Category: 2 Samuel
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Things that Seem So Right
2 Samuel 17:14 “And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, ‘The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.’ For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.’” Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right…
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Wise Counsel
2 Samuel 16:20-23 “Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, ‘Give your counsel. What shall we do?’ . . . Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.” The Bible is clear that…
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Gracious Restraint
2 Samuel 16:13 “So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.” Have you ever heard someone say or have you ever read somewhere that “God has a wonderful plan for your life”?…
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A Great Deception
2 Samuel 16:4 “And Ziba said, ‘I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.’” Things are not always as they seem – not even close. Actions speak louder than words, but sometimes actions are just as hypocritical as words are. An example is given to us in the…
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Christian, Why are You Here?
2 Samuel 15:27-29 “The king also said to Zadok the priest, ‘Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.’ So…
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Scriptural Types and Antitypes
2 Samuel 15:17 “And the king went out, and all the people after him.” The verse above is taken from the account of King David as he fled Jerusalem because of his son Absalom’s plot to usurp his throne. It was one of the lowest points of David’s life. Thankfully, for him, he didn’t leave…
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What Could Have Been . . .
2 Samuel 15:30 “But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.” Sin has consequences. It’s a sobering but inescapable truth. One place we see this is…
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Is it Good?
2 Samuel 15:25-26 “If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place. But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.” What’s your definition…
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Face Like a Flint
2 Samuel 15:16 “So the king went out, and all his household after him.” The Old Testament contains many shadows of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some of them are shadows of similarity, such as the lampstand of the tabernacle pointing to Jesus, Who is the Light of the World, and the manna that the Israelites…
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Counting the Cost
2 Samuel 15:19-21 “Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, ‘Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home. You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I…
To Encourage You 