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43Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?”  But the men of Judah pressed their claimsContinue reading “22May 2011 2Samuel 19:43”

12“It may be that the LORD will see my distress and repay me with good for the cursing I am receiving today.” One of the hardest things to endure is having your character maligned. Every fiber of your being wants to jump and defend yourself against the false charges. David’s son is trying to stealContinue reading “21May 2011 2Samuel 16:12”

14Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him. I love that last phrase. The LORD is about reconnection! David’s son Absalom and his father are at oddsContinue reading “20May 2011 2Samuel 14:14”

21When King David head all this, he was furious. This is a perfect response to rape and incest. Anything less would be complicity. Rape and incest violate the very core of our being as human beings. There is no crime I can think of that is more horrific, more violating. David hears of his sonContinue reading “19May 2011 2Samuel 13:21”

25David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.” David has just arranged to get Uriah, the husband of the woman he had an affair with killed. He sendsContinue reading “18May 2011 2Samuel 11:25”

2David Thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. Sometimes youth can get in the way of wisdom. David has learned over the years to extend kindness, even to his enemies.Continue reading “17May 2011 2Samuel 10:2”

5David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals. Sometimes I wish we could worship with this kind of abandon. It looks as though nothing was held back. They gave it everything they had. I think our worshipContinue reading “16May 2011 2Samuel 6:5”

12So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron. When our Western ears hear these words, we cringe in horror. ButContinue reading “15May 2011 2Samuel 4:12”

23“Saul and Jonathan—in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.” David is grieving over the death of his best friend and his best friend’s father. It is interesting that David leaves out the fact that his father had triedContinue reading “14May 2011 2Samuel 1:23”

6So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day. This was not a good day! Anytime you have all the leadership of a nation die in the same day, it is not a good day. When there is a vacuum of leadership, you never know whoContinue reading “13May 2011 1Samuel 31:6”