2 Samuel 24 — David and God

Read

2 Samuel 24:1-25

EXPLORE

1. What stands out to you about this passage?

2. Why do you think it was sin for David to take a census? Notice the passage doesn’t provide a clear answer. (consider 1 Samuel 16:7 as you explore this)

3. Take a look at 24:11-17.

a. what’s significant about David’s answer in v.14?

b. what does v.17 reveal about the heart of David?

4. Notice what Gad the seer tells David to do in v.18 and where he instructs him to do it. What’s significant about this location? (consult 2 Chronicles 3:1)

5. The narrator could have ended the book with Ch. 22:1-23:7 (David’s song of praise to the Lord) or Ch. 23:8-39 (a tribute to great men of valor), but instead the author ends it with Chapter 24. Why do you think the narrator chose to end 1-2 Samuel with this story?

Apply

1. How does your answer to either 3a or 5 above change how you live?

2. What attribute of God has emerged most clearly as you’ve studied 1-2 Samuel, and how does this change how you view yourself/your relationship to Him?

3. How has the Holy Spirit used 1-2 Samuel to train you in righteousness? What new desires and disciplines has He given you to pursue?

4. How has the Holy Spirit used 1-2 Samuel to encourage you or cause you to exalt Jesus more?

Pray

• for one another, our church, our city