Category Archives: 2 Samuel

4.14.24 2 Sam 19

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LOOK:

This entire episode of David’s rejection and return certainly illustrates the attitudes people today have toward Christ. There are the loyal few who stand by their absent King, and there are the selfish majority who prefer to rebel. But what will happen when the King comes back? And what are we, His followers, doing to hasten His return? (2 Peter 3:12)

4.7.24 2 Sam 18

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LOOK:

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.

3.17.24 2 Sam 17

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LOOK:

There is no question that Ahithophel’s plan was the better of the two, but God in His providence saw to it that Absalom rejected it. Note Hushai’s psychological approach to suggesting that Absalom himself lead the army in battle. This appealed to the man’s vanity, but that vanity only led ultimately to his death.