What indication do you find in chapter 18 concerning:
(a) David’s heart attitude towards God, and
(b) the way in which he exercised authority as King?
What in turn did God do for him?
How may we enjoy similar God-given blessing?
How do chapter 19 and 20 show what grave consequences may arise out of a misunderstanding and what retribution may result from an act of folly?
What good qualities are seen in Joab in these chapters?
How, then, did he come to the sad end described in 1 Kgs. 2:31, 32, 34.
