2 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 8:1 After this, David struck the Philistines down, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control.

2 Samuel 8:2 He also struck down the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So, the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

2 Samuel 8:3 David also struck down Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.

2 Samuel 8:4 David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.

2 Samuel 8:5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

2 Samuel 8:6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. Yahveh made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:7 David took the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:8 King David also took huge quantities of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.

2 Samuel 8:9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had struck down the entire army of Hadadezer,

2 Samuel 8:10 he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down, for Toi and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Joram had items of silver, gold, and bronze with him.

2 Samuel 8:11 King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued–

2 Samuel 8:12 from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

2 Samuel 8:13 David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.

2 Samuel 8:14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. Yahveh made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:15 So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

2 Samuel 8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary;

2 Samuel 8:18 Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were chief officials.

links:

administering justice and righteousness
good government
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, September 27, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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2 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 7:1 When the king had settled into his palace, and Yahveh had given him relief on every side from all his enemies,

2 Samuel 7:2 the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

2 Samuel 7:3 So Nathan told the king, “Go and do all that is on your mind, for Yahveh is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:4 But that night the word of Yahveh came to Nathan:

2 Samuel 7:5 “Go to my servant David and say, ‘This is what Yahveh says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?

2 Samuel 7:6 From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today, I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have been moving around with a tent as my dwelling.

2 Samuel 7:7 In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’

2 Samuel 7:8 “So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what Yahveh of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a great name for you like that of the greatest on the land.

2 Samuel 7:10 I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have been doing

2 Samuel 7:11 ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. ” ‘Yahveh declares to you: Yahveh himself will make a house for you.

2 Samuel 7:12 When your time comes, and you rest with your fathers, I will raise after you your seed, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:13 He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.

2 Samuel 7:15 But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.'”

2 Samuel 7:17 Nathan reported all these words and this entire vision to David.

2 Samuel 7:18 Then King David went in, sat in Yahveh’s presence, and said, who am I, Lord God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far?

2 Samuel 7:19 What you have done so far was a little thing to you, Lord Yahveh, for you have also spoken about your servant’s house in the distant future. And this is instruction for humanity, Lord Yahveh.

2 Samuel 7:20 What more can David say to you? You know your servant, Lord Yahveh.

2 Samuel 7:21 Because of your word and according to your heart, you have revealed all these great things to your servant.

2 Samuel 7:22 This is why you are great, Lord Yahveh. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as all we have heard confirms.

2 Samuel 7:23 And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on land in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them great and awesome acts, driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.

2 Samuel 7:24 You established your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.

2 Samuel 7:25 Now, Yahveh God, fulfill the promise forever that you have made to your servant and his house. Do as you have promised,

2 Samuel 7:26 so that your name will be exalted forever, when it is said, “Yahveh of Armies is God over Israel.” The house of your servant David will be established before you

2 Samuel 7:27 since you, Yahveh of Armies, God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant when you said, “I will build a house for you.” Therefore, your servant has found the heart to pray this prayer to you.

2 Samuel 7:28 Lord Yahveh, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

2 Samuel 7:29 Now, please bless your servant’s house so that it will continue before you forever. For you, Lord Yahveh, have spoken, and with your blessing, your servant’s house will be blessed forever.

links:

“To be gathered to his people”
ACST 58- The Gathered
building a house
instruction for humanity
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, September 25, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, October 9, 2024
the house he built

The 2 SAMUEL shelf in Jeff’s library

2 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 6:1 David again gathered[1] all the fit young men in Israel: thirty thousand.

2 Samuel 6:2 He and all his people set out to bring the ark of God from Baalah in Judah. The ark bears the Name, the name of Yahveh of Armies who is enthroned between the cherubim.

2 Samuel 6:3 They set the ark of God on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the cart

2 Samuel 6:4 and brought it with the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on the hill. Ahio walked in front of the ark.

2 Samuel 6:5 David and the whole house of Israel were dancing before Yahveh with all kinds of fir wood instruments, lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:6 When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled.

2 Samuel 6:7 Then Yahveh’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God.

2 Samuel 6:8 David was angry because of Yahveh’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah, as it is today.

2 Samuel 6:9 David feared Yahveh that day and said, “How can the ark of Yahveh ever come to me?”

2 Samuel 6:10 So he was not willing to bring the ark of Yahveh to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

2 Samuel 6:11 The ark of Yahveh remained in his house for three months, and Yahveh blessed Obed-edom and his whole family.

2 Samuel 6:12 It was reported to King David: “Yahveh has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So, David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.

2 Samuel 6:13 When those carrying the ark of Yahveh advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

2 Samuel 6:14 David was dancing with all his might before Yahveh wearing a linen ephod.

2 Samuel 6:15 He and the whole house of Israel were bringing up the ark of Yahveh with shouts and the sound of the ram’s horn.

2 Samuel 6:16 As the ark of Yahveh was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.[2]

2 Samuel 6:17 They brought the ark of Yahveh and set it in its place inside the tent David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Yahveh’s presence.

2 Samuel 6:18 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahveh of Armies.

2 Samuel 6:19 Then he distributed a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to each one in the entire Israelite community, both men and women. Then all the people went home.

2 Samuel 6:20 When David returned home to bless his household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel honored himself today!” she said. “He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.”

2 Samuel 6:21 David replied to Michal, “It was before Yahveh who chose me over your father and his whole family to appoint me ruler over Yahveh’s people Israel. I will dance before the Lord,

2 Samuel 6:22 and I will dishonor myself and humble myself even more. However, by the slave girls you spoke about, I will be honored.”

2 Samuel 6:23 And Saul’s daughter Michal had no child to the day of her death.

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[1] אָסַף = gather. 2 Samuel 6:1; 10:15, 17; 11:27; 12:28, 29; 14:14; 17:11, 13; 21:13; 23:9, 11.

[2] לֵב = heart. 2 Samuel 6:16; 7:21, 27; 13:20, 28, 33; 14:1; 15:6, 13; 17:10; 18:3, 14; 19:7, 19; 24:10.

links:

correcting the holy
incorrect correction

The 2 SAMUEL shelf in Jeff’s library

2 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your flesh and blood.

2 Samuel 5:2 Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. Yahveh also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.'”

2 Samuel 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron in Yahveh’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began his reign; he reigned forty years.

2 Samuel 5:5 In Hebron, he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 5:6 The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you,” thinking, “David can’t get in here.”

2 Samuel 5:7 Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

2 Samuel 5:8 He said that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who David’s throat despises.” For this reason, it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”

2 Samuel 5:9 David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward.

2 Samuel 5:10 David became increasingly powerful, and Yahveh, the God of Armies, was with him.

2 Samuel 5:11 King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

2 Samuel 5:12 Then David knew that Yahveh had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 5:13 After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

2 Samuel 5:14 These are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

2 Samuel 5:15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

2 Samuel 5:16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

2 Samuel 5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold.

2 Samuel 5:18 So the Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 5:19 Then David inquired of the Lord: “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” Yahveh replied to David, “Attack, for I will certainly give the Philistines to your hand.”

2 Samuel 5:20 So David went to Baal-perazim and struck them down there and said, “Like a bursting flood, Yahveh has burst out against my enemies before me.” Therefore, he named that place Baal-perazim (the Lord Bursts Out).

2 Samuel 5:21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.

2 Samuel 5:22 The Philistines came up again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 5:23 So David inquired of the Lord, and he answered, “Do not attack directly, but circle behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees.

2 Samuel 5:24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then Yahveh will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 5:25 So David did exactly as Yahveh commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

links:

almost right
enduring ‘almost’
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, October 13, 2023
The king’s Commander

The 2 SAMUEL shelf in Jeff’s library

2 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 4:1 When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he gave up, and all Israel was dismayed.

2 Samuel 4:2 Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties: one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the Benjaminites. Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin,

2 Samuel 4:3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and still reside there as aliens today.

2 Samuel 4:4 Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nanny picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 4:5 Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at Ish-bosheth’s house during the heat of the day while the king was taking his midday nap.

2 Samuel 4:6 They entered the interior of the house as if to get wheat and struck him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.

2 Samuel 4:7 They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom and struck and killed him. They removed his head, took it, and traveled by way of the Arabah all night.

2 Samuel 4:8 They brought Ish-bosheth’s head to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here’s the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy sought your throat. Today, Yahveh has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

2 Samuel 4:9 But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As Yahveh lives, the one who has redeemed my throat from every distress,

2 Samuel 4:10 when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

2 Samuel 4:11 How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his bed! So now, should I not require his blood from you and burn[1] you from the land?”

2 Samuel 4:12 So David gave orders to the boys, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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[1] בָּעַר = burn. 2 Samuel 4:11; 22:9, 13.

links:

Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, September 24, 2019
not impressed
the treachery continues

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