2026-09-21 2 Samuel 24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” There’s really much to take in in 2 Samuel 24. Once again King David messes up ; he orders a census without God’s directive other than that he personally wanted to know the number of the people, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people” (verse 2).

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2026-09-20 2 Samuel 23:3-4 The God of Israel has spoken the rock of Israel has said to me When one rules justly over men ruling in the fear of God he dawns on them like the morning light like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth Through out 2 Samuel, King David distinguishes himself; he embodies all that men are glad for in a king and all that God intends for and requires in one.

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2 Samuel 22:30 For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. 2 Samuel 22 are the words of song that David spoke to the Lord when the Lord had delivered him from Saul and from all his enemies. As I mused over them, I felt so stricken knowing that I myself hadn’t been so disciplined and diligent to put to record all of God’s goodness and glorious workings in my life.

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2 Samuel 21 Verse 15 There was war again between the Philistines and Israel Verse 18: After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob Verse 19: And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob Verse 20: And there was again war at Gath That’s a little too many times when there was again war with the Philistines, don’t you think? One battle would be won, and soon after another one would have to be won, and on and on again.

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2 Samuel 20:2 So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their kind steadfastly from Jordan to Jerusalem. In John 6, after Jesus had given a hard teaching about his flesh being the true bread and his blood the true drink, and many of his disciples, unable to bear it, had turned back from following him, he now asked his disciples, “Do you want to go away as well?

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2 Samuel 19:23 And the King said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the King gave him his oath. Perhaps one of the greatest lessons to be learnt from David is his gentleness towards his enemies. He showed great restraint and mercy towards men who would have killed him had they but had the kind of opportunities David had had with them; he spared Saul’s life twice when Saul had been hunting him down to kill him, he instructed his commanders not to harm his son Absalom despite Absalom himself meaning to kill him, and in Shimei’s case, he refused Abishai permission to execute Shimei for his previous cursing.

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2 Samuel 18:5 And the King ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the King gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom. With the preceding incidents of David’s kindness towards people who by all appearances he was justified in showing them wrath, this instruction to his commanders that they not harm Absalom isn’t so surprising.

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