COMMENTARY

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 7:1-16
If our purpose here were teaching rather than preaching, we could spin a wonderful tale of the rise of King David, and of his transformation of the Israelites. We could relate how David brought the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, which was to become known as the city of David, and how David wished to build a splendid tabernacle to house the ark. But more conservative voices prevailed for the time being, and David seems to have conceded for the time. The prophet Nathan persuaded David of this. David became interested in the music of the temple and began a reorganization of that. One tradition holds that David began his early rise to fame as a musician. I have observed, however, that Sunday morning congregations don't desire much biblical backgrou…