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May 9 - 2 Samuel 23 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Thursday, it is the 9th of
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  May. Hello, good to have your company
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  as we are going to together read another chapter of God's Word.
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  joining in so that you can bring each day to the rhythm of God's
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  word and open yourself up to the mystery and the wonder of a
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  living God who threw this living word has something surprising to
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  communicate with us each day that we don't even see coming.
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  But that is why we worship a God who is much bigger than us.
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  So it doesn't matter whether you've been here one day, one
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  week, one year, or this is your 4th year as it is for me.
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  So great that we can all come together, gather round the
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  incredible word of God and hear what he has to say to each one
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  of us individually. What an amazing thing.
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  And today we are going to hear the last words of David.
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  His life will continue and he will go on through the end of
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  this book. And you hear about David in
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  First Kings as well. But this is where David's last
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  words are recorded. So it's a special place.
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  And we will hear these words as we have followed the journey of
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  his life from that brave little boy on the field of war with his
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  brothers, bringing them food and ending up fighting the the giant
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  Goliath all the way through. Running away from the king,
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  becoming the king. Escaping his son, returning to
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  the throne and creating this incredible sense of peace, this
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  incredible victory, the dominance in that region of the
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  world that his son Solomon would go on to enjoy and be able to
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  focus on bringing Israel not into war, but into really the
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  height of its existence as a nation.
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  So here we hear David's last words.
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  So let's do it, shall we? Let's read these words together
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  in Second Samuel 23. These are the last words of
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  David. David the son of Jesse, speaks.
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  David, the man who was raised up so high.
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  David the man anointed by the God of Jacob.
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  David, the sweet Sarmast of Israel, the Spirit of the Lord,
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  speaks through me. His words are upon my tongue.
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  The God of Israel spoke, the rock of Israel said to me.
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  The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is
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  like the light of mourning at sunrise, like a morning without
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  clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.
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  Is it not my family God has chosen?
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  Yes, He has made an everlasting covenant with me.
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  His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail.
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  He will ensure my safety and success.
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  But the Godless are like the Thorns to be thrown away, for
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  they tear the hand that touches them.
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  One must use iron tools to chop them down.
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  They will be totally consumed by fire.
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  These are the names of David's mightiest warriors.
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  The first was Joshua Beim, the Hackmanite.
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  He was the leader of the three, the three mightiest warriors
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  among David's men. He once used his spear to kill
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  800 enemy warriors in a single battle.
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  Next in rank among the three was Eliazar, son of Dodai, a
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  descendant of a howa. Once Eliezer and David stood
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  together against the Philistines when the entire Israelite army
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  had fled. He killed Philistines until his
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  hand was too tired to lift his sword, and the Lord gave him a
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  great victory that day. The rest of the army did not
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  return until it was time to collect the plunder.
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  Next in rank was Shama, son of Aggie from Harrah.
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  One time the Philistines gathered at Lehigh and attacked
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  the Israelites in a field full of lentils.
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  The Israelite army fled, but Shama held his ground in the
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  middle of the field and beat back the Philistines.
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  So the Lord brought about a great victory once during the
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  harvest, when David was in The Cave of Adullam, the Philistine
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  army was camped in the valley of Rephaim.
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  The three who were among the 30, an elite group among David's
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  fighting men, went down to meet him there.
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  David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and the
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  Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.
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  David remarked longingly to his men.
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  Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by
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  the gate in Bethlehem. So the three broke through the
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  Philistines line, drew some water from the well by the gate
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  in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David.
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  But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an
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  offering to the Lord. The Lord forbid that I should
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  drink this, he exclaimed. This water is as precious as the
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  blood of these men who risk their lives to bring it to me,
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  said David. Did not drink it.
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  These are examples of the exploits of the three.
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  Abishai, son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was the leader
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  of the 30. He once used his spear to kill
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  300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
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  It was by such feats that he became as famous as the three.
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  Abshire was the most famous of the 30 and was their commander
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  that he was not one of the three.
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  There was also Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, A valiant warrior from
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  Kuziel. He did many heroic deeds which
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  included killing two champions of Moab.
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  Another time, on a snowy day, he chased the lion down into a pit
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  and killed it. Once armed only with a club, he
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  killed an imposing Egyptian warrior who was armed with a
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  spear. Banaya wrenched the spear from
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  the Egyptians hand and killed him with it.
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  Deeds like these made Banaya as famous as the three mightiest
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  warriors. He was more honoured than the
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  other members of the 30, though he was not one of the three, and
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  David made him a captain of his bodyguard.
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  Other members of the 30 included Asahel, Joe's brother Allen Nan,
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  son of Dodo from Bethlehem, Schema from Harrod, Alika from
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  Harrod, Helez from Palon. Ira son of Icash from Toccoa,
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  Abiezer from Anathoth. Subeki from Hasha, Zalmon from
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  Ahawa, Maharani from Netfa, Halid son of Banana from Netfa,
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  Ithai Son of Ribia from Gibier in the land of Benjamin.
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  Banaya from Python, Hurrah from Nahala.
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  Gash ABI Albon from Araba. Azmaveth from Bahram, Alabama,
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  From Charbon. The sons of Jason.
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  Jonathan, son of Shaggy From Harrah.
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  Ahem, son of Shera. From Harrah.
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  Eliphalet, son of a hasbah from Maker.
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  Alium, son of a hydrofoil from Gilo Hezrou from Carmel.
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  Parai from ABBA, Ego son of Nathan, from Zoba.
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  Barney from Gad Zelik from Amon Nahari from Beyrouth.
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  The armour bearer of Joab, son of Zeruiah Ira from Jatta.
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  Garab from Jatta Oriah, the Hittite.
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  There were 37 in all. Lord, we hear David's last
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  words. We hear this long list of people
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  who fought and served with him, and we are aware that their
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  lives came and their lives ended and our lives long before we
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  were born. You loved us.
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  You shaped us. You knew us, and here we are,
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  living our lives. And then, when our lives come to
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  a close, Lord, there you will be, your arms wrapped around us,
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  waiting, waiting to welcome us home with you God.
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  You are an eternal God, and we your people will be with you for
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  that eternity. And Lord, we can't wait to spend
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  all that time with you. But even here and now, we just
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  thank you for your presence with us.
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  We thank you that every step we take, every chapter of our lives
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  we live through. There you are, right beside us,
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  right now, right beside us. Thank you Jesus, for your
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  presence, for your love, and for your provision now and forever.
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  Amen.