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!”
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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!”
2Samuel 13: 34-39…..Absalom’s first flight.
But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain. And Jonadab said to the king, “Behold, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about.”Continue reading “2Samuel 13: 34-39…..Absalom’s first flight.”
2Samuel 13: 23-33…Absalom takes revenge.
After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons. And Absalom came to the king and said, “Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.” But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let usContinue reading “2Samuel 13: 23-33…Absalom takes revenge.”
2Samuel 13:15-22…..Does sinning lead to happiness?
Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up! Go!” But she said to him, “No, my brother, for this wrong in sending me away is greater than theContinue reading “2Samuel 13:15-22…..Does sinning lead to happiness?”
2Samuel 13: 7-14….Amnon gets what he lusts for.
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare food for him.” So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes. And she took the pan and emptiedContinue reading “2Samuel 13: 7-14….Amnon gets what he lusts for.”
2Samuel 16:5-14….Annoying situations in Life!
5 When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually. 6 And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people andContinue reading “2Samuel 16:5-14….Annoying situations in Life!”
2 Samuel 13: 1-8….A Devious Plan.
Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her. And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon hadContinue reading “2 Samuel 13: 1-8….A Devious Plan.”
2 Samuel 12: 24-31….A day in the life of a king!
Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.Now Joab fought against Rabbah of theContinue reading “2 Samuel 12: 24-31….A day in the life of a king!”
2Samuel 12: 15-23….A Healthy Response!
And the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick. David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but heContinue reading “2Samuel 12: 15-23….A Healthy Response!”
As I read it! 