Judges and the United Kingdom
God’s Covenant with David
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WHAT HAPPENED
The event
God promised David that his royal house and kingdom would have an enduring future beyond his lifetime.
WHY IT MATTERS
Its place in the story
The Davidic covenant creates the biblical expectation of a righteous eternal King fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.”
2 Samuel 5:10
“And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.”
2 Samuel 11:27
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