2 Samuel

2 Sam 17:1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight. 2 Sam 17:2 "And I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and will terrify him so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone, 2 Sam 17:3 and I will bring back all the people to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people shall be at peace." 2 Sam 17:4 So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel. The plan of Ahithophel was to immediately pursue King David and kill him. This will give the crown of the kingdom to Absalom. Taking the reigns of the entire nation of Israel depends on seeking out and killing David. 2 Sam 17:5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say." 2 Sam 17:6 When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Shall we carry out his plan? If not, you speak." 2 Sam 17:7 So Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good." Hushai knew that David needed more time in order to devise a plan against Absalom's men. Ahithophel would have caught David off guard. Hushai would rather have Absalom take control of the campaign instead of Ahithophel . 2 Sam 18:33 And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" David's concern for Absalom far outweighed his desire for a victorious report. His grief in light of the death of his son reduced the victory to futility. The tragedy of Absalom was the consequence of David's sin. 2 Sam 17:21 And it came about after they had departed that they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, "Arise and cross over the water quickly for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you." There was a lot of bravery and close calls in getting David back onto the throne.

2 Sam 13:2 And Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her. Amnon was "frustrated" over Tamar. He appears to be such a spoiled brat that he makes himself sick when he can't have what he wants. Amnon knew he could not have Tamar because it is forbidden in Torah. Lev 18:11 ‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 2 Sam 13:3 But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 2 Sam 13:4 And he said to him, "O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" Then Amnon said to him, "I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom." 2 Sam 13:5 Jonadab then said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.'" Amnon tells his cousin Jonadab that he is ill every day because he is in love with his half sister. Apparently Jonadab knew what Amnon meant by this. So he concocts a scheme that will get the two of them alone. 2 Sam 13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand." 2 Sam 13:7 Then David sent to the house for Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him." 2 Sam 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was lying down. And she took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. 2 Sam 13:9 And she took the pan and dished them out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Have everyone go out from me." So everyone went out from him. We don't know the ages of these two, but they each had their own house. So they are not children. Amnon got his father to come see him and make him something to eat. There were apparently other servants present, but Amnon had them all leave. 2 Sam 13:10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes which she had made and brought them into the bedroom to her brother Amnon. 2 Sam 13:11 When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister." 2 Sam 13:12 But she answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing! This is a violation of Torah, as mentioned previously. The penalty for a man to have relations with his half-sister is to be expelled from Israel. Lev 20:17 ‘If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt. 2 Sam 13:13 "As for me, where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you." 2 Sam 13:14 However, he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her. It would appear that Tamar was trying to bargain her way out of Amnon's house. But he would not listen and he raped her. 2 Sam 13:15 Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up, go away!" Amnon's "love" was actually just lust. Often times lust gratified turns into hatred. That is what happened with Amnon. 2 Sam 13:16 But she said to him, "No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!" Yet he would not listen to her. She says that sending her away is a greater wrong than the forced rape. She could not prove that this was rape. She also could not now marry within Israel. Amnon is now supposed to marry her.

2 Sam 12:1 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said, "There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 Sam 12:2 "The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. 2 Sam 12:3 "But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb Which he bought and nourished; And it grew up together with him and his children. It would eat of his bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom, And was like a daughter to him. Elohim sent Nathan to David to tell him a parable that He knew would upset David because of the terrible cruelty and selfishness of the offense. However, Nathan did not tell David this was a parable. He was just describing an event between two men in one city. David thought this was a real account that needed to be dealt with. 2 Sam 12:4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, And he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd, To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him; Rather he took the poor man's ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him." In this parable, the rich man obviously represents David. The poor man is Uriah the Hittite. The poor man's ewe lamb is his wife, Bathsheba. Who or what is being represented by the traveler? It would appear that the traveler represents David's desires. David took the opportunity to take another man's wife in order to satisfy his own desires when he had plenty of ewe lambs in the next rooms.

This chapter records David's conflict with the Ammonites and the Arameans. This conflict is mentioned in 2 Sam. 8:12. 2 Sam 8:12 from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. Back David sent servants to Hanun, the new king of Ammon, and they are treated shamefully. It is likely that Hanun wanted to provoke war early in David's reign because he thought his chances were better at that time. Chapter 11 tells of the sordid acts of David with Bathsheba. This sin haunts David the remainder of his life. 2 Sam 11:1 Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. They went to battle in the spring. This was a good time because the weather was good and the available provisions from the harvests were plentiful. It was when he sent Joab out to battle and stayed home that his problems began. 2 Sam 11:3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" This brings into question when the sin of David occurred. Did he sin in desiring the woman? I don't think so at all. Men do desire women. Elohim created man that way and that is what propagates mankind. David inquired about her meaning that he had a plan to take her. That is where the lust in his heart fermented into action. Yeshua tells us that if a man has lust in his heart, he is an adulterer. Matt 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; 28but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. "Desire" is not the same thing as lust. Lust implies intentions. Once David intended to commit adultery with this woman whom he knew was married, he might as well have done it.

2 Sam 9:3 And the king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet." Mephibosheth was still alive. He is the one who was crippled trying to flee form the Philistines when his father and grandfather were killed. 2 Sam 4:4 2 Sam 9:4 So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar." Machir supported Mephibosheth and later helped David. 2 Sam 17:27-29 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, 28brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds, 29honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.” 2 Sam 9:5 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 2 Sam 9:6 And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!" Back 2 Sam 9:7 And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly." Mephibosheth did not know what to make of David, but David quickly made his intentions known. 2 Sam 9:8 Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?" 2 Sam 9:9 Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba, and said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson. 2 Sam 9:10 "And you and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Mephibosheth considered himself a contemptible dog. But David saw to it that the necessities of life were provided for him.

2 Sam 6:6 But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. 2 Sam 6:7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. This was a poorly thought out mission from the start. The Ark was being transported improperly to begin with. Uzzah is an example of the insufficiency of sincerity of purpose. Although it seems that he sincerely wanted to do what was right, it was wrong and he paid the price for disregarding the holiness of Elohim. The Philistines were killed for even looking at the Ark. 1 Sam 6:19-20 Uzzah touched the Ark and it was not to be touched by any man. It was carried by rings with staves through the rings. Exodus 25:14 “And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. Even the sons of Kohath, who were to transport it, could not touch it. It was to be covered with a veil when the Tabernacle was taken down. Num 4:5 “When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; The sons of Kohath were not to touch the Ark or even look at it. Num 4:15 “And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they may not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry. Num 4:18-20 “Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites. 19“But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load; 20but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, lest they die.” 2 Sam 6:8 And David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. David was not angry at Elohim, but angry that Uzzah died. "Perez-uzzah" means "the breach of Uzzah." 2 Sam 6:9 So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?" David was afraid because he knew that he too was at fault in this catastrophe. 2 Sam 6:16 Then it happened as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. It is not likely that Michal despised David for his dancing. It is likely that she despised his very success and that it was not her father still as king. 2 Sam 7:23 "And what one nation on the earth is like Thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for Thee and awesome things for Thy land, before Thy people whom Thou hast redeemed for Thyself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? There is only one nation that Elohim redeems for Himself as a people and to make a name of Himself. That is Israel. He made them, named them, rescued them, and redeemed them.

Satan falling out of heaven is Mistaken by Christianity, NOT true. Isaiah 14, Ezek 28:2 Ezek 28:2 "Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- This king of Tyre was thought to have been "Ethbaal III" by Josephus and others. He was obviously a very proud man, claiming to be a god himself. But Elohim says "Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god." Ezek 28:3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you. Ezekiel refers to Daniel and his wisdom. Daniel was a very well-known man that rose to the position of second in command of two world empires. When the fall of Tyre came, Daniel had been in Nebuchadnezzar's court at least 25 years. This is likely a sarcastic reference to the king of Tyre proclaiming him to be wiser than Daniel. The wisdom of the king corresponds with that of a governor/ruler, but NOT as wise as Daniel. Was it possible to hide a secret from the governor/ruler, a man? Yes. His understanding seemed merely to afford the acquisition of immense riches and treasures. The flawlessness of the king's ways, and the real inwardness of the heart was then apparent. He revolted against Elohim and showed ignorance and lack of realization that all the luxury and splendor of his position was actually due to Elohim's economy, rather than to his "manly" ability and prowess. The remainder of this passage refers primarily to the king and his acquired riches. Ezek 28:4 "By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself, And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. Ezek 28:5 "By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches-- Most of the world trade in that day had to go through the city of Tyre. The king had set them up in this position of economic prominence. They were a very rich city and he was a very rich king. Ezek 28:6 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God, Ezek 28:7 Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor. Nebuchadnezzar was going to destroy Tyre and when Nebuchadnezzar went against an enemy, he was cruel and merciless. Ezek 28:8-10 'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas. 9'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Although you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you? 10'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'" Elohim's judgement is that he will be die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas. He claims to be a god, but he will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers (Babylon). Ezek 28:11-13 Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, 12"Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13"You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. The passage is very clear in that it is speaking of the king of Tyre. It is not speaking of Satan at all. This passage is using hyperbole to describe the majestic surroundings of the richest man in the world in that day. The "seal of perfection" is the precious stones that were on his garments. These were many of the same stones used in the breastplate of the High Priest. Hence, it is described as "the seal of perfection." "You were in Eden." That is more metaphor stating the his glorious surroundings. Eden is used more than once in Scriptural metaphor to describe such things. Joel 2:3 A fire consumes before them, And behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, But a desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them. 2 Sam 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel. This is the third anointing of David. This time it results in the unification of the twelve tribes under one king. David was 30 when he became king, and he reigned 40 years.

2 Sam 3:1 Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David grew steadily stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker continually. This verse is one to keep in mind in this early section of 2 Samuel. The house of David was growing stronger and the house of Saul was weakening. 2 Sam 3:2 Sons were born to David at Hebron: his first-born was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; David married six women that are mentioned here. The first mentioned is Ahinoam who was from Jezreel, which is in Israel. It is the area of the Valley of Megiddo. She had David's first son by the name of Ammon. He had a miserable end and it is described in chapter 13. 2 Sam 3:5 NASB) and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron. The nationality of the last three wives listed is not given. It can be safely assumed that David married all Hebrew women. We are told in Torah that a king may not multiply wives Deut 17:15-17 The Hebrew word for "multiply" is rabah. It means to have in abundance. We are never told that one of David's sins was that he had too many wives. At this time, he is actually growing in favor in the eyes of Elohim. That passage in Torah apparently does not mean that the king shall not have more than one wife, but he shall not have an abundance of wives. For instance, 1000 wives, like Solomon had. This command is only given once in Torah, which is unusual. That is likely because of the vagueness of the command. How many wives is an "abundance?" Three, four, or twelve? In looking at that entire passage, how much silver and gold is considered an amount that is "greatly increased?" Can a king have more than one gold coin for himself? How about two? Or one hundred? How many horses are an "abundance?" It is difficult to say exactly. But compared to the thousand wives that Solomon had, David did not have an abundance. It would appear that this passage in Deuteronomy is directed at Solomon, who broke all of these commands 1 Kings 4:26 1 Kings 10:28 1 Kings 11:1-4 1 Kings 10:14-15 2 Chron. 9:20, 27 Let's look at the passage in Torah again. It speaks of wives turning the king's heart away Deut. 17:17 This is done by foreign wives Deut. 7:3-4 The wives of David is not mentioned as a sin against him any place in Scripture. There were six mentioned here in this chapter and they were all from the land of Israel. David's wives did not turn his heart from Elohim to follow foreign gods, as Solomon's pagan wives did. Therefore, it would appear that the warnings in Deut 17:15-17 that are somewhat non-specific, were not broken by David, but were broken by Solomon River Valley Torah Assembly

2 Sam 1:2 And it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself. This man came from the camp of Saul with torn clothes and dust on his head. These are common signs of mourning. The torn clothes probably represent a torn heart and unrestrained grief. The significance of the dust on the head is not known for sure. 2 Sam 1:6 And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely. This guy is an Amalekite and is going to tell a story. He is likely trying to ingratiate himself to the new king that had just wiped out many of his people. 2 Sam 1:18 and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar. The song of the bow is unknown. It is probably a song that David wrote because it was by a bow and arrow that Saul was slain. It is said to be a song that was written in the Book of Jasher. The Book of Jasher seems to be a lost writing for the most part. There is virtually no confirmation that the Book of Jasher ("the Righteous One") that we have today is that same writing or closely related to it. The English translation we have today appears to be an eighteenth-century forgery. 2 Sam 2:10 Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 2 Sam 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. Ish-bosheth was king over Israel for only two years. But he did not take the throne until he took back the land from the Philistines and that took five years.