Episode 23. In the OT book of 2 Samuel, we see the way David responds to trials and difficulties. His enemies include: death, divine retribution, betrayal, deception, temptation, and more. But through David’s life we see an Old Testament saint respond to others based on the example he had from God’s grace. 

1 Corinthians 15:10, “By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.”

 חֵן (chen) 

2 Samuel 14:22
HEB: כִּי־ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י
NAS: that I have found favor in your sight,
KJV: that I have found grace in thy sight,
INT: for have found favor your sight my lord

2 Samuel 15:25
HEB: אִם־ אֶמְצָ֥א חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: I find favor in the sight
KJV: if I shall find favour in the eyes
INT: If find favor the sight of the LORD

2 Samuel 16:4
HEB: הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֔יתִי אֶמְצָא־ חֵ֥ן בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ אֲדֹנִ֥י
NAS: myself; let me find favor in your sight,
KJV: beseech thee [that] I may find grace in thy sight,
INT: prostrate find favor your sight my lord

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones (Proverbs 16:24).

Old Testament use of grace

GRACE: 

There is no word in Hebrew that can represent all the meanings of charis, and in the Septuagint charis itself is used, practically, only as a translation of the Hebrew chen, “favor,” this restriction of meaning being due to the desire to represent the same Hebrew word by the same Greek word as far as possible. And chen, in turn, is used chiefly only in the phrase “find favor” (Genesis 6:8, etc.), whether the reference is to God or men, and without theological importance. Much nearer Paul’s use of charis is ratson, “acceptance,” in such passages as

checedh https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2617.htm

ratsah https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7521.htm 

racham https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7355.htm

But a mere negative granting of pardon is a most deficient definition of the Old Testament idea of God’s mercy, which delights in conferring positive benefits. The gift to Abraham of the land of Canaan, liberation from Egypt, food in the wilderness, salvation from enemies, deliverance from exile-all of Israel’s history can be felt to be the record of what God did for His people through no duty or compulsion, grateful thanksgiving for such unmerited blessings filling, for instance, much of the Psalter. (from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

New Words for Grace

checedh https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2617.htm
checed: favour
Original Word: חֵסֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: checed
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh’-sed)
Definition: goodness, kindness
.
ratsah https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7521.htm
ratsah: to be pleased with, accept favorably
Original Word: רָצָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ratsah
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsaw’)
Definition: to be pleased with, accept favorably
.
racham https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7355.htm
racham: to love, have compassion
Original Word: רָחַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: racham
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kham’)
Definition: to love, have compassion
usually of God: with accusative of his people

Resources:

Bible Hub: use this resource site to discover the original Greek and Hebrew for the words in the Bible.

PrayerMate App: this is a fantastic app to keep yourself organized and faithful in prayer, and it also has free downloadable devotionals.