CONCLUSION OF 2 SAMUEL=Chapters 21 Through 24
( For MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy)=8-09-2026
SUMMARY AND LESSONS 21 Through 24
=These FINAL four chapters=Bring DAVID’S REIGN=to a close=
They CONTAIN=stories of justice=battles=DAVID’S SONG OF
PRASE=and
HIS FINAL WORDS=and the census=That RESULTS in his
judgment=ALL of it
Together=EMPHASIZE GOD’S holiness=his JUSTICE=His mercy and
FAITHFULNESS=
And of DAVID’S DEPENDENCE on him
2 SAMUEL 21=Famine=Justine=and VICTORY
=A 3-years famine=Comes Upon Israel=David SEEKS the Lord=and
LEARNS
That the famine=Is CONNECTED to Saul’s earlier
action=Against the Gibeonites
=David ASKS the Gibeonites=What can be done=TO MAKE THINGS
RIGHT=
Seven descendants of Saul=are handed over=and the FAMINE=eventually ends
This chapter RECORDS several battles=Against the
Philistines=and DAVID’S warriors=
DEFEAT several Philistine warriors=INCLUDING descendants of
the GIANT Goliath
THE MAIN LESSON=God takes JUSTICE seriously=and at the SAME
TIME=this chapter
SHOWS=That Israel’s victories=WERE ultimately depending=ON
GOD’S HELP
The KEY THOUGHT=UNRESOLVED WRONGDOING=can have SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES=
But Seeking God=is the RIGHT RESPONSE=When we face difficult
circumstances
CHAPTER 22=DAVID’S SONG OF PRAISE
=This chapter CONTAINS=a beautiful song=David GIVES to the
LORD=
After God delivers him=From his enemies and from Saul
= IN THIS SONG=David describes God=as his
ROCK=HIS FORTRESS=HIS DELIVERER=His shield=his refuge=and as
HIS STRONGHOLD
=David REMEMBERS=How he Cried out to God=and how God
RESCUED HIM
=THE CENTRAL MESSAGE=God is FAITHFUL=to those
Who TRUST IN HIM
=David does NOT=take credit=for his VICTORIES=He RECOGNIZES
That his strength=and his SUCCESS=Comes from the LORD
THE MAIN LESSON=WHEN God brings us=Through DIFFICULT
TIMES=We
Should REMEMBER=to Thank him=and to Give him THE GLORY
Chapter 23=DAVID’S LAST WORDS=and his Mighty MEN
=David’s Final WORDS are RECORDED=at the beginning of the
chapter=and
He speaks of=GOD’S COVENANT with him=and RECOGNIZES=That God
has
ESTABLISHED his royal house
=David DECLARES=That the RIGHTEOUS RULER=is like the=LIGHT
of the morning=
WHEN the sun rises
=The REMAINDER of this chapter=Lists David’s MIGHTY WARRIORS=who
FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY =along side of him
=And they are=
Josheb-Basshebeth=Eleazar=Shammah=Abishai=and Benaiah
=These men PERFORMED=extraordinary acts of COURAGE=and
HELPED
Establish David’s Kingdom
THE MAIN LESSON=God often ACCOMPLISHES GREAT THINGS=through
Faithful people=Who are WILLING to serve COURAGEOUSLY
DAVID’S STORY=reminds us=That LEADERSHIP is never
accomplished ALONE
Chapter 24=of 2 SAMUEL=and the FINAL CHAPTER
=David ORDERS a Census of Israel and Judah=Joab carries out
The command=Although he questions it
=Afterward=DAVID REALIZES=That he has SINNED=and asks God
To FORGIVE HIM
=God gives David=3 POSSIBLE JUDGMENTS=David CHOOSES to
Fall into=The hands of the LORD=since he knows=GOD IS
MERCIFUL
=A devastating plague=COMES upon Israel=But God
STOPS THE JUDGMENT
=David then BUYS=the threshing floor of Araunah=and BUILDS
AN ALTAR to the Lord=He refuses to offer something=That
costs
Him nothing
=The Judgment is STOPPED=and the chapter=and the BOOK ENDS
WITH David Worshiping God
THE MAIN LESSON=is
That DAVID’S SIN=shows the danger=OF PRIDE and MISPLACED
CONFIDENCE=
But his response=also demonstrates REPENTANCE=He ADMITS his
wrongdoing=
And TURNS back to God
MAJOR THEMES of CHAPTERS 21 Through 24
=GOD IS JUST=
He does NOT ignore wrongdoing=JUSTICE MATTERS TO HIM
=GOD IS OUR DELIVERER=
David REPEATEDLY recognizes=That his victories=COME
FROM the lord
=GOD DESERVES OUR PRAISE
Chapter 22 is very POWERFUL=as David looks back=OVER HIS
LIFE=and
PRAISES God=for his faithfulness
=GOD USES PEOPLE=
David’s mighty men=DEMONSTRATE how God=CAN ACCOMPLISH
HIS PURPOSES=through courageous and faithful SERVANTS
=PRIDE Can=LEAD US=Away from God
David’s CENSUS REMINDS US=That success can TEMPT US=to
DEPEND on our own strength=RATHER THAN GOD
=GOD IS MERCIFUL
Even when David sins=He DISCOVERS=That GOD’S MERCY=
Is greater than his failure
OVERALL MESSAGE of 2 SAMUEL
=2 SAMUEL=Tells the story=OF DAVID’S RISE to KING=his
victories=
HIS SERIOUS FAILURES=his family troubles=and of HIS
CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP
With God
=David is=NOT A PERFECT MAN=but he learns to
RETURN TO GOD=which leads us=to
AN IMPORTANT TRUTH
=God is FAITHFUL to us=EVEN when we FAIL
THE LIFE of David=DEMONSTRATES BOTH=the consequences of sin=and
THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S MERCY
=And David’s REIGN=POINTS forward to
THE COMING of the Messiah=and ETERNAN KING=who would
COME through David’s FAMILY LINE
2-21-24 of SAMUEL=IN ONE SENTENCE
=God is JUST and HOLY=and MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL=so we should
LEARN to TRUST HIM=and REPENT when we FAIL=and always give
him THE GLORY
For his FAITHFULNESS
Rpw for MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy
8-09-2026=9PM
