Saul was a bad king. Now that David is the full king of all of Israel, is he going to be good or bad? “And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest roundabout from all his enemies; That the king said unto Nathan the […]
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I don’t quite get this, the men killed David’s enemies and to reward them he kills them. Oh, wait a minute, I got it now. Vengeance is Yours, not theirs (Rom 12:9). David Becomes King Over Israel All the Israelites came to David and said, “…Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in
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You say that no liars will go to heaven (Rev 21:8), and it appears that if we lie not only is it against You, but bad things will happen, sooner or later, like the guy that said he killed Saul, when he hadn’t. So what’s up with David now? “Now there was long war between
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David should be a happy man now, due to the victory over the Philistines, getting his wives back, Saul is dead, and now he’ll be king? David Gets News of Saul’s Death When David returned from slaughtering the Amalekites a man escaped from Saul’s camp and went to David and told him of Saul and
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Summary of the Book of 2nd Samuel The book of 2nd Samuel is a Narration of David as he becomes the King of Israel and the time during his reign, yet it also includes two psalms in hymns of praise in the final chapters. The key personalities are David, Joab, Bathsheba, Nathan, and Absalom. It