Our reading in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles today are, obviously, about the same historical events. History is in the eye of the beholder and God used their observations to give us His Word. "Men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." 2 Peter 1:21 (NASB) God spoke through their personalities, their vocabulary, and their observations of things happening around them. It is a common misconception, when we say that the Bible is the Word of God and the WORDS of God, to believe that God dictated it through the equivalent of human robots. How out of His character that would be! He gave them intelligence and abilities, which along with their life experiences prepared them for God's purposes.
Why was David a great king? The answer, in the midst of such widespread victory, is found in Psalm 20: Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 20:7 (NLT)
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