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2 Samuel (Reformed Expository Commentary | REC)

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, 2018
ISBN: 9781629954585
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Overview

Blessed through God’s anointing, King David binds together a broken nation and gives his people victory—until, distracted, he is overcome by sin. The sword of God’s judgment then falls on David and his house, but even as David is humbled, he returns penitently to the Lord.

Richard Phillips’s expository commentary carries us with David up to the heights and down to the depths, noting the lessons for our faith today—forgiveness doesn’t cancel consequences; leadership doesn’t exclude accountability; even flawed characters can end well—and exalting Jesus Christ, David’s greater Son, as the true King our salvation requires.

As are all Reformed Expository Commentaries, this book is accessible to both pastors and lay readers. Each volume in the series gives careful attention to the biblical text, is doctrinally Reformed, focuses on Christ through the lens of redemptive history, and applies the Bible to our contemporary setting.

Key Features

  • Presents readers with a Christ-centered commentary
  • Explores the structure, backgrounds and historical context of 2 Samuel
  • Includes material well suited for pastors and students

Top Highlights

“David acted in this strange but godly way for two reasons. The first is that he knew that God is displeased by a heart that is vengeful, even against one’s enemies.” (Pages 8–9)

“Fourth, God’s covenants are eternally secure and unbreakable in the sovereign will of God’s grace” (Page 153)

“A second cause of David’s sin was his willingness to abuse power” (Page 203)

“John Calvin points out that Joab cites the two causes for which a nation may justly initiate war: ‘the good and common safety of the people, and the honour of God.’9 All other reasons for starting a war, other than the protection of assailed people and the freedom of religion, are illegitimate and unjust in God’s sight.” (Page 194)

“‘the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by Himself, and so limited by His own revealed will, that He may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men.’” (Page 113)

Praise for the Print Edition

Second Samuel contains enough political intrigue and scandal to fill a tabloid. Yet behind the machinations of kings stands the King who is preparing a kingdom for his Son. Rick Phillips unveils that kingdom with clear teaching and pointed application. Here is a sermonic commentary designed not only to educate, but to edify. It admirably succeeds in both.

—Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids

In his kind providence, our Lord has provided a significant resource, once again, through a commentary from Rick Phillips. As in his other works, this commentary reads devotionally, yet challenges the mind to think deeply in the Word of God about the God of the Word. Amazingly, I can commend this to any believer for devotional reading, to the preacher for sermon development, and to the serious Bible student who longs to embrace the depth and height of God’s grace revealed in his Word.

—Harry L. Reeder III, Pastor-Teacher, Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham

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About Richard D. Phillips

Richard D. Phillips (MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church of Greenville, South Carolina. He is a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, chairman of the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, and coeditor of the Reformed Expository Commentary series.

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