Day 228 Reading Schedule: 1 Chronicles 17-20

1 Chronicles 17: Prophet Nathan’s Messianic Prophecy

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This chapter is the culmination of David's religious work and is the chapter that records the covenant given by God to King David. The first half (verses 1-6), which highlights God's opposition to David's intention to build the temple on his own, and the middle part (verses 7-15), which emphasizes God's covenant that promises to establish the Davidic dynasty forever, and these It consists of the second half (verses 16-27) that depicts David offering a prayer of thanks, moved by God's promise. King David, who had offered sacrifices and hymns of thanks in front of the ark of God, went one step further and wanted to build a permanent house, a temple, for God to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 18: David's Conquests

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This chapter is the first half of David's military ministry, which continues through 1 Chronicles 20, and records the early victories he achieved. This chapter, which shows the success of King David's amazing conquest project, records the first half (verses 1-13) of King David conquering and ruling over all his enemies inside and outside Israel, and the second half (verses 1-13) that mentions the solid administrative system organized by King David (verses 1-13). It consists of verses 14-17). After resolving the chaos within the kingdom and subduing the rebel Philistines, David now embarks on a full-scale conquest thanks to God's eternal promise to the royal family of David. The work progressed smoothly, and in just a few years, the Philistines, Moab, Zoba, Aram, and Edom were subjugated, and all of eastern and western Palestine and all of southern and central Syria became David's territory. This is the fulfillment of the words, ‘Wherever David went, the Lord gave him victory’ (verse 13).

1 Chronicles 19: David conquers Ammon and Aram

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Following the battlefield covering David's first war of conquest against the Canaanites, this chapter records David's second war of conquest against the Ammonites. However, the beginning of this second war of conquest came from something completely unexpected. When Nahash, the king of Ammon at the time, died, David dispatched an envoy to offer condolences. However, Hanun, the son of Nahash, who misunderstood David's pure intentions, insulted the envoy to offer condolences and sent him away (verses 1-5). Afterwards, Hanun, fearing David's retaliation, took Aram as his ally and started a war first, so David A suppression force was dispatched, led by Joab (verses 6-9). At this time, Ammon's ally, Aram, saw the majesty of Israel and fled (verses 10-15). The Aram main camp, seeing this, fought against Israel again, but was destroyed by David and Joab, who personally led the army (verses 16-19).

1 Chronicles 20: David's Conquests

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This chapter is the end of the context that records the progress of David's military ministry. This chapter records the scene where David completely defeated Ammon, went on an expedition against the Philistines, and achieved a great victory. David, who had defeated the Ammonite army, now completely annihilated the Ammonites, the source of the rebellion (verses 1-3). Afterwards, three wars were waged against the Philistines (verses 4-8). The contents of this chapter are excerpts from 2 Samuel 11-21, and provide a supplementary description of King David's continued victories, emphasizing the God who was with David and the God who gave victory to Israel. The reason David especially emphasized the fact that he completely conquered the Ammonites was to clearly show God's grace. However, the background of this chapter includes David's crime through Bathsheba. Although David committed a crime, he was able to completely annihilate the Ammonites because he truly repented.