7 And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron. 8 For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem,Continue reading “2Samuel 15: 7-12….The trap ready to snap closed!”
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2 Samuel 15: 1-6….You can read his mind!
1 After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From whatContinue reading “2 Samuel 15: 1-6….You can read his mind!”
2Samuel 14: 28-33….Father and son meet.
28 So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king’s presence. 29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come. 30 Then he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s fieldContinue reading “2Samuel 14: 28-33….Father and son meet.”
2Samuel 14: 22-27….. Home but not really home!
22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.” 23 So Joab arose and went to GeshurContinue reading “2Samuel 14: 22-27….. Home but not really home!”
2Samuel 14: 18-22….Why was Joab so delighted?
18 Then the king answered the woman, “Do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.” 19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, oneContinue reading “2Samuel 14: 18-22….Why was Joab so delighted?”
2Samuel 14: 12-17….Plain speaking!
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.” And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished oneContinue reading “2Samuel 14: 12-17….Plain speaking!”
2 Samuel 14: 1-11….A concocted story!
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart went out to Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has beenContinue reading “2 Samuel 14: 1-11….A concocted story!”
John 17: 20-26….The High Priestly Prayer concluded.
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. TheContinue reading “John 17: 20-26….The High Priestly Prayer concluded.”
John 17: 11-19…..The prayer continues.
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which youContinue reading “John 17: 11-19…..The prayer continues.”
John 17: 1-10….Jesus Prayer begins.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, thatContinue reading “John 17: 1-10….Jesus Prayer begins.”
As I read it! 