Download Lesson: 8.13.23 Class Notes – 2 Sam 3.1-21

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We begin the chapter’s opening verse with the end in mind. From there, the writer unfolds the schemes and details of kingdom intrigue for us. There are birth announcements, power moves, peace agreements made and broken, deceptions, murders, people wanting the right thing but going about it the wrong way. And in the middle of the bloodthirsty ambition surrounding him, David was becoming a leader. While he’s not without shame, we get to witness David’s growth as a man and king. Rather than take part in the foolish mischief of those who’d woo him toward calculated misdeeds to secure the throne, we see that David engaged in the practices of honor and justice, poetic lament, and respect. It’s those things that honor his God and serve to build loyalty in his people; it’s the right things, for the right reasons.