LESSON TWELVE
   KING DAVID (Continued)

I. THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM

A.	David became King and began to look for a capital.
B.	David's choice was Jerusalem.
C.	It had never been completely in the possession of the Hebrews. 
D.	Jerusalem was centrally located and was suited to be the capital of the kingdom. 
E.	It lay on the border between Judah and Israel and had a good water supply. 
F.		David desired to make Jerusalem the religious capital of the nation.

II. THE ARK PLACED ON MOUNT ZION

A.	David sought to bring the ark to Jerusalem. 
B.	His first attempt was a failure due to a disregard of God's Word.
C.	Rather than have it carried by the Levites, it was put on a new cart.
D.	Uzzah, who touched it and died.  
E.	After this, David brought the ark up to Jerusalem in the proper manner.
F.		He placed the ark in a tent which he had prepared in Jerusalem.

III. DAVID'S DESIRE TO BUILD A TEMPLE

A.	David built a palace but he was not happy because the ark of God rested in a tent.
B.	He planned to build a temple for the ark, but God this. 
C.	This honor would be given to his son, for David was a man of war. 
D.	David's reaction was to voice a prayer of submission and thanksgiving before 			God.
E.	He then gathered substantial quantities of material toward the time when his son 			would build the temple.

IV. A MAN OF WAR

A.	King David was very successful in warfare.
B.	He brought unto his dominion a large tract of country up to the Euphrates River. 
C.	For the first time, the Hebrew territory filled up the whole outline originally 			traced in the promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:18).

V. DAVID'S SIN WITH BATHSHEBA

A.	The darkest blot on the record of David was concerning the sin of adultery and 			murder. While his army was in battle David was at home resting.
B.	He saw Bathsheba washing herself as he looked from a palace window.
C.	He desired her, sent for her, and committed adultery with her. 
D.	When she informed him that she was expecting a child, he had Uriah brought 			home from the battlefront so that he might be with his wife. 
E.	However, Uriah would not go to his home and David assigned him a deadly 			position at the battlefront. 
F.		There he was killed as David planned, and David took Bathsheba as his wife. 
G.	For this serious sin, David was severely punished.
H.	David accepted the rebuke from the prophet Nathan, humbled himself and 				repented. 
I.		However, this did not save him from the judgment of God. 
J.		The child born of Bathsheba died. 
K.	A few lessons that student should learn from this tragic episode in David's life:
1.	One sin generally leads to another. The sin of murder took place as David 	tried to cover up the sin of adultery.
2.	No sin can be covered. The Bible says, "Be sure your sin will find you 	out."
3.	This sin in David's life took place because he was at home, idle. He should 	have been at the battlefront, leading his army. It does not pay to be idle.
4.	David's sin took place because he looked upon Bathsheba. We must be 	very careful what we look upon.
5.	All sin must be judged.
6.	There must be heart-felt confession and repentance before there could be 	forgiveness.
7.	Our sins generally affect others. The results of sin are far reaching and 	others suffer as well as the one who commits the transgression.

VI. ABSALOM

A.	One of David's greatest trials was led by his own son Absalom. 
B.	Absalom was David's third son.
C.	Ammon was the eldest son of King David.
D.	Ammon defiled his own sister, Tamar, and for this Absalom slew him. 
E.	It was probably at this time that the idea of taking the throne presented itself to the 		mind of Absalom. 
F.		Following the murder of Ammon, Absalom fled to Geshur where his mother's 			father Talmai lived. 
G.	After three years Joab persuaded David to permit Absalom's return to Jerusalem.
H.	However, two years had passed before David consented to see and forgave him.
I.		Absalom pretended to take a great interest in people by meeting those with 			problems.
J.		He caused many people to favor him. 
K.	After four years Absalom went to Hebron, assembled his followers and had 			himself anointed King.
L.	With a considerable force of men, he marched north against his father and David 			had to flee.
M.	A battle took place in an area called the "Wood of Ephraim" (II Samuel 18:1-18).
N.	Absalom had gathered a greater number of troops than what David had.
O.	However, David's men seasoned in battle and were superior to Absalom's hastily 			gathered soldiers. 
P.		David's men won a decisive victory. 
Q.	With the battle won, Joab killed Absalom who had become ensnared by his long 			hair in a tree. 
R.	When David learned of this, his reaction was one of great grief. 
S.		Absalom's defeat finished the revolt and David was able to return to Jerusalem.

VII. NUMBERING THE PEOPLE

A.	Another great sin in David's life was his decision to take a census.
B.	The Lord did not want his people to have their trust in their numbers. 
C.	God had told them not to number the people. 
D.	However, David commanded Joab to do so.
E.	This definitely was an act of pride, on the part of David. 
F.		The Bible states that Satan provoked David to do this so this act was directly due 			to Satan's influence upon David. 
G.	Joab tried to show David that this was wrong but David refused to listen.
H.	The record given in II Samuel and I Chronicles states different numbers 
I.		Joab actually didn't complete this census. He did not count the men of Levi and 			Benjamin.
J.		God sent Gad the prophet to David with three choices of punishment, from which 			David was to choose one. 
K.	When he saw the pestilence taking men by the tens of thousands, David begging 			God to let the judgment fall on him and his father's house. 
L.	Sin and disregard for God's Word cannot go unpunished. 
M.	There is no respect of persons with God.
N.	The plague, which killed 70,000 of David's newly counted people, was stopped 			just outside of Jerusalem at the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite, where 			Solomon later built the temple.
O.	In repentance, David purchased the floor and oxen from Araunah and offered 			sacrifices to God.

VIII. DAVID'S DEATH

A.	Toward the close of his life, David handed over to Solomon the immense stores 			which he had set aside for the building of the temple, along with the pattern which 		had been given him by divine revelation. 
B.	By this act, David indicated that Solomon was to succeed him.
C.	Physical weakness and a contest among his sons for the throne marked the last 			days of David.
D.	David reigned for 40 years and was buried on Mount Zion.
E.	His reign was one of the most memorable periods of Israel's history.

LESSON TWELVE
SELF HELP TEST

A. Explain clearly the difference between the record given in II Samuel and I Chronicles in the numbering of Israel. 

B. State clearly the lessons that the student may learn from David's sin with Bathsheba. 

C. Give a brief account of the conspiracy and rebellion of Absolom.