When David inquires of the Lord, God reveals that the famine, now in its third year, is His chastisement for Saul’s killing of the Gibeonites in violation of Joshua’s treaty with them. At the Gibeonites’ request, David has Saul’s surviving descendants hanged in retribution. “And after that, God heeded the prayer for the land” (2 Samuel 21:14 NKJV). Pastor Kevin reviews the extensive…
David commissions Amasa to assemble an army to fight the rebellious Israelites, but Amasa is delayed. “And David said to Abishai, ‘Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us’” (2 Samuel 20:6 NKJV). Overtaking Amasa, Joab slays him and continues in pursuit…
