Author: Alfonso Maldonado

1Kings 3, Solomon asked for wisdom!

1Ki 3:3, AND SOLOMON LOVED THE LORD, WALKING IN THE STATUTES OF HIS FATHER DAVID, EXCEPT that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.

We all have fallen short of the glory of GOD!

1Ki 3:5, At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and GOD SAID, “ASK! WHAT SHALL I GIVE YOU?” 

1Ki 3:9, Therefore give to Your servant an UNDERSTANDING HEART TO JUDGE YOUR PEOPLE, THAT I MAY DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

1Ki 3:10, 12,13, The speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing…BEHOLD, I HAVE DONE ACCORDING TO YOUR WORDS; see, I HAVE GIVEN YOU A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING HEART… AND I HAVE ALSO GIVEN YOU WHAT YOU HAVE NOT ASKED: BOTH RICHES AND HONOR

The LORD did this for Solomon because he asked for wisdom to lead HIS people!

1Jn 5:14, Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. 

Joh 15:7, IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU. 

WHAT SHALL HE GIVE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ASKING FOR? ARE YOU IN HIS WORD, DOES HIS WORD ABIDE IN YOU? NOTHING WRONG WITH RICHES, BUT WISDOM IS BETTER THAN RUBBIES PRO 8:11!

1Kings 2, David’s advice to his son!

1Ki 2:2, “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man.

Heb 9:27, AND AS IT IS APPOINTED FOR MEN TO DIE ONCE, but after this the JUDGMENT, 

1Ki 2:3, And KEEP THE CHARGE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD: to WALK IN HIS WAYS, to KEEP HIS STATUTES, HIS COMMANDMENTS, HIS JUDGMENTS, and HIS TESTIMONIES, as it is written in the Law of Moses, THAT YOU MAY PROSPER IN ALL THAT YOU DO AND WHEREVER YOU TURN; 

David tells his son Solomon to WALK IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES! THEN, YOU WILL PROSPER!

1Ki 2:4, that the LORD may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘IF YOUR SONS TAKE HEED TO THEIR WAY, TO WALK BEFORE ME IN TRUTH WITH ALL THEIR HEART AND WITH ALL THEIR SOUL,’ HE SAID, ‘YOU SHALL NOT LACK A MAN ON THE THRONE OF ISRAEL.’ 

IT’S A PROMISE GOD MADE TO DAVID, THAT IF HIS SONS WERE TO WALK IN HIS WAYS THEN THEIR WILL ALWAYS BE A SON OF DAVID ON THE THRONE OF ISRAEL!  WE HAVE A SIMILAR PROMISE OF GOD!

Mat 6:33, BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU. 

Pro 27:1, Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. 

LIVE FOR HIM TODAY AND SEEK HIM DAILY! HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST!

1Kings 1, Adonijah Exalted himself!

1Ki 1:5, Then Adonijah the son of Haggith EXALTED HIMSELF, saying, “I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 

David’s first born was Amnon followed by Chileab; also called Daniel in 1Ch 3:1. Then comes Absalom followed by Adonijah!  Amnon & Absalom are dead and there is no mention of Chileab after 2Sa 3:3?  Adonijah presumed to be king since he is now the eldest son!

Psa 75:6-7, FOR EXALTATION comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south. BUT GOD IS THE JUDGE: HE PUTS DOWN ONE, AND EXALTS ANOTHER.

1Ki 1:43, Then Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “No! OUR LORD KING DAVID HAS MADE SOLOMON KING. 

Mat 23:12, AND WHOEVER EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. 

1Ki 1:53, So King Solomon sent them to bring him (Adonijah) down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

THE LORD EXALTED SOLOMON (1CH 22:9) AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WOULD BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD! IT WASN’T ADONIJAH’S DECISION TO MAKE AND THUS WAS HUMBLED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL!

Jas 4:10, HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.  Pro 11:2, WHEN PRIDE COMES, THEN COMES SHAME; BUT WITH THE HUMBLE IS WISDOM.

2Samuel 24, (he) moved David?

2Sa 24:1, AGAIN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS AROUSED AGAINST ISRAEL, AND HE MOVED DAVID AGAINST THEM TO SAY, “GO, NUMBER ISRAEL AND JUDAH.” 

2Sa 24:10, And DAVID’S HEART CONDEMNED HIM AFTER HE HAD NUMBERED THE PEOPLE. SO DAVID SAID TO THE LORD, “I HAVE SINNED GREATLY IN WHAT I HAVE DONE; BUT NOW, I PRAY, O LORD, TAKE AWAY THE INIQUITY OF YOUR SERVANT, FOR I HAVE DONE VERY FOOLISHLY.” 

According to the text, God was mad against Israel and [HE] MOVED DAVID TO NUMBER ISRAEL? WILL GOD EVER FORCE YOU OR TEMPT YOU TO DO EVIL IN HIS SIGHT?  NO, NEVER, THAT GOES AGAINST HIS NATURE!

Jas 1:13, Let no one say when he is tempted, “I AM TEMPTED BY GOD”; FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED BY EVIL, NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TEMPT ANYONE.

The word HE is not referring to God but satan! 

1Ch 21:1, Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. 

The LORD permitted satan to move David in numbering the people! Jesus knows what’s in people and the weakness of the flesh!

Mat 26:41, WATCH AND PRAY, LEST YOU ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK.” 

Psa 119:37, TURN AWAY MY EYES FROM LOOKING AT WORTHLESS THINGS, AND REVIVE ME IN YOUR WAY. 

WE ARE WEAK, BUT HE REMAINS STRONG!

2Samuel 23, The light of men! JESUS!

2Sa 23:2, “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SPOKE BY ME, AND HIS WORD WAS ON MY TONGUE. 

2Sa 23:3-4, THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID, THE ROCK OF ISRAEL SPOKE TO ME: ‘HE WHO RULES OVER MEN MUST BE JUST, RULING IN THE FEAR OF GOD. And HE SHALL BE LIKE THE LIGHT OF THE MORNING WHEN THE SUN RISES, A MORNING WITHOUT CLOUDS, LIKE THE TENDER GRASS SPRINGING OUT OF THE EARTH, BY CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN.’

Isa 32:1, BEHOLD, A KING WILL REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PRINCES WILL RULE WITH JUSTICE. 

2Sa 23:5, “ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE IS NOT SO WITH GOD, YET HE HAS MADE WITH ME AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, Ordered in all things and secure. FOR THIS IS ALL MY SALVATION AND ALL MY DESIRE; WILL HE NOT MAKE IT INCREASE?

David knew that his house fell short of being this type of ruler, yet out of David will come One who will rule in righteousness! JESUS!

Isa 60:3, The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. 

Heb 1:8, But to the Son He says: “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER; A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM. 

JESUS IS OUR BLESSED HOPE, OUR MORNING STAR, OUR REDEEMER OUR GUIDING LIGHT! FOR WE FOLLOW HIM FOR HE IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER! AND, HE SHALL BE KING OF ALL THE EARTH, Zechariah 14:9! HE IS COMING!

2Samuel 22, Not our Righteousness!

2Sa 22:21-24, “The LORD rewarded me according to MY RIGHTEOUSNESS; According to the CLEANNESS OF MY HANDS He has recompensed me. FOR I HAVE KEPT THE WAYS OF THE LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His judgments were before me; And as for His statutes, I DID NOT DEPART FROM THEM. I WAS ALSO BLAMELESS BEFORE HIM, AND I KEPT MYSELF FROM MY INIQUITY.

David is not claiming to be perfect for he knows what he did with Uriah & Bathsheba; JUST AS WE KNOW OUR SINS OF THE PAST! THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE!

2Sa 12:13, So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “THE LORD ALSO HAS PUT AWAY YOUR SIN; … 

GOD HAS ALSO PUT AWAY OUR SINS BY PLACING IT ON HIS OWN SON; WHO BORE

THE CROSS FOR US 1Pe 2:24! IT’S NOT OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT SAVES US, BUT HIS

2Co 5:21, FOR HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. 

OUR PAST MAY CONDEMN US IN OUR MINDS THINKING THAT WE ARE NOT WORTHY; WHICH IS TRUE! BUT HE HAS WASHED US FROM OUR SINS AND WE ARE CLEAN IN HIS EYES!

Isa 1:18, …”Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. 

2Samuel 21, The Lamp of GOD!

2Sa 21:15, When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; AND DAVID GREW FAINT.

David was a man of war, yet even the best men grow old!

Psa 73:26, MY FLESH AND MY HEART FAIL; BUT GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART AND MY PORTION FOREVER.

2Sa 21:16-17, Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, … THOUGHT HE COULD KILL DAVID. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “YOU SHALL GO OUT NO MORE WITH US TO BATTLE, LEST YOU QUENCH THE LAMP OF ISRAEL.”

Psa 132:17, There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed. 

Psa 18:28, FOR YOU WILL LIGHT MY LAMP; THE LORD MY GOD WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS. 

DAVID WAS GETTING OLD AND HE ALMOST DIED IN BATTLE! HE WAS ISRAEL’S LIGHT BUT, THE TRUE LIGHT IS THE ONE GUIDING DAVID! JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WHO WILL NEVER DIE! FOR HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE KING OF kings and LORD of lords! JESUS SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH (ZEC 14:9)!

Joh 8:12, Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” 

2Samuel 20, Betrayed by a kiss!

2Sa 20:4, And the king said to Amasa, “Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.” 

There was a rebellion in Israel lead by Sheba. Amasa, the new commander of David’s army, was sent to go after Sheba!

2Sa 20:9-10, THEN JOAB SAID TO AMASA, “Are you in health, my brother?” And JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO KISS HIM. …AND HE STRUCK HIM WITH IT IN THE STOMACH, AND HIS ENTRAILS POURED OUT ON THE GROUND; AND HE DID NOT STRIKE HIM AGAIN. THUS HE DIED.

This is the 2nd commander that Joab had killed! Joab killed Abner, Saul’s commander and now Amasa. He killed Abner by asking if he can speak to him privately 2Sa 3:37. He killed Amasa also by deceiving him WITH A KISS!

Luk 22:48, BUT JESUS SAID TO HIM, “JUDAS, ARE YOU BETRAYING THE SON OF MAN WITH A KISS?” 

JESUS IS THE COMMANDER OF THE LORD’S ARMY, WHO WAS ALSO BETREYED WITH A KISS!

Pro 27:6, Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 

1Ki 2:32, So the LORD will return his blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword—Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, …

JOAB LIVED BY THE SWORD AND DIED BY THE SWORD. OUR SINS ARE NEVER HIDDEN FROM THE LORD! Psalms 69:5

2Samuel 19, Bring back the KING!

2Sa 19:14-15, So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah … SO THAT THEY SENT THIS WORD TO THE KING: “RETURN, YOU AND ALL YOUR SERVANTS!” THEN THE KING RETURNED AND CAME TO THE JORDAN…

GOD WILL NEVER FORCE HIS REIGN ON US, BUT WE MUST WELCOME HIS REIGN! OUR HEARTS MUST BE SWAYED BY THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!

2Sa 19:18-20, …NOW SHIMEI THE SON OF GERA FELL DOWN BEFORE THE KING… DO NOT LET MY LORD IMPUTE INIQUITY TO ME, OR REMEMBER WHAT WRONG YOUR SERVANT DID ON THE DAY THAT MY LORD THE KING LEFT JERUSALEM, THAT THE KING SHOULD TAKE IT TO HEART…FOR I, YOUR SERVANT, KNOW THAT I HAVE SINNED 

This is a picture of us; for with our lifestyles we have curse God and went our own way. But when we come to the knowledge of the truth and understand that our way leads to death, then we must humble ourselves before the KING of kings JESUS!

2Sa 19:21, But Abishai said …, “SHALL NOT SHIMEI BE PUT TO DEATH FOR THIS, BECAUSE HE CURSED THE LORD’S ANOINTED?” 

Eze 18:21-23, “But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; …Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord GOD, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

2Samuel 18, The death of a son!

2Sa 18:7-8, The people of Israel were overthrown there BEFORE THE SERVANTS OF DAVID, AND A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF TWENTY THOUSAND TOOK PLACE THERE THAT DAY… AND THE WOODS DEVOURED MORE PEOPLE THAT DAY THAN THE SWORD DEVOURED.

Absalom started a civil war against his own father David, but the LORD was on the side of David. More men were killed by the woods; Implies that GOD WAS ALSO HELPING DAVID!

2Sa 18:9, …ABSALOM RODE ON A MULE. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; SO HE WAS LEFT HANGING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Deu 21:23, … FOR HE WHO IS HANGED IS ACCURSED OF GOD

ABSALOM RODE ON A MULE AND WAS CAUGHT ON A TREE BY HIS HAIR LEAVING HIM HANGING! JESUS ALSO RODE ON A MULE AND WAS HUNG ON A TREE BUT, ABSALOM DIED FOR HIS SINS WHEREAS JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS!

2Sa 18:33, … “O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—IF ONLY I HAD DIED IN YOUR PLACE! O ABSALOM MY SON, MY SON!” 

IN DAVID’S CRY WE CAN SEE THE CRY OF THE FATHER CRYING FOR HIS LOST SONS. IF ONLY I HAD DIED IN YOUR PLACE!  WHERE DAVID COULD NOT DO, GOD DID! HE DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.

Rom 5:8, BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.