II Samuel 6. David officiated in the office
of a Priest כהן , the Aaronic Levitical order,
during the time in which he initiated and
presided over the bringing up of the
Ark of the LORD ארון יהוה to
Mount Zion הר ציון in Jerusalem.
He also officiated in this office during
the setting up and establishing the Ark
on Mount Zion in the tabernacle which
he built for it.
This is prophetic because David was
from the tribe of Judah יהודה and not
from the tribe of Levi לוי .
1. In II Samuel 6:14 David wore the
linen ephod, the garment of the priests.
“And David danced before the LORD
with all his might;
And David was girded with a linen ephod.”
ודוד מכרכר בכל עז
לפני יהוה
ודוד חגור אפוד בד:
2. In II Samuel 6:17 David offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings to the LORD.
“And they brought in the Ark of the LORD,
and set it in its place,
in the midst of the tabernacle
that David had pitched for it:
And David offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before the LORD. “
ויבאו את ארון יהוה
ויצגו אתו במקומו
בתוך האהל
אשר נטה לו דוד:
ויעל דוד עלות
לפני יהוה ושלמים:
3. In II Samuel 6:18 David blessed
the people [ALL of Israel (II Samuel 6:15)]
in the NAME of the LORD of Hosts.
“ And as soon as David had made an end
of offering burnt offerings
and peace offerings,
he blessed the people
in the NAME of the LORD of Hosts.“
ויכל דוד מהעלות
ויברך את העם
בשם יהוה צבאות:
Why did HASHEM allow David
to perform the functions of the
Cohenim כוהנים when HASHEM
had specifically declared that these
functions were reserved ONLY for
Aaron and his sons?
The answer is that the Messiah,
who was to spring out of the loins of David,
was prophesied to fill the office
of BOTH the kingמלך and the priest כהן.
Zechariah the Prophet declares
in Zechariah 6:12-13:
“And speak to him, saying,
Thus speaks the LORD of Hosts, saying,
Behold the man
whose name is The BRANCH צמח
and he shall grow up out of this place,
and he shall build
the temple of the LORD:
Even he shall build the
temple of the LORD;
and he shall bear the glory,
and shall sit and rule
upon his throne;
and he shall be a priest
upon his throne:
and the counsel of peace
shall be between them both.”
ואמרת אליו לאמר
כה אמר יהוה צבאות לאמר
ומתחתיו יצמח
ובנה את היכל יהוה:
והוא יבנה את היכל יהוה
והוא ישא הוד
וישב ומשל על כסאו
והיה כהן
על כסאו
ועצת שלום תהיה בין שניהם:
And again it is declared
concerning the Messiah
in Psalm 110:4:
“The LORD has sworn
and will not repent,
You are a priest כהן forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”
נשבע יהוה
ולא ינחם
אתה כהן לעולם
על דברתי מלכי צדק:
The Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע ,
who is the son of David,
stepped into the function
and office of the Cohen כהן
when he fulfilled the prophesies
of the Prophet Isaiah
in Isaiah 53:4,5,8:
“Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows:
But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace
was upon him;
and with his stripes
we are healed.
The LORD has laid upon him
the iniquity of us all.
For the transgression of my people
was he stricken.”
אכן חלינו הוא נשא
ומכאבינו סבלם:
והוא מחלל מפשעינו
מדכא מעונתינו
מוסר שלומנו עליו
ובחברתו נרפא לנו:
ויהוה הפגיע בו
את עון כלנו:
מפשע עמי נגע למו:
Thus the Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע
fulfilled the prophecy
of the Prophet Daniel
in Daniel 9:24 when he
“Finished the transgression,
made an end of sins,
made reconciliation for iniquity,
and brought in everlasting righteousness.”
ל כלא הפשע
ולחתם חטאות
ולכפר עון
ולהביא צדק עולמים:
He then fulfils the position as king
when the Prophet Isaiah says
in Isaiah 53:10:
“And the pleasure of the LORD
shall prosper in his hand.”
וחפץ יהוה בידו יצליח:
Part II The House of G-d.
II Samuel 7. David wanted to build
a House for the Ark of the LORD.
“And it came to pass,
when the king sat in his house,
And the LORD had given him rest round about
from all his enemies;
That the king said to Nathan the prophet,
See now, I dwell in an house of cedar,
but the Ark of G-d dwells within curtains.”
ויהי כי ישב המלך בביתו
ויהוה הניח לו מסביב
מכל איביו:
ויאמר המלך אל נתן הנביא
ראה נא אנכי יושב בבית ארזים
וארון האלהים ישב בתוך היריעה:
HASHEM saw the heart of David
and at this point gave to him
the promise of the Messiah.
The Messiah would come out
of David’s bowels;
he would set up his throne
in the house of David;
and he would rule and reign
over all Israel forever.
Moreover HASHEM says to David
in II Samuel 7:11
“Also the LORD tells you that
He will make you a house.”
והגיד לך יהוה
כי בית יעשה לך יהוה:
This word HASHEM fulfilled
when he raised from the dead
the Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע
on the third day.
HASHEM built David a house
in the form of a new
resurrection body when he
raised his son from the dead.
Then he says to David
II Samuel 7:16
“And your house and your kingdom
shall be established forever
before you:
your throne shall be established forever.”
ונאמן ביתך וממלכתך
עד עולם לפניך
כסאך יהיה נכון עד עולם:
This can only be when
he raises David from the dead.
This was the great promise that
David trusted in during his latter years.
HASHEM goes on to say
“He shall build a house for my name,
and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom forever.”
II Samuel 7:14.
הוא יבנה בית לשמי
וכננתי את כסא
ממלכתו עד עולם:
This was David’s great
hope and his great trust,
for he said
“For your word’s sake,
and according to your own heart,
you have done these great things,
to make your servant know them.”
בעבור דברך וכלבך
עשית את כל הגדולה הזאת
להודיע את עבדך:
David saw them already done
in the eyes of a prophet
in the Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע .
Part III The Wars of David and of the Messiah.
II Samuel 8. David extended the border of
Israel to the river Euphrates.
“David smote also Hadadezer,
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,
as he went to recover his border
at the river Euphrates.”
ויך דוד את הדדעזר
בן רחב מלך צובה
בלכתו להשיב ידו בנהר:
These are the borders
established by HASHEM
to the Messiah for Israel.
2. The name of the Messiah
which is Yeshua (Jesus) is given
after the FIRST SET OF WARS.
II Samuel 8:6.
“And the LORD ‘yesha’ ‘et’
or saved, preserved, gave success,
to David where ever he went.”
וישע יהוה את דוד
בכל אשר הלך:
This phrase contains the root of
name of the Messiah ‘Yesha’ ישע
in a formula of three words, all attesting
that the Messiah was working
with David to give him victory
over all his enemies in all his military battles.
Yesha ישע -Adonai יהוה – ET את
1. 2. 3.
3. 2. 1.
The phrase said in reverse order reveals
the Messiah Yeshua at work in these battles.
Notice that in either order
the Name Adonai יהוה remains
in the middle. This is the title given
to the Messiah by Jeremiah the prophet
in Jeremiah 23:6:
“And this is the name
whereby he shall be called
the LORD our righteousness.'”
וזה שמו אשר יקראו
יהוה צדקנו:
The word ET את is the composed
of the first and the last letters
of the Hebrew alphabet revealing
the secret name of the Messiah
who is the FIRST and the LAST
of all things.
These three words put together reveal
the Trinity at work in the victory
of David in each of his battles.
The name of Yeshua is mentioned
a SECOND time in the SAME phrase
after the SECOND SET OF WARS.
II Samuel 8:14.
“And the LORD ‘yesha’ ‘et’
or saved, preserved, gave success,
to David where ever he went.”
וישע יהוה את דוד
בכל אשר הלך:
When the same thing is said TWO TIMES,
it means that it has been CONFIRMED
by HASHEM.
The name of the Messiah משיח ,
Yeshua ישוע is revealed after
the promise of the Messiah
in chapter 7 of second Samuel.
This show the ongoing revelation
of the Messiah משיח and
his activity
after the promise given.
The Messiah is a great warrior
and he establishes the kingdom.
Psalm 24:8.
“Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
the LORD mighty in battle.”
מי זה מלך הכבוד
יהוה עזוז וגבור
הוה גבור מלחמה:
After Yeshua ישוע had
performed the words of
the prophets by taking our
iniquities, he rose from the
dead, and conquered
the domains of satan,
and all of his generals and
their armies of demons.
For it is written
“He spoiled principalities
and powers, making a
spectacle of them openly.”
ובהפשיטו את עצמת
הרשיות והשררות
הציגן לראוה
בתהלוכת נצחונו
נצחון שהשיג בו:
The Messiah has conquered
all the enemies of Israel, and
extended her borders, even to
the conquering of death itself.
As it is written in Isaiah 26:19:
“Your dead men shall live,
together with my dead body
shall they arise.
Awake and sing,
you that dwell in dust:
for your dew is as the dew of herbs,
and the earth shall cast out the dead.”
יחיו מתיך
נבלתי יקומון
הקיצו ורננו
שוכני עפר
כי טל אורת טלך
וארץ רפאים תפיל:
David accumulated enough
wealth through his conquests
for the building of the temple of G-d.
The Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע
accumulated enough through
his conquest of the minions of darkness
to build the eternal temple of G-d.
Part IV David’s Reign and the Reign of the Messiah
II Samuel 8:15.
“And David reigned over all Israel;
And David executed
judgment and justice
to all his people.”
וימלך דוד על כל ישראל
ויהי דוד עשה
משפט וצדקה
לכל עמו:
Judgment משפט and
Justice צדקה .
These are the two qualities
of the reign of the kingdom of G-d.
Psalm 99:4 declares
“You execute judgment
and justice in Jacob.”
משפט וצדקה
ביעקב אתה עשית:
The same two qualities
are declared to be
characteristic of the
reign of the Messiah
in Jeremiah 23:5.
“Behold, the days come,
says the LORD,
that I will raise to David
a righteous Branch,
and a King shll reign and prosper,
and shall execute
judgment and justice
in the earth.”
הנה ימום באים
נאם יהוה
והקמתי לדוד
צמח צדיק
ומלך מלך והשכיל
ועשה משפט וצדקה בארץ:
In Psalm 97:1 it says
“Righteousness and judgment
are the foundation
of his throne.”
צדק ומשפט מכון כסאו:
HASHEM fixes and establishes
permanently the reign
of the Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע .
Jeremiah 33:20-21.
“Thus says the LORD;
If you can break my covenant of the day,
and my covenant of the night,
and that there should not be
day and night in their season;
Then may also my covenant be broken
with David my servant,
that he should not have a son
to reign upon his throne;
and with the Levites
the priests, my ministers.”
כה אמר יהוה
אם תפרו את בריתי היום
ואת בריתי הלילה
ולבלתי היות יומם ולילה בעתם:
גם בריתי תפר
את דוד עבדי
מהיות לו בן
מלך על כסאו
ואת הלוים הכהנים משרתי:
Under David’s reign,
Zadok צדוק (righteous)
was chosen to be
the High Priest.
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada,
בניהו בן יהוידע
(meaning ‘a son of G-d
through knowing G-d’)
was the Captain of the Host.
David’s sons were priests כהנים
or chief rulers. II Samuel 8:18.
“And David’s sons were kohanim.”
ובני דוד כהנים היו:
Through the New Birth,
by trusting in the
Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע ,
HASHEM has made every Jew
who believes on Yeshua ישוע
to be kings and priests in the earth.
This is a sure word
fixed and established
by HASHEM a second time.
For he says in Jeremiah 33:26:
“Thus says the LORD;
If my covenant be not with day and night,
and if I have not appointed
the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Then will I cast away
the seed of Jacob,
and David my servant,
so that I will not take
any of his seed
to be rulers over the seed
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:
for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.”
כה אמר יהוה
אם לא בריתי יומם ולילה
חקות שמים וארץ לא שמתי:
גם זרע יעקוב
ודוד עבדי אמאס
מקחת מזרעו
משלים אל זרע
אברהם ישחק ויעקוב
כי אשוב את שבותם
ורחמתים: