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2461 From Eternity Past
This chapter is based on 2 Samuel 5:6-25; 6; 7; 9; 10 .
2462 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 …
2463 From Eternity Past, p. 514.5 (Ellen Gould White)
From another company came the response:
2464 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 …
2465 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:
2466 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.
2467 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 …
2468 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
2469 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.
2470 From Eternity Past, p. 528.5 (Ellen Gould White)
At the close of two years Joab determined to effect a reconciliation between father and son. He secured the services of a woman of Tekoah, reputed for wisdom …
2471 From Eternity Past, p. 531.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In humility and sorrow, David passed out of the gate of Jerusalem. The people followed in long, sad procession, like a funeral train. David’s bodyguard of Cherethites …
2472 From Eternity Past, p. 533.5 (Ellen Gould White)
With this gleam of light in the darkness, the king and his followers pursued their way down the eastern slope of Olivet, through a rocky and desolate waste …
2473 From Eternity Past, p. 535.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Absalom was surrounded by a large force, but it was mostly composed of men untrained for war. Ahithophel well knew that a large part of the nation were still …
2474 From Eternity Past, p. 536.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Hushai saw that if the plan were followed, David would be lost. He said, “The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. For, said Hushai, thou knowest …
2475 From Eternity Past, p. 538.5 (Ellen Gould White)
David and his forces fell back to Mahanaim, which had been the royal seat of Ishbosheth, a strongly fortified city surrounded by a mountainous district favorable …
2476 From Eternity Past, p. 539.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Absalom, seeing that the day was lost, had turned to flee when his head was caught between the branches of a widespreading tree, and, his mule going out from under …
2477 From Eternity Past, p. 543.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The land was smitten with pestilence, which destroyed seventy thousand in Israel. “David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the …
2478 From Eternity Past, p. 544.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The one who now aspired to the throne was Adonijah, “a very goodly man” in person and bearing, but unprincipled and reckless. In his youth “his father had not displeased …
2479 From Eternity Past, p. 545.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Seeing that his end was near, the king summoned representative men from all parts of the kingdom to receive this legacy in trust. Because of his physical weakness …
2480 From Eternity Past, p. 549.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” Exodus 5:5. This would indicate that Moses and Aaron began a Sabbath reform in Egypt.