Specifically, David asks if there is anyone left of the house of Saul to whom David can “show kindness for Jonathan’s sake” ( 9:1). These chapters about war are interrupted by 2 Samuel 9, which returns to the topic of Saul’s family. Wars and KindnessĢ Samuel 8 provides a quick review of David’s success in war against the Philistines, the Moabites, and the Arameans, and 2 Samuel 10 sets the stage for David’s fall by recounting details of the war against the Ammonites. And, as David and Bathsheba learn, grace does not erase consequences.

Grace can scrape you up and leave you raw grace can be painful when it shines a light onto what you would rather keep in the dark. Additionally, grace is not something that is always warm and fuzzy.

In fact, grace may be all the more abundant and apparent in weakness.

David’s fall from grace, however, does not mean that he loses God’s grace. And we will be reminded that these biblical characters who are chosen and beloved by God are also frail and human. We may lose something in our admiration for David, but we will gain believability in the story that is told so honestly and unsparingly. These chapters move from the heights of the glorious Davidic covenant in 2 Samuel 7 to the depths of David’s mistakes.

What does fall from grace mean