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When Joab calls for David to have him come to Rabbah to finish the conquest, David reacts with uncharacteristic cruelty towards the Ammonites. Today, we explore the possible causes for this uncharacteristic cruelty.

One of the more interesting studies while digging in the historical books of the Old Testament is to compare and contrast the four books of Samuel and Kings with the two books of the Chronicles. This week, we continue this study by looking at the 1 Chronicles 20 account of the time David tarried at…

This week, we study the events around the birth of Solomon and God’s grace towards David and Bathsheba after the first consequence of David’s sin. Too many Christians simply do not understand that even forgiven sin has earthly consequences; David is just beginning a long road that will have many consequences through the next several…

This week we conclude out two-part study in Psalm 51, David’s psalm of repentance after the sin with Bathsheba.

As we conclude our study on David’s great sins here in second Samuel, it is entirely appropriate that we finish the study by looking at the Bible’s record or David’s Psalm of confession and repentance, found in Psalm 51. This Psalm, I am convinced, is set between Nathan;s statement ‘thou art the man’ and ‘the…

One of the most difficult things to get a grip on in the story of David’s sin with Bathsheba is how that the baby that was conceived had to die. This is hard scripture in ways; after all, we are all conceived in sin, that is, each one of us is a sinner at the…