Consumed by distrust
“But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, ‘Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honouring your father? Has not David sent his servant to you to search the city and…
Category 2 Samuel
Who am I?
A few days ago I jotted a short post about ‘Knowledge’ quoting a few lines from Boice’s commentary. The subject was so broad and I was very conscious that I had so lightly touched upon it and I half-wondered whether…
Christos – Messiah
I preached on 2 Samuel 23 today in which David describes himself in his last words as ‘the anointed of the God of Jacob’. The word translated ‘anointed’ (mashiyach – that is, messiah) was interesting to research. I commented in my…
The Lord is my Rock
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge…” The late Pastor-author Eugene Peterson has some typically delightful commentary on these words: “The single most characteristic thing about David…
Last Words
“Now these are the last words of David…” (2 Samuel 23:1). A Major’s Last Letter Home As I have reflected upon the theme of ‘last words’ today, I have come across the famous letter of Major Sullivan Ballou. I’m not…
Hunchbacks and cheese
I’m still setting up this blog site and getting used to things. So this 2nd post is a short note about the word for cheese in 2 Samuel 17:29 and the ‘rugged’ (NIV) or ‘many-peaked’ (ESV) mountains of Psalm 68:15.…