The
Davidic Covenant
II
Samuel 7:12-16
12 And when thy days be
fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after
thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build an
house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14 I will be his father,
and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod
of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But my mercy shall not
depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And thine house and
thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be
established for ever. – 2 Sam. 7:12-16
14 When thou art come
unto the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say,
I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
15 Thou shalt in any
wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy
God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
16 But he shall not
multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end
that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no
more that way.
17 Neither shall he
multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he
greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18 And it shall be, when
he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of
this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
19 And it shall be with
him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to
fear the Lord his God,
to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
20 That his heart be not
lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment,
to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in
his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. – Deut. 17:14-20
In the Torah God knew if He, being King, gave Israel a Kingdom Law
(Mosaic Covenant/Torah/The Law), they would want a human king to represent and
speak for Him, because they feared for their lives.
23 And it came to pass,
when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did
burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes,
and your elders;
24 And ye said, Behold,
the Lord our God hath
shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the
midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he
liveth.
25 Now therefore why
should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of
the Lord our God any
more, then we shall die.
26 For who is there of
all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the
midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
27 Go thou near, and
hear all that the Lord our
God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear
it, and do it.
28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words,
when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said
unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have
spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
29 O that there were
such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments
always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! –
Deut. 5:23-29
The problem came not when Israel wanted a king, but
a deified king, a king “like the nations” around them had. To which God
replied…
And it came to pass, when Samuel was
old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his
firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in
Beersheba.
3 And his sons walked
not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted
judgment.
4 Then all the elders
of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him,
Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to
judge us like all the nations.
6 But the thing
displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel
prayed unto the Lord.
7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto
the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not
rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
8 According to all the
works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt
even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so
do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken
unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the
manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all
the words of the Lord unto
the people that asked of him a king. – I Sam. 8:1-10
The first king, Saul, met the stature-ly, outward
appearance of a king, like the other nations, a head taller than the rest (I
Sam. 9:2), inwardly however, at least at first, he had the humility God
required in a king to represent Him (I Sam. 10:17-26). But insecurity, envy,
jealousy and lust for control and power tool over and corrupted Saul to the
point it disqualified His family from being the Royal line and the line of
Messiah. So a ruddy runt of the litter, David, a humble shepherd boy became
king instead. Outwardly and inwardly he wasn’t what anyone expected for a king
to be (I Sam. 6:1-13).
David was by no means perfect, he committed adultery
and killed the husband in an attempt to cover it up (II Sam. 11:-12, Psa. 51).
But regardless, he was called a man after God’s own heart (I Sam. 13:14, Acts
13:22).
12 And when thy days be fulfilled,
and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which
shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build an
house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14 I will be his father,
and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod
of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But my mercy shall
not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And thine house and
thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be
established for ever. – 2 Sam. 7:12-16
10 And since the time
that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all
thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.
11 And it shall come to
pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I
will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will
establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me an
house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13 I will be his father,
and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took
it from him that was before thee:
14 But I will settle him
in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established
for evermore. – I Chron. 17:10-14
God made an unconditional Covenant with David, that
his line would eternally rule Israel and this is fulfilled in Messiah Yeshua
(Christ Jesus) who is a direct descendant of king David (Matt. 1:1-17, Luke
3:23-38). And the shocking thing is that God chose Solomon, David’s son through
Bathsheba, whom he committed adultery with and killed her husband, to rule
after him. Solomon means, “Peace,” as if through David’s repentance (Psa. 51)
of murder and adultery, God showed His acceptance of David’s repentance by
choosing Solomon to have the right of succession and through whose line the
Messiah would come (I Chron. 17:11).
In 2 Samuel 7:13 God says that Solomon would not
only be king, but build the Holy Temple (I Chron. 22:9-10, 28:6, II Chron.
2-7).
