2 Samuel 11: David Takes a Wrong Turn Onto the Path to Evil

When we left our hero in the last episode, he was all Israel had hoped for.  He was the king whom Israel needed to make God’s name known to the world. God was with David and because of that, his power grew. Our author made clear to us who holds the power by his repetitious use of the word send.  In the preceding chapter, Chapter 10, the one that began with the phrase “in the course of time” and therefore, goes with these next 2 chapters. 

King David sends a sympathy delegation to King Hanun. King Hanun sends them back. King David sends Joab and the army into war. The two kings do all the sending, they are engaged in a human power struggle where the most powerful man wins. That man is David because he has found favor with the Lord. 

But David is about to learn that while power given by God, used for God, glorifies God. That same power used for personal pleasure is a dark and deadly path of pain. 

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Show Notes

• Blog
• The Path to Good or Evil
• The Tribal Allotments of Israel
• Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon
• David's Wars of Conquest
• The Old Testament Books
• The New Testament Books
• Bible Timeline

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