PART FIVE DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND SONG 2 Samuel 20:1 to 2 Samuel 24:25 A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 20 2 Samuel 20:1-3 _Sheba's revolt._ Some of the Israelites still felt that David had usurped Saul's throne. This was especially true of the men of Benjamin. They found a leader in Sheba. 2 Samuel 20:4-9 _... [ Continue Reading ]
V. DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND SONG, 2 Samuel 20:1 to 2 Samuel 24:25. 1. The Reorganization of the Kingdom, 2 Samuel 20:1-26. _Sheba's Revolt._ 2 Samuel 20:1-3 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name _was_ Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We hav... [ Continue Reading ]
_Amasa's Indolence._ 2 Samuel 20:4-9 4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble _the men of_ Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall S... [ Continue Reading ]
_Joab Assassinates Amasa. 2 Samuel 20:10-13_ But Amasa took no heed to the sword that _was_ in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth _rib,_ and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bich... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sheba's Death._ 2 Samuel 20:14-23 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel's Leaders._ 2 Samuel 20:24-26 24 And Adoram _was_ over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud _was_ recorder: 25 And Sheva _was_ scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar _were_ the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. _13._ What changes were made among David... [ Continue Reading ]