We read this chapter, and we don’t want Uzzah to die. But if only people had listened to God, this need not have happened. God doesn’t leave his worship up to us to do as we think best. He sets out in exact detail what he requires. God had laid down clear regulations about how the ark was to be […]

In this chapter we see what’s most important to David. Last week we saw him enthroned as king. This week we see that one of his big priorities after that is worship. Worship hadn’t been a priority in the days of Saul. In 1st Chronicles 13 David gathers the leaders of the people and says ‘let us bring again the […]

The Philistines, it seems, were happy enough when David was just king over Judah. While there was civil war between Israel and Judah, God’s people were obviously in a weak position. But this united kingdom is a far bigger threat to the Philistines, and so they go on the offensive. But David, in reliance on God, and with the blessing […]