DAVID PREPARED the way for his son, Solomon, to take the throne and build the Temple. As well see in the months ahead, our best laid plans dont guarantee a smooth, trouble-free life.

DAVIDS CAPACITY for self-examination is remarkable. Many powerful people throughout history found it difficult, if not impossible, to admit flaws and learn from mistakes.

ONE OF THE hardest things you can do is give thanks to God in the middle of trouble.

DAVID WAS NOT a good father. Thats obvious from the way his own children treated each otherand him.

TALK ABOUT ingratitude: Davids son Absalom, whod fled to his grandfathers kingdom of Geshur, returned to Jerusalem after a two-year exile and apparently began scheming to remove David from the thro

THE PSALMS this week follow our chronological reading order, meaning they were written by David after he was confronted by the prophet Nathan for conspiring to kill Uriah the Hittite so that David cou

DAVIDS PLOY to take the wife of Uriah the Hittite is another story that shows that the Bible has not been cleaned up to make the humans used by God look more, well, saintly.

THE TONE of this weeks psalms seems odd given the military victories of David that we studied last week.

DAVIDS KINGDOM faced a strong test from his neighbors to the east and north as a coalition of Ammonites and Arameans tried to take down the new Israelite kingdom.

DAVIDS KINGDOM expanded outward in all directions, possibly reaching as far as the Euphrates in northern Syria.