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May 6 - 2 Samuel 20 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's shown here.
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  It is Monday. It is the 6th of May.
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  How you going? You're going well.
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  Beginning of a new week and all that.
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  I hope you are. I hope you are.
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  Because this week, this week is the week that we are going to
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  have our last full week in the book of Second Samuel.
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  We will almost round out the story.
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  One more chapter will be left next week, but we will hear all
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  about what happens in David's life as he settles back into his
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  throne in Jerusalem. And then from next week we are
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  going to start reading the book of Proverbs together, that we'll
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  we'll get to more of this next week.
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  But the first section of Proverbs tells the story of lady
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  wisdom, essentially, And so we're going to read that story
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  before then. We are going to read a proverb
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  at the end of the week when we finished the book of Psalms, but
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  that's at the end of the year. That's lots of time still to
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  come. Let's settle into this week,
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  Holy Spirit, clear the schedule in our minds and help us learn
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  more of you as we read these words together.
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  All right, friends, let us round out this book.
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  Let's read together. Second Samuel, Chapter 20.
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  There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba,
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  son of Bikri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin.
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  Sheba blew a Rams horn and began to chant down with the dynasty
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  of David we have no interest in the son of Jesse.
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  Come on, you men of Israel, back to your homes.
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  So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed
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  Sheba, son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed with
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  their king and escorted him from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.
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  When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the 10
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  concubines he had left to look after the palace and placed them
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  in seclusion. Their needs were provided for,
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  but he no longer slept with them, so each of them lived like
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  a widow until she died. Then the king told a Massa,
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  mobilised the army of Judah within three days and report
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  back at that time. So Amasa went out to notify
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  Judah, but it took him longer than the time he had been given.
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  Then David said to Abishai Shiba, son of Bikri is going to
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  hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my trips and chase
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  after him before he gets into a fortified town where he can't
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  reach him. So Abishai and Joab, together
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  with the King's bodyguard and all the mighty warriors, set out
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  from Jerusalem to go after Sheba.
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  As they arrived at the great stone of Gibian, Amassa met
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  them. Job was wearing his military
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  tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt.
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  As he stepped forward to Greater Massa, he slipped the dagger
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  from its sheath. How are you, my cousin Joe?
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  Abs said, and took him by the beard with his right hand, as
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  though to kiss him. Amassa didn't notice the dagger
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  in his left hand and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with
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  it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground.
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  Job did not need to strike again and Amassa soon died.
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  Joab and his brother Abshire left him lying there and
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  continued after Shiba, one of Joe's young men shouted to
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  amasses troops. If you are for Joab and David,
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  come and follow Joab. But a Massa lay in his blood in
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  the middle of the road, and Joe's man saw that everyone was
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  stopping to stare at him. So he pulled him off the road
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  into a field and threw a cloak over him.
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  With the masses body out of the way, everyone went on with Joab
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  to capture Sheba, son of Bikri. Meanwhile, Sheba travelled
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  through all the tribes of Israel and eventually came to the town
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  of Abel Beth Maker. All the members of his own clan,
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  the Bick writes, assembled for battle and followed him into the
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  town. When Joe's forces arrived, they
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  attacked Abel Beth Maker. They built a siege ramp against
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  the town's fortifications and began battering down the wall.
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  But a wise woman in the town called out to Joab.
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  Listen to me, Joab, come over here so I can talk to you.
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  As he approached, the woman asked.
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  Are you Joab? I am, he replied.
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  So she said. Listen carefully to your
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  servant. I'm listening, he said.
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  Then she continued. There used to be a saying.
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  If you want to settle an argument, ask advice at the town
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  of Abel. I am one who was peace loving
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  and faithful in Israel, but you were destroying an important
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  town in Israel. Why do you want to devour what
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  belongs to the Lord and Joe? I replied.
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  Believe me, I don't want to devour or destroy your town.
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  That's not my purpose. All I want is a man named Sheba,
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  son of Bikri from the Hill Country of Ephraim, who has
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  revolted against King David. If you hand over this one man to
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  me, I will leave the town in peace, all right, the woman
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  replied. We will throw his head over the
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  wall to you. Then the woman went to all the
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  people with her wise advice. They cut off Shebaa's head and
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  threw it out to Joab. So he blew the Rams horn and
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  called his troops back from the attack.
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  They all returned to their homes and Joab returned to the king at
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  Jerusalem. Now Joeb was the commander of
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  the army of Israel. Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was
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  the captain of the King's bodyguard.
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  Adoniram was in charge of forced labour.
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  Jehoshaphat, son of Ali Hood, was the royal historian.
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  Shiva was the court secretary, Zadok and Abiathar were the
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  priests and Ira, descendant of Jaya was David's personal
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  priest. Our Lord Justice David knew that
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  he needed to stand unopposed as King.
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  Lord, we want you to stand unopposed as King of Our lives.
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  All those things that would vie for number one place in our
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  lives. All those other priorities that
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  stick their neck out in the way of you, Lord, We pray that they
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  would be cleared from our schedule, cleared from our
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  hearts, cleared from our minds, so that you alone sit atop the
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  priorities of our life. Because you are our God and we
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  love you and we wanna worship you alone.
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  Hallelujah. We worship you, and it's in the
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  glorious name of Jesus that we pray all these things.
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  Amen.