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2nd Samuel 20 – 21
Another Rebellion… Last time, we left the tribes of Israel and Judah fighting over David. Into this unstable situation arises a guy named Sheba (which means 7), son of Bicri (youthful), of the tribe of Benjamin. He is never mentioned before or after this incident. Sheba blows a ram’s horn and says, “We have no…
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2nd Samuel 19
When David hears the news about Absalom’s death… “And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”2 Samuel 18:33…
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Psalms 58, 61, 62, 64
In all of these psalms, David grapples with the wicked and their judgment; and of trusting God while waiting for that judgment to come. As we think about the evil in our world today, let’s let these scriptures inform our attitude about it and help us form a proper response to it. PSALM 58 I…
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2 Samuel 18, Psalms 26 & 40
David doesn’t wait around for Absalom to attack the city. Josephus recorded that he had about 4000 men. (See? I TOLD ya it was a HUGE caravan of people! That’s just the fighting men.) There may have only been 4000 but they were the most elite and experienced warriors around. David divides them into 3…
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2nd Samuel 17
You know those psalms we’ve read where David speaks of those who are trying to take his life? Well, they don’t all refer to Saul. Some could be referring to Absalom. He wants to have his own father killed. Ahithophel’s advice is to pursue David with 12,000 men immediately. Hushai is in Jerusalem under cover.…
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2nd Samuel 16, Psalm 55
Betrayal by a trusted friend… David experiences 3 levels of betrayal just in this one moment. We’ll look at them one at a time. FIRST – ZIBA & MEPHIBOSHETH I suspect that most of my readers already know where the plot with David, Ziba and Mephibosheth is going to go, but, just in case you…
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Psalms 3, 4, 12, 13, and 28
David – ever the true songwriter – pours out his heart with his pen when he is forced out of Jerusalem because of Absalom’s coup. This is SUCH an encouraging psalm! What is David going to do? How on earth is he going to put food on the table for his family? Well – this…
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2nd Samuel 15
Absalom plots a coup. And he does it one person at a time. “Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your case is good and right, but for you there is no hearing with the king.” Then Absalom would say, “Oh, that someone would appoint me as judge in the land, that anyone might come…
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2nd Samuel 13-14
“And sons were born to David in Hebron; his firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam from Jezreel. His second was Kileab by Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur.”2 Samuel 3:2-3 LEB Geshur was a region east of…
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Psalms 51, 86, and 122
Psalm 51 is David’s famous psalm of repentance in response to the visit from Nathan the Prophet when God confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba. Rather than comment upon it, I’d like to put a musical setting of it on your radar – an arrangement by this man: Gregorio Allegri: Gregorio Allegri was an…
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2 Sam. 12, 1 Chr. 20, Ps. 32
We need 2nd Samuel 11-12, and 1 Chronicles 20 to piece together the full context of this story. The account in today’s reading in 1st Chronicles 20:1 is likely the situation happening in the background when David sins with Bathsheba and when Uriah is killed. Siege warfare was not swift. It would’ve taken months. Sometimes…
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Psalm 70, 2nd Samuel 11
Psalm 70 has the feel of a note hastily written. We don’t know when it was written or the circumstances surrounding it but we can gather the following: It sounds a lot like his years of hiding out in the wilderness when Saul was chasing him. Whatever the circumstance, it feels as if David has…
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