Illustrated bible History - Catholic Apologetics Information

and his army '? ltThat (lid Da~rid say he tivould do? What clid hie
Illan say ? 18. Wllst did Il~e king command Joab and his oflicers to
do ? What happened to Absa1olom's army? What happened to him-
#elf? 11. TV'I1at did Toztb do whcii vord JV\'~B brought to hitn?
\Vl~at was ilollo wjth AbesIom's body 7 12. IYl~nt did David ask
when he heard of Absalom's defeat? What did 11e do when told
that Ab~alom nrns dead? l$. What clid the ~jeoplc of Jerurralem do
wlten they hcnrtl of David's victory 3 In what ci~.cumstnncee uf
his life does Uavid present a very et~ilring figure uf Chriat?
CHAPTER LVII.
Precious in the sight; of the Lord is tlre dcatli of I-lie sainte.
-PS. 115, 15.
AVID was thirty years 015 ~vhelz he ast:cncledthc throne
D of Israel, and ilo rcigncd forty )-cars in honur and
glory. l\%en thc tiinc of his dcat.tIi tlrcw nonr, hc gathcrcci
togc+i,l~cr ille priilces of Isrtcl, aircl told tllc111 th:lt IJC had
itltc~~cldcd io tnild a house to the Tmd, and Iiacl prepascd all
tllc l~latcrials for a new tc~nple ; IIU~ tlint 111~3 Lord had not
nllorvocl lliiil to carry out Hi8 pln11, because 11c had shed much
blood in liis many battles.
2. The I~uilding of tlla tcmple was rcserverl for Solomon,
his son, ~vhosc Iring~loi~l sllo~~lrl bc grcnt nnil powerful if !!c
moul (l be faithf~~l to tl~e co1nm~und1nc?11ts of God. I)nvid,
tl-~c?rcfore, exl~orled his ~011 to scrw Coci wit11 a gond will,
beamso the Lord sonnds the depths of hearts and pr?netratcs
thc tl~oughts of men, IT thou secIc Him," said Dayid,
" thou sllt~It find Him ; kut if tIiou fors:tl~c I-Tim, He will
cast illcc off firrcver."
3, David then gnye to his fion gold m1d silver for the resst!ls
of the tsa~~ctuary, together with the p1:m of the tcn~ple
ni~d its ~)~ccincts, and said 10 Iiim : "All tl~cso il~jngs came to
nle written by 8 0 hnotl of tlw Lned. Act lilirt n man, take
courage and fcar not ; for the Lord tny God will be with thee,