Category: 2 Samuel

After God’s promises to David described in chapter 7, Second Samuel describes the advance of David’s kingdom as God started to fulfil, in a preliminary way, the promises that God would ultimately fulfil in Christ’s Kingdom.

Yet despite all the good God had done, he was not done yet. All of God’s goodness to date was a “small thing” and God had plans for his “servant’s house for a great while to come” (v.19). He also described this as “instruction for mankind” recognising that the implications went far beyond himself and…