David will restore lands to Israel that were formerly lost during times of judgment. David engages in a lengthy time of war, that God blesses. God stands with David in tomes of battle. Wars that he had no hope of winning miraculously end in victory. Not since the time of Joshua has Israel experienced victory […]
David’s desire is to build the Lord a house. He has a house, so why should the Lord only have a tent? God has other plans. I tried to find out exactly when in David’s reign he had this desire and conversation. We are in a section of 2 Samuel that has a lot of […]
The Ark of the Lord is coming home to Jerusalem! It has been too long in the home of Abinadab. It is time that it rejoined the people. When David decides to bring the Ark back to the people, he doesn’t decide to take it to the Tabernacle of Moses. He constructs a completely new […]
With Ish-bosheth’s murder, the last impediment to David becoming king is gone. David is crowned king of Israel. And the Philistines don’t like it! In our reading, we get a quick history of David in Jerusalem. I had thought that Solomon broke his father’s example by taking so many wives and concubines, but I was […]
With Abner’s murder things future is uncertain, to the people of Israel. David gets some ‘unwanted help’ in moving things his way. Ish-bosheth’s murder. I have to admit that reading today’s passage leaves me scratching my head. By the end of the story we know the facts, but the beginning of it repeats itself and […]
