David's Name as Bridge to Christ's Intercession

When Solomon pleaded, "For thy servant David's sake," he wielded a power God Himself honored. Yet Spurgeon's commentator, John Field, clarifies what this plea was not: it was no prayer to David, nor did it suggest the dead saints intercede for us. Rather, it expressed God's special delight in David—pure grace manifesting itself across generations through a covenant promise. This ancient plea was strictly limited.…