April 14 - 2 Sam 20-21;
23:8-23; 1 Chron 20:4-8; 11:10-25
Anyone else a bit confused over today’s text? First, I
thought God had told David the land would have peace – it sounds like the
battles we read about today were far from peaceful! Yet another attempt at a
coup (resolved by a wise woman – too bad we don’t know her name) and additional
fighting with the Philistines.
And a famine in the land as a consequence for Saul’s
actions nearly a decade earlier? Why would God punish those who didn’t seem to
have much involvement in the initial sin? Oh, the heartbreak of Rizpah, whose
two sons and five nephews had to pay for their grandfather’s actions. I wonder
if Mirab was still alive; we don’t hear of her pain.
Then we learn the names of the famous mighty men of
David, who were heroes of the time. Their brave actions helped save the
Israelites from disaster. It’s interesting to compare these heroes and their
actions to the ‘heroes’ of our world today.
TOMORROW’S TEXT: 2
Sam 23:24 - 24:25; 1 Chron 11:26-47; 21:1-30
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