In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, ‘’What town are you from?’’ . . . Then Absalom would say to him, ‘’Look, your claims are v...  Read More

  21 When King David heard all this, he was furious. And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.Two years later, when Absalom’s sheep shearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there.Absalom went to the king and said . . .  ‘‘Will the king and his attendants please join me?...  Read More

In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill.  . . .Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab . . . a very shrewd man.  He asked Amnon, ‘’Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?’’ Amnon said to him, ‘’I’m in love with...  Read More

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved him; and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.2 Samuel 12: 24-25. The love of God is so comforting! The love of God is so pure! The love of God is so refreshing! The love of God is so magnanimous th...  Read More

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace.  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her.  . . . Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.  . . . Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, ‘’I am pregnant.’’  2 Samuel 11:...  Read More

David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead.  . . . Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.His attendants asked him, ‘’Why are you acting this way? Whi...  Read More