I read Bishop Hall’s reflection on 2 Samuel 17, verses 15-20, and I was struck first by his vivid description of the woman’s action, and second by the archaic word ‘bewray’ (meaning betray): “Jonathan and Ahimaaz are sent, descried, pursued,…
“The king said to the Cushite, ‘Is it well with the young man Absalom?” (2 Samuel 18:32). One more from Bishop Hall who in his reflection upon the death of Absalom connects David’s response to the death of Christ. “As…
In my previous post, CH Spurgeon referred to one ‘Bishop Hall’. I had not heard of Joseph Hall who lived from 1574 to 1656. He was the Bishop of Exeter in the 1630s. The church historian, Thomas Fuller, said he…
Charles Spurgeon preached these words in a sermon on the death of the traitor, Ahithophel, based on 2 Samuel 17:23: “He…put his household in order, and hanged himself.” Spurgeon comments: “His case teaches us that the greatest worldly wisdom will…
