Joab has been besieging Rabbah for several years. Just before Rabbah falls, he sends word to David. “You better come or this is MY victory.” I’m sorry to say that I skipped right over this story. I got so wrapped up in David and Bathsheba’s story that I missed the end of Rabbah. David almost […]
David wants to know how many fighting men he has left, so he sends Joab on a mission to count them. David’s census was a sin and it cost Israel dearly. I’m skipping over 2 Samuel 23 for now. We will come back to it in a few days. Today, we will look at David’s […]
We get quick glimpses into four battles with the Philistines. It each of these battles, giants fall at the feet of David and his mighty men. The Philistines seem to have an unending supply of ‘giants’ in their territory. I’m sure they ran out eventually, but not while David was on the throne. David’s first […]
There is a famine in the land during David’s reign. Something is wrong, so David consults the Lord. Retribution must be paid for Saul’s sin against the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites were the people who tricked Joshua into making an alliance with them when Israel was new to the Promised Land. The words that Joshua and […]
Absalom is defeated but David still waits across the Jordan. He waits to be brought back and made king again. But it’s not a smooth process. Absalom’s defeat threw the people of Israel into confusion. They argued among themselves about their next course of action. For the first time ever, David put himself forward as […]
