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November 11, 2026 - 2 Samuel 3 & Proverbs 25:15-28 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bob Riddick Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, with God's word letting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Josiah Smith, joined by Tyler Sanborn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Wednesday, November 11th, 2026.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: Here's a quick summary of 2 Samuel 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a prolonged conflict between David's military forces and what remains of Saul's dynasty that really kind of opens up the chapter.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: And what we see in 2nd Samuel 3 specifically is David's position is growing, um, increasingly dominant, while Saul's uh house and his soldiers is ultimately deteriorating.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: So there's even things about uh David fathering six sons during his time at Hebron, uh, born to different wives, of course, Amnon, Kiliab, Absalon, Absalom, which he's going to be an important figure in the not so distant future, Adonijah, uh Shaphatia, and Ithraim.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: And really the the chapter's sort of central action, I guess you could say, is when Abner, he's the military commander of Saul's house, begins trying to consolidate power during this ongoing conflict, kind of move forces all together so that they can have a better chance of winning and surviving.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: But but then there is a personal dispute that triggers kind of a political, you could call it, I don't know, turning point of some sort.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: And uh there's uh an accusation of Abner sleep sleeping with Rizpa, that's Saul's concubine, and Abner responds uh with great anger and with great fury, and uh he is insistent that he has remained loyal to Saul's family, and uh ultimately he questions why he would ever bring reproach over uh a woman.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: And then Abner swears an oath to transfer the kingdom of Saul's house to David, and this is kind of where we see uh David really starting to rise in power and in prominence, and even something like these military squabbles God is using kind of sovereignly in the background to ensure David's um ascension, if you want to call it that, to the throne.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: So that's a quick summary here of uh 2 Samuel 3.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_01: Listen intently to God's written word.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_01: Proverbs 25, verses 15 through 28.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_01: With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_01: If you have found money, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_01: Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_01: A man who bears a false witness against his neighbor is like a war club or a sword or a sharp arrow.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_01: Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
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  SPEAKER_01: Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on soda.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_01: If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_01: The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is better to live in a corner of a housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife, like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country, like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain, is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.
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  SPEAKER_01: A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: In 2 Samuel 3, what we are seeing is what you might expect actually from the passing of one king's reign to the next.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, there's loyalties that are being tested, and people that are even accusing other people of abandoning loyalty to one king versus another.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, here we see in 2 Samuel 3 that Joab ultimately ends up murdering Abner.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says even in verse 26, when Joab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers.
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  SPEAKER_00: So because remember, uh Abner is kind of like, I'm gonna uh in a sense, maybe we could say switch sides um and and be for David and David's house.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when Joab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sarah.
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  SPEAKER_00: But David did not know about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him inside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach so that he died for the blood of Asahel, his brother.
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  SPEAKER_00: And afterward, when David heard of it, he said, I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner, the son of Nur.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's like there's even people are murdering other people because of these sort of tensions politically that are happening.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: The ground uh of the kingdom of Israel is is literally shifting.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, we've got band of bands of Saul's soldiers that are switching to potentially be David's soldiers.
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  SPEAKER_00: People don't like that.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: People are taking other people's lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's even talk here about David and his first wife coming back, and and just it's kind of a mess, honestly, Tyler.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: And and I think it makes somewhat of a sense.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: Of course, you could see just the way that Saul died, all of the events leading up to Saul's death.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's very turbulent.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's it's a turbulent time in Israel's history that we can say for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, David, especially in this chapter, we we see some of his characters shine through.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, first Samuel, the whole yo-yo kind of summary.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see at least here, one of uh just an instance of David and his character, him seeking the Lord, seeking to do the right thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but yeah, things are shifting, and and we're we're heading towards chapter seven, which is the official Davidic covenant and uh other things that like that that are very pivotal, both in 2 Samuel, but also just in the storyline of scripture as a whole, that paved the way for the Messiah, uh, that ultimately we know, of course, to be Jesus Christ.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, it's just an interesting chapter, lots of conflicts, lots of uncertainty, shifting ground.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and again, something that you might expect at this juncture in Israel's history, especially with all the events leading up to this and Saul's uh just pursuit of David trying to take his life and how that all ended up in 1 Samuel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh, here again, we just see uh God, of course, is at work in the background of all this, sovereignly, providentially orchestrating all of these events, or at least in through them to accomplish his good purposes and ultimately to make David officially this this covenant, this king of Israel, uh that he's gonna make with him in in chapter seven.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um but yeah, just a confusing chapter, but uh one that I think kind of helps us to see the background of which God makes this incredible promise and this incredible covenant uh to David.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_01: So, Pastor Josiah, as a connection to our reading in 2 Samuel uh today, I see a handful of verses that can be applied to some common themes and things that we've been learning through the life of uh of King Saul and ongoing in that transition of power.
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_01: There's there's a tumultuous time in Israel's history here with uh David being king over Judah, um, and and just the the uncertainty of who's aligned with who and who's being faithful uh to what king or ruler.
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  SPEAKER_01: I I look to the the Proverbs today and I see some connections here in Proverbs chapter 25.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, in connection with uh with Joab's actions to go and murder Abner, I'm looking at verse 15, and it says, with patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
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  SPEAKER_01: And and we see Joab taking vengeance into his own hands and going after uh Abner and killing him.
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  SPEAKER_01: And and as we were just talking just a moment ago, uh David curses.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_01: David is displeased, it disheartens David to see uh to see someone who is who is coming to be loyal to him and and turning um and showing him alliance from Saul's camp coming over to his camp.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_01: Uh we see uh we see Abner um catching heat.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_01: He dies, he loses his life, he's killed and murdered.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and and just to think about what would what could have been or what would have happened potentially if we pump the brakes and slow down and with patience seek some counsel.
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  SPEAKER_01: If if Joab goes to David, goes to him and says, Hey, I'm not so sure about this guy.
• 9:13
  SPEAKER_01: I don't like I don't like how how he's flipping flipping teams here.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um David may have an opportunity to persuade him to to speak reasonably and logically with him, and and a life is not taken.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, and a man is not murdered.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh so a soft tongue will will break a bone.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh there's there's great great power with with words and patience that that are are sought out with a point to go and please God, to to seek understanding, to to exercise discipline and exercise wisdom as you go.
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  SPEAKER_01: A soft tongue and not not force, not violence, um accomplishes uh things that are often more pleasing to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_01: When we take things into our own hands, strike out violently, um, the opportunity to have a quiet word, a patient word, a gentle conversation, uh, so much more can come and in those circumstances than if we just act out in our own understanding, taking vengeance into our own hands.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I think we see this playing out in a handful of times as we look at to the life of David as he's interacting with Saul.
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  SPEAKER_01: Saul, what have I done to you?
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  SPEAKER_01: Your servant is loyal, your servant is faithful to the Lord's anointed.
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  SPEAKER_01: When Saul is going to try to seek his life to take it, David takes time to have a soft word, a soft tongue, and have a conversation with Saul and choosing not to take action, not taking vengeance on the Lord's anointed.
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  SPEAKER_01: So a couple, a couple connections here that I see.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_01: Uh PJ, what what are you seeing here in the Proverbs today?
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  SPEAKER_01: How can we be encouraged?
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  SPEAKER_01: How are we tying things uh together here today?
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I even thought of uh Proverbs 25, 18, a man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club or a sword or a sharp arrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: This made me think of um Abner, excuse me, Abner being accused of you know sleeping with one of Saul's uh was it his concubine or uh one of the women that were that was involved with with Saul and how that whole thing unfolded.
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  SPEAKER_00: And um, and so there's just even that sense of our words, of course, having weight to them, but specifically in Proverbs 25, verse 18, a man who bears false witness against his neighbor uh does some real damage, it's like a war club or a sword or a sharp arrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: There can be kind of a tearing apart of the relationship, tearing apart, of course, of the friendship as a result of saying things that are that are not true, making potentially false accusations and things of that nature.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_00: And so lots of connections here, and even just the reality that, of course, David was king of Judah at this point, but there was kind of a divide in the kingdom where there was another king who was ruling over Israel, and David was king of Judah, and some of the conflict is is a result of that, because there's just as like you were saying, some level of everyone's kind of doing what's right in their own eyes, and there's not one unified just submission ultimately to the Lord and what he has, and that's coming, and and uh that'll you know, the king that's ruling over Israel will will pass away, and and some of that will go back to being unified.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you know the story of the Old Testament, of course, the the the kingdom does divide even in a greater way ultimately to the north and the south.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but that that's coming in the future.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think here in Proverbs 25, we we see um even in in verse 15, patience, uh ruler may be persuaded and a soft tongue will break a bone.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_00: Like words are gonna play uh a big part in just even the conflicts going on in in Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're gonna play a big part in potentially the conflict that we might face uh just in our day-to-day lives and in our relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but if we have soft speech, a soft tongue, we have the potential uh to inflict another kind of you could say pain, but I don't want to use that word because it's it's more of a positive thing, right?
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: Uh a soft tongue will break a bone.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_00: There's and I think there's even a sense of there's something that's hard, maybe even something that's callous that can be broken, broken through, if you want to think of it that way, by just a gentle tongue.
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  SPEAKER_00: A soft answer turns away wrath.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so the way that we speak, we can build others up.
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  SPEAKER_00: We we can actually diffuse conflict, uh, or as it says here, we will break a bone uh because of the way that we choose to uh to speak.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so we we want to make sure that we are using our words in a way that honors uh the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh so much here, like we even mentioned in verse 18, we can use our words potentially to bear false witness.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if we do that, we'll we'll be doing something akin to a war club, a sword, a sharp arrow, things that are hurtful, that are divisive, um, who you trust in matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, I think of verse 19, trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_00: All of these, we see these kind of playing out in the life of Israel, uh, specifically in 2 Samuel, as people are trusting in uh basically other people rather than God.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_00: People are using words in ways that are damaging, people are uh being slanderous.
• 13:56
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, there's all kinds of stuff happening, conflict, and and we see really in real time as we read through 2 Samuel the Proverbs coming alive.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, I hope we can see that those connect to our lives as well in our relationships and uh in the ways that we seek to live our lives for the glory and honor of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: So lots lots of just really good nuggets and uh specifically good connections here between Proverbs 25 and 2 Samuel 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, thank you so much for joining us today on the Lamp and Light Bible Podcast.
• 14:24
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