March 24, 2021: Day 18 – I Chronicles 14

We find the legend of King David growing and increasing and some of his battles against the Philistines are recounted here.  Before he goes into battle against the Philistines he asks God whether he should go against them or not.  He wanted to be sure that he wasn’t doing things just on his own but rather that God would help him with it.  He prays before the first battle and God says yes, go ahead, I will give you the victory.  He prays the second time and God says no, but do it this way, and then God gives him the victory.  

After all of this it becomes pretty evident that David is indeed the King and that his power is increasing.  But notice that he recognizes that he has become King “for the sake of his people of Israel.”  As a result we read that he takes a lot more wives and has a lot more kids.  One of those children, pretty important here, is Solomon.  He’s going to be someone of importance, actually he will be the successor.