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April 9 - 2 Samuel 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's shown here.
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  It is Tuesday, It is the 9th of April or the year is getting
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  away from us, isn't it? Here we are already in the
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  fourth month of the year. Crazy.
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  And today, today is the day when finally, finally, David ascends
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  to the throne of the whole of Israel.
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  And there is nothing quite like it is today, you know?
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  It's not like King Charles, who has a lovely coronation where he
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  and he invents a quiche and we all eat quiche around the world
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  celebrating it and watch it on telly.
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  Now this is done by brute force, where they take the throne and
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  then capture the land to rule from.
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  It is the way it used to be, and I'm sure it is still the way it
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  works in some tribal parts of the world today.
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  And so that that is our reading for today.
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  So let us hear how David ascends the throne and then continues
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  his military dominance in that area to set up this dynasty so
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  that God's work can be done. So let's do it Reading together
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  Second Samuel, Chapter 5. Then all the tribes of Israel
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  went to David at Hebron and told him we are your own flesh and
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  blood. In the past, when Saul was our
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  king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel,
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  and the Lord told you you will be the shepherd of my people,
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  Israel. You will be Israel's leader.
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  So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the Lord
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  with all the elders of Israel, and they anointed him King of
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  Israel. David was 30 years old when he
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  began to reign, and he reigned 40 years in all.
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  He had reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six
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  months, and from Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and
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  Judah for 33 years. David then led his men to
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  Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original
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  inhabitants of the land who were living there.
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  The Jebusites taunted David, saying here all never get in
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  here. Even the blind and lame could
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  keep you out, for the Jebusites thought they were safe.
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  But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the
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  City of David. On the day of the attack, David
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  said to his troops, I hate those lame and blind Jebusites.
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  Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city
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  through the water tunnel. That is the origin of the
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  saying. The blind and the lamb may not
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  enter the house, so David made the fortress his home, and he
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  called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting
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  at the supporting terraces and working inward, and David became
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  more and more powerful because the Lord God of Heaven's armies
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  was with him. Then King Hiram of Tyre sent
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  messengers to David along with cedar timber and carpenters and
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  stone Masons, and they built David a palace.
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  And David realised that the Lord had confirmed him as king over
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  Israel and had blessed his Kingdom for the sake of his
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  people, Israel. After moving from Hebron to
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  Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, and they
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  had more sons and daughters. These are the names of David's
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  sons who are born in Jerusalem. Shamala Shobab, Nathan Solomon.
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  Ibar, Elishia. Newfag, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada
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  and Eliphalet. When the Philistines heard that
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  David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilised all their
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  forces to capture him. But David was told they were
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  coming, so he went into the stronghold.
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  The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of
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  Rephaim. Sir David asked the Lord.
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  Should I go out to fight the Philistines?
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  Will you hand them over to me? The Lord replied to David.
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  Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over
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  to you. So David went to Baal Perazim
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  and defeated the Philistines there.
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  The Lord did it. David exclaimed.
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  He burst through my enemies like a raging flood.
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  So he named that place Baal Perazim, which means the Lord
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  who bursts through the Philistines, had abandoned their
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  idols there, so David and his men confiscated them.
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  But after a while the Philistines returned and again
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  spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
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  And again David asked the Lord what to do.
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  Do not attack them straight on, the Lord replied.
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  Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the Poplar
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  trees. When you hear a sound like
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  marching feet in the tops of the Poplar trees, be on alert.
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  That will be the signal that the Lord is moving ahead of you to
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  strike down the Philistine army. So David did what the Lord
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  commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from
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  Gibeon to Giza. Lord, you have your plans, and
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  your plans are good. Your plans are foolproof, and
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  your plans are for our benefit. Help us just to surrender to
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  you. Not that our surrender means
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  that you finally have permission to act, but that we don't
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  continually colon ourselves into believing that we are the
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  masters of the destinies around us.
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  Here we see David acting on your behalf and giving credit to you.
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  Lord, help us to continually, everyday relinquish our control
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  and trust that you indeed walk before us, follow behind us, and
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  flank around us every detail of our day, and that your plan
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  unfolds around us, whether we like it or not, whether we
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  acknowledge it or not, to help us acknowledge your sovereignty
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  and all that happens so often. We won't understand what's
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  happening and we will fight and struggle against the seeming
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  inevitability of what's happening.
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  But you've got it. It's in your hands.
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  You know what's going on. Help us acknowledge you not just
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  as Lord over what we choose to give you, but Lord over
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  everything. You are a mighty God, and in
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  your hands you hold the entirety of everything.
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  Thank you that you are not just all powerful, but also loving
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  and kind and gentle, and you hold us close to your heart.
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  We are so grateful for your kindness to us, so we praise you
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  and we worship you. And it's all in the name of
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  Jesus that we pray these things I'm in.