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April 4 - 2 Samuel 3 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. Welcome to another day where you
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  have joined me so that we can do this thing that we do reading a
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  chapter of the Bible at this A Chapter a Day Bible Reading
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  podcast. Today it is the 4th of April and
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  this is well, it's a bit of a serious day.
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  This is the United Nations Day, the International Day for Mine
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  Awareness. This is the day where only since
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  last year actually the UN have said enough is enough.
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  Let us remember every year on this day campaign and make a bit
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  of noise to say countries that are still using land mines
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  enough's enough. There are still did you realise
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  68 countries in the world that have got the remnant of war and
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  unexploded landmines sitting, waiting waiting in their
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  countries to hurt innocent people going about their daily
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  lives? And still in Burma and the
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  Ukraine and the Yemen, more landmines are being laid as war
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  plays out there. So today is a day that people
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  say enough is enough. And if you want to find out
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  more, I'm sure a quick Internet search will give you all the
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  information you need. Ah yes, for peace in our world
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  where innocent people are not hurt by the remnants of war.
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  That being said, boy, we are having a war tastic time in
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  Second Samuel, aren't we? Chasing people with Spears and
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  killing each other. Hard, dear, this is what
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  happened. This was the tussle as David was
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  trying to set himself up to take on the throne of Israel, not
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  just the throne of Judah. And that will continue today and
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  move toward the point where David can finally ascend to the
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  throne. But we're not quite there yet.
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  More of that to come as we see God's big narrative playing out
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  to get his man to begin this dynasty that will bring us the
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  Easter resurrection story. Yep, it all starts well.
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  Didn't start here, but it all continued through this story
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  that will read together today in Second Samuel chapter 3.
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  That was the beginning of a long war between those who were loyal
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  to Saul and those loyal to David.
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  As time passed, David became stronger and stronger, while
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  Saul's dynasty became weaker and weaker.
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  These are the sons who were born to David and Hebron.
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  The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was a high norm from
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  Jezreel. The second was Daniel, whose
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  mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabel from Carmel.
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  The third was Absalom, whose mother was Marca, the daughter
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  of Talmai, king of Geshur. The fourth was Adonijah, whose
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  mother was Haggith. The fifth was chef attire, whose
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  mother was Abital. The 6th was Etherium, whose
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  mother was Egla, David's wife. These sons were all born to
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  David and Hebron. As the war between the House of
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  Saul and the House of David went on, Abner became a powerful
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  leader among those loyal to Saul.
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  One day, Ishbosheth Saul's son accused Abner of sleeping with
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  one of his father's concubines. A woman named Rizpah, daughter
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  of Aya Abner, was furious. Am I some Judean dog to be
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  kicked around like this? He shouted.
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  After all I've done for your father, Saul and his family and
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  friends by not handing you over to David?
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  Is this my reward? That you find fault with me
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  about this woman? May God strike me and even kill
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  me if I don't do anything I can to help David get what the Lord
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  has promised him. I'm going to take Saul's Kingdom
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  and give it to David. I will establish the throne of
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  David over Israel as well as Judah, all the way from Dan in
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  the north to Beersheba in the South.
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  Ishbosheth didn't dare say another word because he was
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  afraid of what Abner might do. Then Abner sent messengers to
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  David, saying, Doesn't the entire land belong to you?
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  Make a solemn pact with me and I will help turn over all of
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  Israel to you. All right, David replied.
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  But I will not negotiate with you unless you bring back my
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  wife, Michael Saul's daughter when you come.
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  David then sent this message to Ishbosheth Saul's son.
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  Give me back my wife, Michael, for I bought her with the lives
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  of 100 Philistines. O Ishbosheth took Michael away
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  from her husband, Palti, son of leash Ulty, followed along
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  behind her as far as Bahram, weeping as he went.
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  Then Abner told him go back home, so Paltry returned.
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  Meanwhile, Abner had consulted with the elders of Israel for
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  some time. Now he told them, you have
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  wanted to make David your king. Now is the time for the Lord has
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  said, I have chosen David to save my people, Israel, from the
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  hands of the Philistines and from all their other enemies.
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  Abner also spoke with the men of Benjamin.
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  Then he went to Hebron to tell David that all the people of
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  Israel and Benjamin had agreed to support him.
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  When Abner and twenty of his men came to Hebron, David
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  entertained them with the great feast.
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  Then Abner said to David, Let me go and call an assembly of all
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  Israel to support my Lord the king.
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  They will make a covenant with you to make you their king, and
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  you will rule over everything your heart desires, said David
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  sent Abner safely on his way. But just after David had sent
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  Abner away in safety, Joe, ABB, and some of David's troops
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  returned from a raid, bringing much plunder with them.
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  When Joab arrived, he was told that Abner had just been there
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  visiting the King and had been sent away in safety.
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  Joe Abbie rushed to the King and demanded, what have you done?
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  What do you mean by letting Abner get away?
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  You know perfectly well that he came to spy on you and find out
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  everything you're doing. Joe then left David and sent
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  messengers to catch up with Abner, asking him to return.
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  They found him at the Well of Syrah and brought him back,
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  though David knew nothing about it.
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  When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at
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  the gateway, as if to speak with him privately.
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  But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in
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  revenge for killing his brother Asahel.
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  When David heard about it, he declared.
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  I vowed by the Lord that I and my Kingdom are forever innocent
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  of this crime against Abner, son of Nair, Joab and his family are
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  the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed
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  in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy,
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  or who walks on crutches or dies by the sword or begs for food.
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  So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because Abner had
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  killed their brother Asahel at the battle of Gibeon.
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  Then David said to Joab, and all those who were with him.
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  Tear your clothes and put on burlap, mourn for Abner, and
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  King David himself walked behind the procession to the grave.
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  They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept
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  at his graveside. Then the king sang this funeral
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  song for Abner. Should Abner have died as fools
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  die? Your hands were not bound.
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  Your feet were not chained. No, You were murdered, The
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  victim of a wicked plot. All the people wept again for
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  Abner. David had refused to eat
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  anything on the day of the funeral and now everyone begged
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  him to eat. But David had made a vow saying
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  May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before
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  sundown. This pleases the people very
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  much. In fact, everything the king did
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  pleased them. So everyone in Judah and all
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  Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner's
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  murder. Then King David said to his
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  officials, Don't you realise that a great commander has
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  fallen today in Israel? And even though I am the
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  anointed king, these two sons of Jeremiah, Joab and Abishai are
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  too strong for me to control. So may the Lord repay these evil
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  men for their evil deeds? No, Father.
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  You've got our backs. You see each of our days, you
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  see the way that we interact with others, and you know where
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  we've been wronged or harmed or treated unfairly.
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  And you've got our backs. You are the God of justice.
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  The long arc of time bends toward your justice.
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  Justice is yours to bring about. Help us to let go of our anger,
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  to let go of our desire for vengeance or our desire to pay
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  back what has done to us, but instead to rest, to rest in your
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  embrace, knowing that you've got it covered.
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  That in your good time your will will be done in everything.
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  And thank you for Jesus. Thank you that he gave up
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  everything for us so that we would know that you are a God of
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  love who comes to us in our need, where we are this very
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  day, with love and forgiveness and an invitation to come to
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  you, our Saviour and our God. We love you and we worship you
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  and we pray all these things in Jesus name.
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  Ah man.