Category Archives: 2Samuel

The battle was over . . . the true king’s forces had prevailed . . . he who would be king was dead. Absalom the vengeful . . . Absalom the ambitious . . . Absalom the cold-hearted . . … Continue reading →

He really had no business being there. First, it’s not like he was family or anything . . . no blood connection . . . no obligation to include him. What’s more, it’s not as if he were included because … Continue reading →

It’s an interesting epilogue. A final chapter in a story that could have stood alone without it . . . but a chapter determined to be written by the Author and penned through the Spirit. It’s the story of King … Continue reading →

He really had no business being there. First, it’s not like he was family or anything . . . no blood connection . . . no obligation to include him. What’s more, he was lame in both feet . . … Continue reading →

They were playing with fire . . . and someone got burned. The action that resulted in the consequence was not the root cause . . . instead, disaster was waiting to happen because they were loose with the ways … Continue reading →

I’m thinking the order is important. Not that it’s a law or anything . . . but as I read it,it jumped out at me as making sense . . . that the one should come before the other . … Continue reading →

As I read 2Samuel 22 I can’t help but think, at first, that David seems pretty self-centered. If I’m counting right, in my ESV bible, the word “my” or “me” is used upwards of 75 times in these 51 verses. … Continue reading →

What a jerk!! No, what a two-faced liar!! No, what a hypocrite!! No, what a murderer!! Ok . . . so I’m reacting to 2Samuel 11 and the well known account of David’s sin with Bathsheba. It’s starts with a … Continue reading →

It reads like the credits at the end of a movie . . . a list of names scrolling through the last half of 2Samuel 23. It starts out, “These are the names of the mighty men whom David had … Continue reading →