David – Bible Q

Who provoked David to number Israel? God (2 Sam. 24:1), or Satan (1 Chron. 21:1)?

Answered by BibleQ . April 25, 2021 - 3:44 am

A famous contradiction concerning who provoked David to number Israel is found between 2 Sam. 24:1 and 1 Chron. 21:1. 2 Samuel 24, David counts his army. In the earlier account we read that God was behind what happened, inciting David to number the army, and then punishing Israel because David had done so: 24: […]

How many titles or names are given to King David?

Answered by BibleQ . October 12, 2014 - 5:15 pm 1

Here are seven that I could find: Shepherd Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. (2Sa 7:8) Armor-bearer to King And David came to Saul and entered […]

Why did God choose to bring Jesus into the lineage of David through his mother Mary?

Answered by BibleQ . August 3, 2014 - 5:40 pm

The question continues: “Is there a spiritual connection or reason for this instead of his lineage of David coming through his father Joseph?” Reasons why God brought Jesus into the lineage of David through Mary We know that the Messiah was to be descended from David – 2 Samuel 7:12-14: When your days are […]

What is the age difference between King Saul and King David?

Answered by BibleQ . February 1, 2014 - 9:46 pm

There is very little available data by which to answer this question. After the death of Saul, David became king of Judah in Hebron (2 Sam 2:11). We are told this happened when David was thirty years old (2 Sam 5:4-5). At the same time Saul’s youngest son, Ishbosheth, began to reign in Mahanaim at […]

Was David supposed to be at war when he was at home and saw Bathsheba?

Answered by BibleQ . December 8, 2012 - 3:53 am

In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem (2 Sam 11:1) The verse dates the incident to “the spring of the year, the time when […]

When King David took Bathesheba, did he not know that that was wrong?

Answered by BibleQ . January 3, 2012 - 12:18 am

You say: What’s your thought on David’s thinking when he decided he just had to have Bathsheba? David obviously knew it was wrong to commit adultery with his Uriah’s wife, Psalm 51:1-3 shows this: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. […]

When David defeats Goliath, why does he keep Goliath’s armor?

Answered by BibleQ . November 17, 2011 - 5:53 pm

1 Samuel 17:54: And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. Goliath’s armor would have been very valuable and useful. The Philistines had the upper hand over Israel, at that time in history, and they didn’t allow blacksmiths to operate in Israel. […]

Besides Melchizedek and Jesus, were there any other people who filled the role of both “king” and “priest”?

Answered by BibleQ . November 16, 2011 - 2:02 pm

Secular history tells us that the son of Simon Maccabee, John Hyrcanus I, was both king and priest. Simon was murdered in 134 BCE by his son-in-law Ptolemy, and was succeeded as high priest and king by his son John Hyrcanus I. There are no other king/priest combinations recorded in the Bible. In the […]

Was King David also a priest that he sent for the ephod to inquire of the Lord?

Answered by BibleQ . November 1, 2011 - 3:00 pm 2

No, King David was not a priest. The priests were from the tribe of Levi. David was from Judah. When David sent for the ephod to inquire of the LORD, he asked Abiathar the high priest to bring it. Presumably the inquiry was through Abiathar, if the precedent of the instruction given to Joshua, the […]

In Ezekiel 37:24, why does it say David will be king?

Answered by BibleQ . October 2, 2011 - 3:23 am 1

The future king of Israel is here named “David” reflecting God’s promise that an heir of David will rule over Israel (cf. Jer 33:17; Luke 1:32). The prophecy is not about David himself, but about his heir, the future king of Israel — that is Jesus.

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Who provoked David to number Israel? God (2 Sam. 24:1), or Satan (1 Chron. 21:1)?

How many titles or names are given to King David?

Why did God choose to bring Jesus into the lineage of David through his mother Mary?

What is the age difference between King Saul and King David?

Was David supposed to be at war when he was at home and saw Bathsheba?

When King David took Bathesheba, did he not know that that was wrong?

When David defeats Goliath, why does he keep Goliath’s armor?

Besides Melchizedek and Jesus, were there any other people who filled the role of both “king” and “priest”?

Was King David also a priest that he sent for the ephod to inquire of the Lord?

In Ezekiel 37:24, why does it say David will be king?

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