https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/14.htm More life’s lessons. In the last chapter of Second Samuel, Amnon raped his half-daughter Tamar, then Absalom killed his half-brother Amnon, then fled. And David was in great distress. He mourned his son Amnon, he mourned his daughters stolen innocence, and he love Absalom but at the same time he was angry with him. Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/13.htm I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again; the more I read the Bible, the more I recognize it as a manual on how “not to live” as opposed to “rules to live by”. And maybe I’m just desensitized, but the stories of the Bible are so old, they truly seem as if Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/psalms/51.htm David wrote Psalm 51 after the prophet Nathan came and woke him up about the sins he had committed. It is called a “Prayer of Repentance”, and is one of the most insightful psalms there is. Verse 1 – “Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/12.htm Before I start, there’s one thing from 2 Samuel 11 I forgot to note. Verse 17 ends with “But the thing that David had done displeased[f] the Lord.” David had committed adultery, then he killed the husband of his mistress to cover up the crime. And this “displeased” the Lord. What happened to the Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/11.htm David was a great man. Often called the Shepherd King, he was chosen specifically by God, likely because of his heart. God knows the heart…let that be a lesson. You can show all appearances of being the perfect Christian, going to church regularly, making every attempt to obey God and His laws, professing your Continue reading

As I have begun to read the Bible once again this year, I’ve attempted to do so without the input of pastors and theologians. Each time I study the Bible, I try to do so in a different way so I not only become bored with reading it, but also to learn things from a Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/9.htm I don’t know how long David mourned the death of Saul’s son Jonathon, but it had to have hit him hard. Jonathon was like a brother to him. And David hasn’t forgotten him, and wants to do something in his memory. David founds out that Jonathon named Mephibosheth, who we read about before and Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/psalms/96.htm The author of Psalm 96 is unknown, but is likely attributed to David since most of the psalms were written by him. And this psalm/song is not only another praise of God and His goodness, it is also a prophesy about the coming of Jesus to judge us. Many people think of that as Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/psalms/60.htm A psalm is actually a song set to music. They usually don’t rhyme like a modern day song, I believe they are more of a chant, a singing prayer if you will. The majority of the psalms were written by David, and the title of many explains the setting or situation David was in Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/7.htm The Canaanites that occupied “the Promised Land”, the land God gave to the Hebrews, we pagans. They all had came from Noah, but like Esau who was angry about his birthright and married a Canaanite woman just to spite Isaac, that side of the family tree left God, distanced themselves from Him. There were Continue reading