Category: 2 Samuel
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The Good Life?
2 Samuel 12:26-31 “Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. And Joab sent messengers to David and said, ‘I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters. Now then gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city…
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The Marvelous Grace of God
2 Samuel 12:24-25 “Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.” Do you know the definition of the word “grace”? The…
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Responding to Calamity
2 Samuel 12:19-23 “And David said to his servants, ‘Is the child dead?’ They said, ‘He is dead.’ Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked,…
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Secret Things
2 Samuel 12:12 “For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.” So often it is the things done in secret that tell the true story about a person. A humble person will not do things to bring attention to himself or herself. They will do…
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Comme ci, comme ça?
2 Samuel 11:22-25 “So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell. The messenger said to David, ‘The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate. Then the archers shot…
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Pointing Fingers
2 Samuel 12:7 “Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man!’” So, on May 26, 2021 there was a mass shooting. This time in San Jose. As a result, 10 more people died from such violence. I read one news account that there had been 14 mass murders (defined as four or more people dead)…
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When One Thing Leads to Another
2 Samuel 11:16-17 “And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.” So often the cover-up…
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Why?
2 Samuel 11: 2-8 “It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, ‘Is not this Bathsheba,…
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Influence
2 Samuel 11:2-3 “It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman.” It’s hard to know where to begin when…
To Encourage You 