March 24,2016
At this point in time the Jews are separated by Tribe. When David becomes King he is made King over Judah and Ishbosheth was King over the other eleven tribes. Ishbosheth was the son of King Saul and became King when Saul was killed. The leader of his military was Abner. Now Abner knew that David had been chosen and anointed King by Samuel on the word of God. So in an effort to be on the right side he approached David and was willing to deliver the eleven tribes under David and to unite Israel. David agreed and sent him on his way to bring the tribes to him so he can be anointed King. After he left, David's head of the military named Joab was upset that David was negotiating with this man !! Why ? Because Abner had killed Joab's relative. So, Joab went out and killed Abner. At this point David's men, unknown to David went out to kill Ishbosheth and all relatives so there could be no heirs to David's throne. They beheaded Ishbosheth and brought it to David as proof of his death. David had these men killed and mourned !! Why ? For the same reason he did not kill King Saul when he had the opportunity..... You do not mess with God's anointed !!!
David uses the opportunity of Ishbosheth's funeral to strengthen his hold and to consolidate his power over all 12 tribes of Israel. He writes a lament and reads it at the funeral and mourns loudly so all would know he had nothing to do with the murder. From this point on God will expand and protect Israel in land and power. The Jews will go on to defeat their enemies and for the first time they will become a single nation united in all ways and do God's will !!!
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Chapters 1 and 2
March 17, 2016
The star of 2 Samuel opens with the death of King Saul and his son Johnathan being told to David by the person who killed Saul. When David hears the whole story he calls for this person to be killed ! Even though the man thought he was doing the right thing by protecting him from being taken and abused by the enemy. This is a very important spiritual lesson that applies to all of us today ! In verse 14 of chapter 1, David says, " S David says to him," How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed ?"" This is true of ALL of God's anointed !! Weather you like or agree with them or not, never mess with His anointed ! They belong to Him and it is His responsibility to care for them.....not yours !!!
Jonathan was David's best friend. Yet the rest of chapter one is David's lament over King Saul and his best friend Johnathan. This lament was in the form of a poem and was made into a national war song. It was taught to all of Israel and was written by David in memory of King Saul and Johnathan.
Chapter 2 is about David being anointed in public as King of Judah. The leader of King Saul's army anoints another of Saul's boys as King of Israel. His name was Ishbosheth. At this time the Jews were spread out and were mostly a rag tag bunch of people. So here we have divided mostly into two groups, the small group makes David King and the largest group makes Saul's son their King !.Rather than an all out war, the House of David and the House of Saul had a mock war with the best fighters from each side to fight. Winner take all !They fought to a draw, but the battle got everyone excited and the House of David chased after and killed many from the House of Saul. This war lasted for several years and as time went on David got much stronger and Saul's house became much weaker !
The star of 2 Samuel opens with the death of King Saul and his son Johnathan being told to David by the person who killed Saul. When David hears the whole story he calls for this person to be killed ! Even though the man thought he was doing the right thing by protecting him from being taken and abused by the enemy. This is a very important spiritual lesson that applies to all of us today ! In verse 14 of chapter 1, David says, " S David says to him," How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed ?"" This is true of ALL of God's anointed !! Weather you like or agree with them or not, never mess with His anointed ! They belong to Him and it is His responsibility to care for them.....not yours !!!
Jonathan was David's best friend. Yet the rest of chapter one is David's lament over King Saul and his best friend Johnathan. This lament was in the form of a poem and was made into a national war song. It was taught to all of Israel and was written by David in memory of King Saul and Johnathan.
Chapter 2 is about David being anointed in public as King of Judah. The leader of King Saul's army anoints another of Saul's boys as King of Israel. His name was Ishbosheth. At this time the Jews were spread out and were mostly a rag tag bunch of people. So here we have divided mostly into two groups, the small group makes David King and the largest group makes Saul's son their King !.Rather than an all out war, the House of David and the House of Saul had a mock war with the best fighters from each side to fight. Winner take all !They fought to a draw, but the battle got everyone excited and the House of David chased after and killed many from the House of Saul. This war lasted for several years and as time went on David got much stronger and Saul's house became much weaker !
Saturday, March 12, 2016
2 Samuel ... Introduction
March 10, 2016
This book of the bible covers a period of about 135 years. It starts when the Jews were just a rag tag group of people being led by Judges and ends with the Jews being a firm nation ruled by King David. There are 24 chapters in this book, and we will break this blog down by week and by chapter. Each week we will write the notes from our study. We do not have any dead lines or goals of when to get done. Doing so tends to keep the Holy Spirit out of our study and our wish is that the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth.
As we go through the bible we will set up a new blog for each book and each study we do. This will help you to locate what you want to study easily. Since there are 66 books in the bible and allowing for other studies, we could easily end up with around 70 different blogs ! That scares me to death ! I may not be an old man yet, but that will take many years to do. BUT..If I'm going to be old any way, I may as well grow old doing what I love.... teaching, reading, writing, and learning about Jesus and God's word !!!
I just hope you will enjoy using this blog as a tool to help you grow closer and learn more about our Lord and Savior Jesus !! I pray you will be blessed by this labor of love and will share it with your friends. I always try to use easy and simple language so that it is easy to understand.
This book of the bible covers a period of about 135 years. It starts when the Jews were just a rag tag group of people being led by Judges and ends with the Jews being a firm nation ruled by King David. There are 24 chapters in this book, and we will break this blog down by week and by chapter. Each week we will write the notes from our study. We do not have any dead lines or goals of when to get done. Doing so tends to keep the Holy Spirit out of our study and our wish is that the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth.
As we go through the bible we will set up a new blog for each book and each study we do. This will help you to locate what you want to study easily. Since there are 66 books in the bible and allowing for other studies, we could easily end up with around 70 different blogs ! That scares me to death ! I may not be an old man yet, but that will take many years to do. BUT..If I'm going to be old any way, I may as well grow old doing what I love.... teaching, reading, writing, and learning about Jesus and God's word !!!
I just hope you will enjoy using this blog as a tool to help you grow closer and learn more about our Lord and Savior Jesus !! I pray you will be blessed by this labor of love and will share it with your friends. I always try to use easy and simple language so that it is easy to understand.
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