The death of David is not recorded in 2 Samuel, but it is recorded in 1 Kings 2:1-12, where he gives some final instructions to Solomon. In the 23rd chapter of 2nd Samuel, we are given David’s final psalm and a list of his greatest soldiers, but why does David list these two things? Well, it seems that as David reflected upon his life, he believed that his success as a king was tied to two things:
•Vs. 1-7 God’s faithfulness towards him
•Vs. 8-39 The people God placed around him
The next two chapters conclude the life of David’s, but it’s easy to forget that the Lord spent over 30 years training him:
• He sent David first to shepherd school
• Next David spent some years in military school
• Finally David spent some time in flight school as he was fleeing from Saul.
Martin Lloyd Jones said, “It is a tragic thing when a young man succeeds before they are ready for it.” A.W. Towzer was found saying, “Never follow any leader until you see the oil on their forehead.” Hey saints, it is good to be educated by men, but far better to be trained by the Lord. In Acts 4:13, we are told that the religious leaders of the day heard the words of Peter and John; they “perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men; they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.”