圣经问答：撒母耳记下第十七课
一。撒母耳记下23章：大卫王的遗言及他的勇士
1. 大卫王的遗言以什么为主题？（也许这是大卫最后一首诗。）
2. 不同的解经家对大卫王的勇士有不同的看法。NIV Study Bible 把这些人分为三组：8-12节，13-23节，及23-39节。别的解经家认为只有三个勇士（一组）。请列出第一组之人的名字。
3. 大为王渴望喝什么水？
4. 三位勇士怎么样去取此水？
5. 大卫王为什么不喝此水？
6. 大卫用此水做了什么？
7. 请述说亚比筛做了什么事情才得了名。
8. 甲薛勇士做了什么事情才得了名。
9. 您认为约押为什么没有被列出名字来?
10. 24-39节：那么多人中，有没有您曾未听说的人？
二。撒母耳记下24章：大卫王数算军队：犯罪，悔改
1. 我们不知道第24章所记载的是什么时候发生的，但，大概是押沙龙事件及约押暗杀亚玛撒之后。这件事情也记载在历代志上21章；请参阅。年份是公元前980年前后。
2. 1节：“耶和华又向以色列人发怒”。请找出前几次耶和华向以色列人發怒。
3. 1节：“耶和华又向以色列人发怒，就激动大卫，使他吩咐人去数点以色列人和犹大人”。但，历代志上21:1的记载是：“撒但起来攻击以色列人，激动大卫数点他们”。这两句话是否表示圣经的记载包括矛盾？不是。历代志的作者也读过撒母耳记下，所以它可以不要写“撒但起来…”。这两句话不矛盾，而是证明虽然撒旦的权势很大，连撒旦的所作所为都在天上上帝的权威之下，而受神约束。英文的形容词是 sovereignty，意思是，在宇宙之中，神是最大的权威。请注意：圣经说得很清楚请，“人被试探，不可说‘我被神试探’；因为神不能被恶试探，他也不试探任何人。每一个人受试探，都是被自己的私欲所勾引诱惑的。私欲怀了胎，就生出罪；罪长成了，就产生死亡”（雅各书1:13-15新译本）。请用自己的说法解释和描述神怎么样才会“…激动大卫，使他吩咐人去数点以色列人和犹大人”。（有关撒旦存在于耶和华神的权威之下，请参看约伯记1:6-12及2:1-7。）
4. 1节：“耶和华又向以色列人发怒，就激动大卫，使他们受害，说：‘你去数点一下以色列和犹大的人数吧！’”（新译本）。大卫准备要做什么？
5. 3节：约押为什么反对大卫的命令？
6. 能拔刀的勇士共有多少人？
7. 大卫“心中自责”；为什么？
8. 大卫王究竟犯了什么罪？此问题有一点难说。也许大卫心里认为军人多，权力大。但是神再三地告诉大卫他就是大卫的力量、保障、盾牌等。大卫应该依靠天上的神，而不依赖自己的军队，自己的聪明，自己的能力。以色列不属于大卫；以色列属于神。以色列的军队并不是大卫王的，乃是耶和华神的。只有神才有资格“去数点以色列人和犹大人”。请参阅出埃及记30:12！大卫应该知道此经文（诫命）！您认为怎么样呢？
9. 11节：神差派哪位先知去见大卫？在此“先知”又称为___ ___。
10. 神给大卫哪三个选择？
11. 大卫选了哪样？为什么？
12. 之后呢？
13. 16-17节：“当天使向___ ___ ___ ___伸手，要___ ___耶路撒冷的时候，耶和华就___ ___降这灾祸，就对那毁灭众民的天使说：“___ ___，现在___ ___吧！”那时，耶和华的天使在耶布斯人亚劳拿的打禾场那里。大卫看见那击杀人民的天使，就对耶和华说：“犯了罪的是我，行了恶的是___，这群羊又作了什么呢？求你的手攻击我和我的父家吧！”（新译本）。在此我们看见大卫是什么样的人？
14. 大卫向耶布斯人亚荣拿要什么？亚荣拿的反应是什么？
15. 大卫王是否接受了亚荣拿的高见？ 为什么？
16. 大卫王献祭的结果呢？
17. 在此，大卫提供了很好的原则给我们，是什么？
18. 之后，此块地被用来做什么？（参看历代志上21:24-22:5。）
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2 Samuel 23: The Final Words of King David, and David’s Mighty Men
1. What is/are the subjects(s) of David’s final words? (Perhaps this was David’s final poem.)
2. Different Biblical scholars have differing viewpoints about King David’s mighty men. The NIV Study Bible divides these men into three groups: vs. 8-12, vs. 13-23, and vs. 23-39. Other Bible scholars believe there were only three “mighty men” (one group). List the men in the first section.
3. For what water did King David thirst?
4. How did the three mighty men obtain the water?
5. Why did King David not drink the water?
6. What did King David do with the water?
7. What did Abishai do to become a “mighty man”?
8. What did Benaiah do to become a “mighty man”?
9. Why do you think Joab was not listed among the “mighty men”?
10. Vs. 24-39: Is there anyone listed of whom you have heard?
2 Samuel 24: King David Counts the Military, Sins, Repents
1. We do not know when 2 Samuel took place, but it probably was after incident with Absalom and after Joab murdered Amasa. See also 1 Chronicles 21 for another record of these events. The time is about 980 B.C.
2. Vs. 1: “Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel…” Find earlier examples in the Bible when God’s anger kindled against Israel.
3. “Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, ‘Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.’” However, 1 Chronicles 21:1 says, “Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel.” Do these two sentences indicate that there is a contradiction in the Bible? No. The author of 1 Chronicles had read 2 Samuel, and so he could have not written “Satan stood up…” These two sentences are not contradictory, rather they affirm that even though Satan is very powerful, even he comes under the authority of the God of heaven, and is limited by God. The English word is “sovereignty,” and it means that God is the utmost authority in the universe. Note: The Bible says clearly that “No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; then, when that desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and that sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death” (James 1:13-15 NRSV). ” [The New Chinese Translation is given.] Explain and describe in your own words how God could incite David to “Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.” (Regarding Satan’s being under the authority of God, see Job 1:6-12 and 2:1-7.)
4. Vs. 1: “Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, ‘Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.’” [The New Chinese Translation is given.] What did David prepare to do?
5. Vs. 3: Why did Joab oppose David’s order?
6. What was the total number of those able to draw the sword?
7. Why was David stricken to the heart?
8. What was David’s sin? This question is a bit difficult. Perhaps David thought that a large army meant power. However, God told David over and over that he was his strength, his guarantor and his shield. David should rely on God, not on his own military, his own intelligence, and his own power. Israel did not belong to David; Israel belonged to God. Israel’s military did not belong to King David, but to the Lord God. Only God was qualified to call for a numbering of Israel! See Exodus 30:12! David should have known this Scripture (this commandment)! What do you think about this?
9. Vs. 11: What prophet did God send to David? What other word is used here for prophet?
10. What three choices did God give David?
11. Which did David choose? Why?
12. What happened next?
13. Vs. 16-17: “But when the angel stretched out his hand toward J___________ to d________ it, the LORD r_________ concerning the evil, and said to the angel who was bringing destruction among the people, “It is e_______; now s_____ your hand.” The angel of the LORD was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. When David saw the angel who was destroying the people, he said to the LORD, “____ alone have sinned, and I alone have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house” (NRSV). What kind of person do we see here that David is?
14. What did David want from Araunah the Jebusite? What was Araunah’s response?
15. Did King David accept Araunah’s suggestion? Why?
16. What was the result of King David’s sacrifice?
17. Herewith David gives us a very good principle; what is it?
18. Later on, for what was this piece of ground used? (See 1 Chronicles 21:24-22:5.)
圣经问答
撒母耳记下第十七课
撒母耳记下22章：大卫颂赞神之诗歌
撒母耳记下23章：大卫王数算军队：犯罪，悔改
Bible Study Questions: 2 Samuel Lesson Seventeen
2 Samuel 22: David’s Song of Praise
2 Samuel 23: David Counts the Military–Sins and Repents
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