This week we look at 1 Chronicles 11-12
Anointed (11:1-3)
- Bone and flesh
- The role he was already doing
- Recognising God’s Word
- David as shepherd king
- Covenant
Jerusalem (11: 4-10)
- This is actually 7 years in to his reign 2 Samuel 5:5
- Jebusites, one of the 7 stronger nations God gave into Israel’s hand
- Failure to drive out Jebusites (Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:21)
Jerusalem is in Benjamin, whereas Hebron = a city of Judah. Jerusalem is a crucial symbol of David uniting the kingdom and replacing Saul’s dynasty
- Joab comes to prominence
Mighty Men (11:10-47)
Early followers of David
The inner circle – the three and the thirty
Note -these are represented by their own heroic deeds
- The three (11:10-14)
- Three chiefs of the forty (11:15-19)
- Abishai (11:20-21)
- Benaiah (11:22-25)
- The main cohort “The Thirty (11:26-27)
Joining David (12:1-22)
- A Growing army as power shifts from Saul to David
Intent (12:23-40)
- The kingdom is handed over
Faithroots 