Author: lowen

David is now sidelined in his running from Absalom, and this gives him an opportunity to write psalms. Today we look at Psalm 3, and relate what David says (and sings!) with what happened in Western North Carolina last year, the disaster called Helene.

While the Bible says many other things about suicide, now that we’ve covered all seven the the Bible directly mentions, we’re going to return to the main subject, that of the life of David. After Ahithophel leaves Absalom, the focus of the narrative returns to David, who numbers the people and sets up three generals:…

The last of the suicides recorded in the Bible is that or Judas Iscariot. This week we study this aspect of Judas in depth.

Perhaps the most obscure of the seven suicides in the Bible is the one of short-lived king Zimri of the northern kingdom of Israel. Zimri was only king seven days, but he fully undid all that Elah and Elah’s father Baasha had done, even to destroying the elaborate palace Baasha had built in Tirzah. This…

Continuing our study of suicides in the Bible, we have come back around to the suicide of Ahithophel, which is what started us down this road. Ahithophel’s suicide is different from the others: Abimelech had his armourbearer kill him because his pride wouldn’t let him be known as one killed by a woman; Samson killed…

Continuing our study of suicide in the Bible, this week we look at the twin suicides of Saul and his armourbearer. Their situation hopeless, and being sore wounded, Saul asks his armourbearer to kill him, but the armourbearer refuses. So Saul takes his own life. But there’s more to this story than meets the eye!