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There Is the King, Sitting in the Gate – 2 Samuel 19:1-23

The king’s loyalist army defeats the insurrectionists, but David is overcome with grief over his son’s death.  Joab warns David that he risks another civil war unless he appears to the people and re-assumes his kingship authority.  “Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, ‘There is the king, sitting in the gate’” (2…

The Man Absalom – Psalm 3

In this topical, companion message to our current study in 2 Samuel, Pastor Dustin teaches through Psalm 3, which David wrote when he fled from his son, Absalom.  We see David’s unflagging trust in God, despite his external circumstances.  “But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head” (Psalm 3:3 NKJV). Maranatha!

I Will Come Upon Him While He Is Weary and Weak – 2 Samuel 16:12-17:29

Now that David and his household had fled, Absalom enters Jerusalem and rapes David’s concubines to demonstrate his ascendancy over the king. Ahithophel seeks Absalom’s permission to immediately pursue David. “I will come upon him while he is weary and weak, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king” (2 Samuel 17:2 NKJV).   Hushei, David’s…