2 Samuel 23:1-24:25 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Ruling in the Fear of God
Questions for Study 11

2 Samuel 23:1-24:25
Key Verse: 24:24

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I. Ruling in the Fear of God (23:1-39)

1. Who was David? What is an oracle? What is the source of David's oracle? What two things are important for leaders? (3b) What is it like?

2. What covenant did God make with David? (5a; and 2 Sam. 7:8-16) What truth did he accept in regard to its fulfilment? (5b) How are evil men different? (6-7)

3. Who was the chief of the three and why? Who was the second of the three and why? Who was the third and why? Who was the three's commander and why? (18-19) What trait do these men have in common? (1 Tim. 1:18-19, 6:11-16) Why did David pour out the gift they brought him?

4. HOw could a man become in charge of David's body guard? (20-23) What does the fact the thirty existed tell us about David's leadership? (24-39)

II. I am the One Who Has Sinned (24:1-17)

5. In anger what did the Lord tell David to do? How did David respond? What did Joab remind David? What did they concede to do? (4) What might we learn here? (Zech. 4:6)

6. Follow their journey on a map. (5-9) What happened to David when he got the count? Who did the Lord send to David? What three options did David have? What does David's choice tell us?

7. Was the Lord merciful as David said? What did David do for his people? How is this a change of heart for David?

III. David Builds an Altar (24:18-26)

8. What did the Lord tell David to do? How did David respond?

9. What could David have done with so many men with him? What does the fact that he proposed to by the land say about him?

10. What did Araunah propose? What did David say was the reason he paid Araunah? How did the Lord respond to David's sacrifice? What can we learn from him? (Ex. 23:15b; Luke 19:20-27)