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 […]
After years of fighting between the house of Saul and the house of David, there is a chance at peace. Abner’s change of heart is due to Ish-bosheth’s malicious words. Abner has been after David for MANY years. From the day Saul deemed him his enemy, until Saul’s son, Ish-bosheth, maligns him. Abner didn’t hunt […]
David was anointed by Samuel while he was probably mid-teens. He is 30 years old now and it’s time for him to be king. Only of Judah first. David remembered well the words of Samuel, but he never pushed to bring them about. David waited patiently for the Lord to work everything out. And for […]
Saul and Jonathan are dead. David’s grief spills over to the whole camp. The man who brought the news finds his own death waiting. We heard the true story of Saul’s death at the end of 1 Samuel. The man that comes to David with the news of Saul’s death has an angle. He makes […]