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2081 From Eternity Past, p. 487.5 (Ellen Gould White)
David despaired of reconciliation. It seemed that he should at last fall victim to the malice of the king. With the six hundred men under his command, he passed over to Achish, the king of Gath.
2082 From Eternity Past, p. 492.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“The Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy.... The Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David: because …
2083 From Eternity Past, p. 493.5 (Ellen Gould White)
By consulting that spirit of darkness, Saul had destroyed himself. Oppressed by the horror of despair, it would be impossible to inspire his army with courage …
2084 From Eternity Past, p. 497.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… 9:5, 6. “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.” Psalm 146:4. The Lord declared to Israel: “The soul that turneth after …
2085 From Eternity Past, p. 498.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God is leading His people out from the abominations of the world, that they may keep His law. Because of this, the rage of “the accuser of our brethren” knows no …
2086 From Eternity Past, p. 501.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Here again David was chastened for the lack of faith that led him to place himself among the foes of God and His people. David had provoked the Amalekites by …
2087 From Eternity Past, p. 502.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Advancing, they came upon an Egyptian slave, apparently about to perish from weariness and hunger. Upon receiving food and drink he revived. He had been left …
2088 From Eternity Past
This chapter is based on 2 Samuel 2 to 5:5.
2089 From Eternity Past, p. 506.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God had chosen David to be king of Israel, yet hardly had his authority been acknowledged by the men of Judah, when Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, was set upon a rival …
2090 From Eternity Past, p. 508.5 (Ellen Gould White)
But David did not desire the aid of treachery to establish his power. He told these murderers of the doom visited upon him who boasted of slaying Saul. “How much …
2091 From Eternity Past, p. 509.4 (Ellen Gould White)
He who had waited patiently for the Lord, beheld the promise of God fulfilled. “And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.” 2 Samuel 5:10 .
2092 From Eternity Past
This chapter is based on 2 Samuel 5:6-25; 6; 7; 9; 10 .
2093 From Eternity Past, p. 511.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The men of Israel followed with shouts and songs of rejoicing, a multitude of voices joining in melody with the sound of musical instruments. “David and the …
2094 From Eternity Past, p. 514.5 (Ellen Gould White)
From another company came the response:
2095 From Eternity Past, p. 515.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The removal of the ark had made a lasting impression upon the people of Israel, kindling anew their zeal for Jehovah. David endeavored to deepen these impressions …
2096 From Eternity Past, p. 518.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The dangers that threatened the nation with destruction proved to be the means by which it rose to greatness. Commemorating his deliverance, David sings:
2097 From Eternity Past, p. 522.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Happy they who, having ventured in this way, learn how bitter are the fruits of sin, and turn from it. God in His mercy did not leave David to be lured to utter ruin by the deceitful rewards of sin.
2098 From Eternity Past, p. 524.5 (Ellen Gould White)
But the history of David furnishes no countenance to sin. It was when he was walking in the counsel of God that he was called a man after God's own heart. When …
2099 From Eternity Past, p. 525.5 (Ellen Gould White)
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old Through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Psalm 32:3, 4
2100 From Eternity Past, p. 526.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… 32:5. David humbled himself and confessed his sin, while Saul despised reproof and hardened his heart in impenitence.