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NASB | 1 Samuel 13:14 "But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 13:14 "But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man (David) after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as leader and ruler over His people, because you have not kept (obeyed) what the LORD commanded you." |
Bible Question: We read in 1 Samuel that David is a man after God's own heart. As we read along in Samuel we see that David can be a liar and raid towns killing all the men and women that live there stealing their possession and keeping them for himself and his men. He has this huge problem of just killing Saul but has no problem killing innocent men and women because he afraid they might tell on him. What does this really tell us about the nature of God? |
Bible Answer: 1 Samuel3:14 States that David is a man after Gods own heart,these are words straight from the mouth of God.This wasnt Samuels opinion or any other mans opinion.This is what says and what God says goes.Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie,Nor a son of man,that he should repent;Has He said,and will he not do it? Or has He spoken,and will He not make it good? This verse speaks volumes about God's nature. God never said David was perfect. We see through out the bible where great men of God got into sin,but in the majority of cases they repented and returned to God. Because David was a man after Gods own heart there was no question about what he had to do about his sin and that was to repent and turn to God.Read Psalms,it gives a great account of how David battled with sin and it also gives account of his heart to deal with his sin in a Godly manner. God always forgave him. We have a great overview throughout the entire bible of where man is at with God and what people need to do to get right with God.It was no different in Davids day. It's not that David didnt have a problem with killing people,he had very hard choices to make,and you better believe that the physical and spiritual well being of Gods people were at the heart of most of the decisions and choices he made.Go back and look at how and why wars were fought.Look at why God would send his people into battle. I think if you do this things will be much clearer for you. |
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