His Words Are Life

2 Samuel 17:15 - 2 Samuel 19:20

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00:17 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we're going to be reading
00:21 together in the book of 2nd Samuel.
00:23 When we were last together we were reading the story
00:25 of Absalom trying to seize the throne from his father,
00:30 king David. And king David had fled the city. But still
00:34 in the city, there are two priests, Abiathar, and Zadok,
00:37 who are sympathetic to king David, and as David is on his
00:42 flight, he meets another friend of his, Hushai the Archite.
00:47 And David asks Hushai also to go back into the city and
00:51 ingratiate himself into Absalom's court to sort of be a
00:55 counterbalance to the council that Absalom is receiving from
00:59 Ahithophel. And so we're going to pick up that story, but
01:02 before we do, let's pray together.
01:03 Dear God, please be with us in these next few minutes as we
01:07 read the story of your servant king David. And we long to have
01:11 you say of each of us what you said after, about him being
01:16 a man after your own heart. We long to be men and women
01:18 after your own heart. Please put your words into our hearts
01:21 that we may please you. We love you so much, and thank you for
01:24 loving us. Amen. We're picking up in 2nd Samuel,
01:28 chapter 17, verse 15. This is the King James Version.
01:31 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests.
01:37 Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders
01:40 of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
01:43 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, Lodge not
01:47 this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass
01:51 over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are
01:54 with him. Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel;
01:59 for they might not be seen to come into the city:
02:01 and a wench went and told them; and they went and told
02:04 king David. Nevertheless a lad saw them and told Absalom:
02:08 but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's
02:12 house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court: whither
02:15 they went down. And the woman took and spread a covering over
02:19 the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon;
02:22 and the thing was not known. And when Absalom's servants came
02:26 to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz
02:30 and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, they be gone
02:34 over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could
02:37 not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. And it came to pass,
02:41 after they were departed, that they came up out of the well,
02:44 and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise,
02:48 and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel
02:51 counseled against you. Then David arose, and all the people
02:55 that were with him, and they passed over Jordan:
02:57 by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was
03:00 not gone over Jordan. And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel
03:04 was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him
03:08 home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order,
03:12 and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre
03:17 of his father. Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed
03:23 over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. And Absalom
03:28 made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa
03:32 was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in
03:37 to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah
03:40 Joab's, mother. So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of
03:44 Gilead. And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim,
03:49 that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon,
03:53 and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai
03:58 the Gileadite of Rogelim, brought beds, and basins, and
04:04 earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched
04:07 corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, and honey,
04:11 and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,
04:15 and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said,
04:19 The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
04:23 Continuing in 2nd Samuel, chapter 18,
04:27 and this is the King James Version.
04:29 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set
04:33 captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
04:36 And David sent forth a 3rd part of the people under the hand of
04:40 Joab, and a 3rd part under the hand of Abiahai the son of
04:43 Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a 3rd part under the hand of Ittai
04:48 the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely
04:52 go forth with you myself also. But the people answered,
04:56 Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care
04:59 for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us:
05:03 but now, thou art worth 10,000 of us therefore now it is better
05:09 that thou succour us out of the city. And the king said unto
05:13 them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by
05:18 the gate side and all the people came out by hundreds and by
05:22 thousands. And the king commanded Joab and Abishai
05:26 and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man,
05:31 even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave
05:36 all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
05:38 So the people went out into the field against Israel:
05:42 and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; where the people
05:45 of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was
05:48 there a great slaughter that day of 20,000 men. For the battle
05:52 was there scattered over the face of all the country:
05:55 and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword
05:57 devoured. And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom
06:02 rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a
06:06 great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was
06:10 taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule
06:13 that was under him went away. And a certain man saw it,
06:17 and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
06:22 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And behold,
06:26 thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the
06:29 ground? And I would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a
06:32 girdle. And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a
06:36 thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not
06:40 put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing
06:44 the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying,
06:48 Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. Otherwise I should
06:54 have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no
06:58 matter hid from the king, and thou thyself would have set my
07:01 thyself against me. Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with
07:07 thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them
07:12 through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the
07:15 midst of the oak. And ten young men that bare Joab's armour
07:19 compassed about and smote Absalom and slew him.
07:23 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from
07:26 pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
07:28 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the
07:32 wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him:
07:36 and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
07:40 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up
07:44 for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale:
07:47 for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance:
07:52 and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called
07:56 unto this day, Absalom's place. Then said Ahimaaz the son of
08:02 Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the
08:06 Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. And Joab said unto him,
08:10 Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear
08:13 tidings another day: But this day thou shalt bear no tidings,
08:17 because the king's son is dead. Then said Joab to Cushi,
08:22 Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself
08:27 unto Joab, and ran. Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet
08:33 again to Joab, But howsoever let me, I pray thee, also run after
08:37 Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing
08:42 that thou hast no tidings ready? But howsoever, said he,
08:46 let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran
08:51 by the way of the of the plain, and overran Cushi.
08:54 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up
08:58 to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes
09:01 and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman
09:06 cried and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone,
09:09 there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace,
09:13 and drew near. And the watchman saw another man running:
09:17 and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another
09:21 man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
09:25 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the
09:29 foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.
09:33 And the king said, He is a good man and cometh with good tidings
09:37 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well.
09:42 And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king,
09:45 and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up
09:47 the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
09:50 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe?
09:55 And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant,
09:59 and me, thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not
10:03 what it was. And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand
10:07 here. And he turned aside, and stood still. And, behold Cushi
10:12 came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lord
10:14 hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against
10:18 thee. And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom
10:22 safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king,
10:26 and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that
10:31 young man is. And the king was much moved, and went up to the
10:35 chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went thus he said,
10:40 O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died
10:47 for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son.
10:51 We'll continue with 2nd Samuel, chapter 19,
10:54 and this is the King James Version.
10:56 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth
11:02 for Absalom. And the victory that day was turned into
11:05 mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say
11:09 that day how the king was grieved for his son.
11:11 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city,
11:15 as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
11:19 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud
11:23 voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
11:27 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast
11:33 shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day
11:36 have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy
11:39 daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy
11:42 concubines; in that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy
11:46 friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest
11:48 neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if
11:52 Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day,
11:55 then it had pleased thee well. Now therefore arise, go forth,
12:00 and speak comfortably unto thy servants for I swear by the lord
12:04 if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee
12:07 this night and that will be worse unto thee than all the
12:10 evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. Then the king
12:14 arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people,
12:17 saying Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people
12:20 came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
12:24 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes
12:27 of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our
12:30 enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines;
12:33 and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. And Absalom,
12:38 whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore
12:44 why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
12:46 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
12:51 Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to
12:55 bring the king back to his house seeing the speech of all Israel
12:59 is come to the king, even to his house. Ye are my brethren,
13:02 ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last
13:06 to bring back the king? And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my
13:11 bone, and of my flesh? God do to me, and more also, if thou be
13:15 not a captain of the host before me continually in the room of
13:18 Joab. And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah,
13:22 even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto
13:25 the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. So the king
13:31 returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go
13:35 to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. And Shimei the
13:40 son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came
13:45 down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
13:47 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the
13:50 servant of the house of Saul, and his 15 sons and his 20
13:54 servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
13:57 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's
14:01 household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei
14:04 the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over
14:08 Jordan; and said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity
14:12 unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant
14:16 did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of
14:19 Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
14:22 for thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold
14:26 I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph
14:29 to go down to meet my lord the king.
14:32 Thank you and God bless until next time.


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