kings 12), The Rams Substitutionary Atonement for Isaac (Genesis 22:13-14), FREE copy of Seven Biblical Insights for Marriage, Family Worship Guide for Biblical Advice on Forgiveness from David, Sermon Notes for Biblical Advice on Forgiveness from David. He will avenge his sister's wrong himself. In this spirit it was that we find the king going up by the ascent of mount Olivet. And there were plenty of other things Shimei couldve said that wouldve been true: He couldve called David: It is tempting to get upset when people slander us. Exodus 23:5 Meaning PROVERBS 19:11 In the Bible Verse Meaning 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. He throws rocks at them and curses them. Now the king's conscience might be relieved. David thought God would repay him with good, BECAUSE of the cursing he experienced. At the same time he knew that the king had difficulty in conscience, for he was the executor of the law of God. We first meet him on one of the darkest days in King David's life. Only the antichrist has qualities in his type, which differ quite as much as those of the antitype will, in express scripture or in reality. That was an affront to Israel in general, and touched the honour of his . And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? David was there in his chamber wailing over Absalom. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel. "These be the last words of David. This is why it was common to execute all the relatives of the previous king when a new dynasty was established. McCarter, II Samuel, pp. And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. God forbid that this should be wanting in any Christian. But David forgave Shimei, saying the Lord had bidden Shimei to do this, and said the Lord would look on in David's distress. A greater abuse he could not have done him, than, by imposing upon his credulity, to draw him in to do a thing so unkind to the son of his friend Jonathan. But I wanted to look at this example with Shimei, for two reasons. And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: to fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth." Joab therefore ventures to say, "Thou hast shamed this day the face of all thy servants which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; in that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

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