44 “You delivered me from strife with my people;you kept me as the head of the nations;people whom I had not known served me.45 Foreigners came cringing to me;as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.46 Foreigners lost heartand came trembling out of their fortresses.47 “The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock,andContinue reading “2 Samuel 22:44-51….He wrote the Epitaph for his own tombstone!”
Category Archives: King David
2 Samuel 22:32-43….Is there any other god apart from Jehovah?
32 “For who is God, but the LORD?And who is a rock, except our God?33 This God is my strong refugeand has made my way blameless.34 He made my feet like the feet of a deerand set me secure on the heights.35 He trains my hands for war,so that my arms can bend a bowContinue reading “2 Samuel 22:32-43….Is there any other god apart from Jehovah?”
2 Samuel 22:21-31….Was David righteous?
21 “The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness;according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.22 For I have kept the ways of the LORDand have not wickedly departed from my God.23 For all his rules were before me,and from his statutes I did not turn aside.24 I was blameless before him,andContinue reading “2 Samuel 22:21-31….Was David righteous?”
2 Samuel 22:8-20….As you read what do you hear?
“Then the earth reeled and rocked;the foundations of the heavens trembledand quaked, because he was angry.9 Smoke went up from his nostrils,and devouring fire from his mouth;glowing coals flamed forth from him.10 He bowed the heavens and came down;thick darkness was under his feet.11 He rode on a cherub and flew;he was seen on theContinue reading “2 Samuel 22:8-20….As you read what do you hear?”
2 Samuel 22:1-7….A long song of David.
1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said, The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,3 my God, my rock, in whom I takeContinue reading “2 Samuel 22:1-7….A long song of David.”
2Samuel 21:15-22….A follow up of David’s early life!
15 There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary. 16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thoughtContinue reading “2Samuel 21:15-22….A follow up of David’s early life!”
2Samuel 21:7-14….Paying the debt causes heartbreak!
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the LORD that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the fiveContinue reading “2Samuel 21:7-14….Paying the debt causes heartbreak!”
2Samuel 20:23 – 21:6….A debt owed and payment promised.
23 Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; 24 and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; 25 and Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and AbiatharContinue reading “2Samuel 20:23 – 21:6….A debt owed and payment promised.”
2Samuel 20:14-22….War avoided by a wise woman!
14 And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Bichrites assembled and followed him in. 15 And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah. They cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart, andContinue reading “2Samuel 20:14-22….War avoided by a wise woman!”
2Samuel 20: 7-13….Hotheaded Joab in action.
7 And there went out after him Joab’s men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier’sContinue reading “2Samuel 20: 7-13….Hotheaded Joab in action.”
As I read it! 