20261007 | 새벽묵상 | 하나님의 약속은 반드시 이루어진다 God's Promises Will Surely Be Fulfilled | 대상/1Chron 20:1~8

20:1 해가 바뀌어 왕들이 출전할 때가 되매 요압이 그 군대를 거느리고 나가서 암몬 자손의 땅을 격파하고 들어가 랍바를 에워싸고 다윗은 예루살렘에 그대로 있더니 요압이 랍바를 쳐서 함락시키매

20:2 다윗이 그 왕의 머리에서 보석 있는 왕관을 빼앗아 중량을 달아보니 금 한 달란트라 그들의 왕관을 자기 머리에 쓰니라 다윗이 또 그 성에서 노략한 물건을 무수히 내오고

20:3 그 가운데 백성을 끌어내어 톱과 쇠도끼와 돌써래로 일하게 하니라 다윗이 암몬 자손의 모든 성읍을 이같이 하고 다윗이 모든 백성과 함께 예루살렘으로 돌아오니라

The Capture of Rabbah

1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins. 2 David took the crown from the head of their king—its weight was found to be a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city 3 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

20:4 이 후에 블레셋 사람들과 게셀에서 전쟁할 때에 후사 사람 십브개가 키가 큰 자의 아들 중에 십배를 쳐죽이매 그들이 항복하였더라

War With the Philistines

4 In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.

20:5 다시 블레셋 사람들과 전쟁할 때에 야일의 아들 엘하난이 가드 사람 골리앗의 아우 라흐미를 죽였는데 이 사람의 창자루는 베틀채 같았더라

5 In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.

20:6 또 가드에서 전쟁할 때에 그 곳에 키 큰 자 하나는 손과 발에 가락이 여섯씩 모두 스물넷이 있는데 그도 키가 큰 자의 소생이라

20:7 그가 이스라엘을 보복하므로 다윗의 형 시므아의 아들 요나단이 그를 죽이니라

6 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

20:8 가드의 키 큰 자의 소생이라도 다윗의 손과 그 신하의 손에 다 죽었더라

8 These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

            오늘의 본문은 18장부터 이어진 다윗의 전쟁과 정복 기록의 마지막 부분입니다. 어제 말씀에서 용병으로 출진하여 이스라엘과 전면전을 펼쳤던 아람 연합군은 패배하여 다윗에게 복속되었습니다. 그리고 오늘 본문에서 동맹국을 잃은 암몬 자손이 최종적으로 정복되게 되지요. 그런데 원래 이 암몬 자손을 정복하는 이야기를 다루고 있는 사무엘서에서는 우리가 잘 아는 다른 이야기가 함께 엮여 있습니다. 다윗의 가장 큰 오점으로 알려진 밧세바와의 불륜과 우리아 살인교사의 이야기가 바로 그것이지요. 그런데 오늘 역대상 본문에는 그 이야기가 생략되어 있습니다. 그 이유는 이 본문이 다윗이라는 한 개인의 실패에 촛점을 맞추려는 것이 아니라 하나님께서 다윗과 약속하셨던 것이 성취되는 과정에 집중하고 있기 때문입니다. 17:10에서 하나님을 말씀하셨습니다. “네 모든 대적으로 네게 복종하게 하리라” 오늘의 말씀은 그 하나님의 약속이 인간의 실패나 두려움을 넘어 반드시 이루어지는 것을 독자들에게 보여주고 있습니다. 오늘은 “하나님의 약속은 반드시 이루어진다”는 제목으로 말씀을 나누기 원합니다.

Introduction

Today’s passage marks the conclusion of David’s military campaigns and conquest records that began in chapter 18. In yesterday's text, the Aramean coalition—which had entered the war as mercenaries against Israel—was defeated and brought into subjection to David. In today’s text, the Ammonites, having lost their allies, are finally conquered.

In the book of Samuel, which covers this same conquest of Ammon, another well-known event is woven into the narrative: David’s greatest stain—his adultery with Bathsheba and his orchestrated murder of Uriah.

However, in 1 Chronicles, that story is intentionally omitted. The reason is that this passage does not aim to highlight David’s failure as an individual, but rather focuses on how God sovereignly fulfills the covenant He made with David. In 1 Chronicles 17:10, God declared: “I will subdue all your enemies.” Today’s passage shows us that God’s promise is surely fulfilled beyond human failure or fear.

Today, I would like to share a message titled: “God's Promises Will Surely Be Fulfilled.”

                먼저 1절입니다. 1절은 이렇게 시작합니다. “해가 바뀌어 왕들이 출전할 때가 되매” 사실 성경에 익숙하신 분들은 이 구절만 들어도 바로 다윗과 밧세바의 이야기가 떠오르실 것입니다. 사무엘하 11장 1절이 똑같이 “그 해가 돌아와 왕들이 출전할 때가 되매” 라고 시작하기 때문입니다. 분명 제가 앞에서 다윗과 밧세바의 이야기가 생략되었다고 말씀 드렸습니다. 만약 역대기의 저자가 다윗의 죄악을 역사에서 지우려고 했다면 이 이야기를 아예 유추하지 못하도록 이런 정보까지 지웠어야 했을 것입니다. 그러나 그는 “다윗은 예루살렘에 그대로 있더니” 라는 문구까지 그대로 옮겨 적음으로서 다윗과 밧세바의 이야기가 이곳에 적혀 있어야 하는데 일부러 누락을 시킨 것이라는 저자의 의도를 보여줍니다. 왜 그렇습니까? 그는 다윗의 실패에 조명을 비추기보다 하나님께서 그런 그의 연약함에도 불구하고 당신의 약속을 주권적으로 이루시는 장면에 촛점을 맞추기 원하였기 때문입니다. 암몬은 역사적으로 이스라엘의 동쪽 국경에서 끊임없이 이스라엘을 괴롭혔던 숙적이었습니다. 원래 아브라함의 조카 롯의 둘째 딸의 후손으로 이스라엘과는 친인척 관계였었는데 광야시대에 선지자 발람을 고용하여 이스라엘을 저주하려 했던 이들이 바로 암몬이지요. 사사시대에도 이스라엘을 18년 동안 압제하다가 사사 입다에게 패배하고 사울 왕 때에는 요단 동편을 침략하여 사울이 총동원령을 내려 싸웠던 자들이 바로 이들입니다. 그런데 그 숙적 암몬이 1절을 보면 너무나 허망하게 무너집니다. 마치 무슨 동네 마실가는거 마냥 “요압이 그 군대를 거느리고 나가서 암몬 자손의 땅을 격파하고” 그들의 수도인 랍바를 쳐서 함락시켰습니다.  2절을 보니 다윗이 그 성에 들어가 암몬 왕의 머리에서 보석이 박혀 있는 왕관을 빼앗아 자기 머리에 씁니다. 이것은 암몬이 이제 다윗의 완전한 지배아래에 있게 되었다는 것을 상징하는 것이지요. 다윗은 그들에게서 막대한 전리품을 탈취하고 그들의 백성은 강제 노동을 시키며 이들이 완전히 정복되어 다윗에게 복종하는 것을 보여주고 있는 것입니다. 하나님의 말씀, “네 모든 대적으로 네게 복종하게 하리라” 가 그대로 성취되고 있는 것입니다.

1. Fulfilling the Promise Beyond Human Weakness (vv. 1–3)

First, let us look at verse 1. It begins:

“In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war...”

Those familiar with Scripture will immediately recall the account of David and Bathsheba, for 2 Samuel 11:1 opens with the exact same words: “In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war...”

If the author of Chronicles had intended to erase David’s sin from history, he would have removed these contextual markers altogether. Yet he explicitly included the phrase, “but David remained in Jerusalem,” signaling that while he was well aware of what occurred at that time, he deliberately omitted the story of Bathsheba.

Why? Because rather than shining a spotlight on David’s failure, he wanted to emphasize how God sovereignly fulfills His promise despite human weakness.

Historically, Ammon was an arch-enemy that continually harassed Israel along its eastern border. Descended from Lot’s second daughter, they shared a familial connection with Israel. Yet during the wilderness wanderings, it was Ammon (along with Moab) that hired Balaam to curse Israel. During the period of the Judges, they oppressed Israel for eighteen years before being defeated by Jephthah. In King Saul’s day, they invaded the region east of the Jordan, forcing Saul to issue a national mobilization.

Yet in verse 1, this long-standing enemy falls almost routinely: “Joab led out the armed forces and devastated the land of the Ammonites,” besieging and capturing their capital city, Rabbah.

In verse 2, David entered the city, took the crown set with precious stones from the head of the king of Ammon, and placed it on his own head. This symbolized that Ammon was now brought under David’s complete rule. David took vast amounts of plunder and consigned the populace to forced labor, demonstrating that they were entirely conquered. God's declaration—“I will subdue all your enemies”—was literally fulfilled.

                또한 4-8절은 블레셋과의 전투를 기록하고 있습니다. 그런데 조금 이상하지요. 분명 정복 기록이 시작되었던 18장 1절은 “다윗이 블레셋 사람들을 쳐서 항복을 받고 블레셋 사람들의 손에서 가드와 그 동네를 빼앗고” 라며 이미 다윗이 가드와 그 주변의 블레셋 사람들을 정복했음을 말했었습니다. 그렇다면 이들은 그럼에도 불구하고 지속적으로 저항했다는 뜻이 됩니다. 어떻게 이렇게 저항할 수 있었을까요? 본문을 보니 그들이 믿는 구석이 있었던 것 같습니다. 4절 말씀입니다. “키가 큰 자의 아들 중에 십배를 쳐죽이매 그들이 항복하였더라” 라고 적고 있습니다. 자 여기서 ‘키가 큰 자’라고 번역되어 있는 말은 ‘르바임’ 족속을 가르키는 말로서 대표적인 예가 바산왕 옥과 골리앗입니다. 이들은 고대 가나안에 살던 거인 종족으로 이스라엘이 오래도록 두려워하던 존재였습니다. 과거 광야세대의 정탐꾼들이 “우리는 스스로 보기에 메뚜기 같으니” 라며 보자마자 사기를 잃고 두려워했던 대상이 바로 이들이었습니다. 그 두려움 때문에 그들은 하나님이 그들과 함께 하시는데도 약속의 땅에 들어가지 못하게 되지요. 그런데 오늘 본문은 그런 오랜 두려움의 대상이었던 ‘르바임’ 족속의 자손을 하나도 아니고 무려 셋이나 쓰러뜨리는 장면을 보여줍니다. 그렇다면 이것이 모두 십브개와, 엘하난과, 요나단이 그만큼 무력이 출중해서였을까요? 8절은 말합니다. “가드의 키 큰 자의 소생이라도 다윗의 손과 그 신하의 손에 다 죽었더라” 이것이 가능했던 것은 바로 하나님께서 그들의 오랜 두려움의 대상 마저도 그들의 손에 붙이셨기 때문입니다. 하나님께서 다윗과 함께 하셔서 골리앗을 쓰러뜨리셨듯이 이제 다윗 뿐만 아니라 그의 용사들을 통해서도 당신의 일을 이루신 것입니다. 18장에서 다윗의 정복 기록을 시작 할 때에 다윗이 블레셋을 쳐서 굴복시켰다고 시작하는데 오늘 그 기록의 마지막인 20장의 말씀이 블레셋의 전사들의 패배로 끝이 납니다. 무엇을 말하고자 함입니까? 다윗의 모든 승리들은 하나님께서 약속하신 것들의 성취라는 것을 보여주고 있는 것입니다.

2. Overcoming Long-Standing Fears to Experience Victory (vv. 4–8)

Verses 4 through 8 record battles with the Philistines. This might seem surprising at first, because 1 Chronicles 18:1 already stated: “David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages...”

This indicates that despite their prior defeat, elements of the Philistines continued to resist. How could they maintain such resistance? The text reveals the source of their confidence in verse 4:

“Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.”

The word translated here as “descendants of the giant” refers to the Rephaim—an ancient race of formidable warriors in Canaan, such as Og king of Bashan and Goliath. They were giant warriors who had instilled deep-seated terror in Israel for generations. They were the very giants who caused the wilderness generation of spies to lose heart and cry out: “We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes.” Because of that fear, that generation failed to enter the Promised Land.

Yet today’s text shows the downfall of not just one, but three descendants of these terrifying Rephaim. Was this simply because Sibbecai, Elhanan, and Jonathan possessed extraordinary military prowess? Verse 8 answers:

“These were descendants of the Rephaim in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.”

This was possible because God delivered even the ancient objects of their fears into their hands! Just as God was with David to bring down Goliath, He was now accomplishing His work through David’s warriors as well.

The record of David’s conquests in chapter 18 opened with David subduing the Philistines, and now chapter 20 concludes with the final defeat of Philistia’s giant warriors. This demonstrates that every one of David’s victories was the ultimate fulfillment of what God had promised.

                말씀을 맺습니다. 오늘 우리는 하나님의 약속이 다윗의 범죄나 그들의 오랜 두려움의 대상 마저도 뛰어넘어 이루어지는 것을 보았습니다. 우리는 모두 연약합니다. 그러나 하나님은 신실하십니다. 인간의 연약함에도 불구하고 신실하신 하나님의 약속은 반드시 이루어집니다. 그것이 우리에게 얼마나 큰 위로와 소망이 되는지 모릅니다. 그 하나님의 신실하심을 찬양합시다. 신실하신 하나님의 약속의 말씀을 붙들고 기쁨과 소망을 가지고 오늘 하루를 살아가시는 여러분 되시기를 주님의 이름으로 축원합니다.   

Conclusion

Today, we have seen that God’s promise is fulfilled beyond David’s personal failure and beyond the deep-seated fears that had plagued His people for generations.

We are all frail and weak. But God is faithful. Despite human frailty and inadequacy, the promise of our faithful God will surely be brought to pass. What immense comfort and hope this truth gives us!

Let us praise the faithfulness of God. May you live out this day filled with joy and hope, holding fast to the trustworthy promises of our God. I pray this in the name of the Lord. Amen.