Counsellor : To David

And Saul said To David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

And the Philistine said To David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

• Contracts

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it To David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

And Saul said To David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

• ISRAELITES
• Character
• Instability

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given To David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said To David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say To David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Then Jonathan said To David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

• Covenant

And Jonathan said To David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled To David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went To David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

• Mercy
• David
• Unselfishness

And he said To David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

Then said Abishai To David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

Then Saul said To David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said To David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even To David:

And Achish answered and said To David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod To David.

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him To David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

• Mourning

It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came To David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born To David in Hebron.

So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn To David, even so I do to him;

And Abner sent messengers To David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

So Abner came To David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

Then came all the tribes of Israel To David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

• Art
• Cedar
• Diplomacy

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers To David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

• Concubinage
• David
• Lasciviousness

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born To David.

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants To David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah To David.

• David
• Anointing

And Nathan said To David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

And Joab sent messengers To David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came To David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

• Absalom
• Popularity

And there came a messenger To David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came To David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

• Consecration

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it To David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

• Reproof
• Seven

So Gad came To David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

And Gad came that day To David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged To David, were not with Adonijah.

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst To David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised To David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

• Temple

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said To David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Then all Israel gathered themselves To David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

And the inhabitants of Jebus said To David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock To David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it To David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

Now these are they that came To David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

And there fell some of Manasseh To David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

• Hosts
• Angel

For at that time day by day there came To David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came To David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

• Mason

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers To David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious To David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

• Conviction
• Fire
• Government

So Gad came To David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say To David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself To David with his face to the ground.

Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood To David.

• Thankfulness

Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given To David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

• Ratified
• Covenant

Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel To David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said To David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, To David, and to his seed for evermore.

So all the generations from Abraham To David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.