Category: 2 Samuel
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The Great Heart of God
2 Samuel 18:31-33 “And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, ‘Good news for my lord the king! For the Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you.’ The king said to the Cushite, ‘Is it well with the young man Absalom?’ And the Cushite answered, ‘May the enemies of…
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A Good News/Bad News Story
2 Samuel 18:19-20 “Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, ‘Let me run and carry news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.’ And Joab said to him, ‘You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king’s son…
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Are You Safe?
2 Samuel 18:29 (NIV) “Is the young man Absalom safe?” In the verse above, we read King David’s anxious inquiry about his son Absalom. It was a question he asked two different messengers when they came to him to tell him that the rebellion that Absalom had led against him had been squelched. This was…
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Some Thoughts about the Weather
2 Samuel 18:6-8 “So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. The battle spread over the face of…
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“O Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 18:33 “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” The story of Absalom is one of the saddest accounts in all the Bible. It’s the story about a prince who, in his wickedness and pride, murdered his half-brother and…
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The Things that Seem Best
2 Samuel 18:4 “The king said to them, ‘Whatever seems best to you I will do.’” I was struck by the verse above as I read God’s Word this morning. It’s the account of David’s preparation for battle against his son Absalom and the men of Israel who had followed him. As David prepares to…
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A Father’s Heart
2 Samuel 18:33 “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” In the tragic words above, we see the deepest heart of a father for his son. These words were spoken by King David upon learning that his son Absalom had…
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“Two Camps”
2 Samuel 17:27-29 “When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the…
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Eternal Things
2 Samuel 17:23 “When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.” Years ago I was visiting someone in the hospital who…
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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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