Download Lesson: 4.7.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 18

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David’s sorrow shows us that it isn’t enough that parents train their children to be godly; they must first train themselves in godliness. David suffered the consequences for not holding his children accountable for their wrongful actions and rebellion:

The soil came from David’s indulgent parenting.

The soil came from David’s sin with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah, after which God promised David: The sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife… I will raise up adversity against you from your own house (2 Samuel 12:10-11).

The soil came from David’s own sinful indulgence of his passions and smaller rebellions against God, which sins and weaknesses were magnified in his sons.