Posts by Josh Moody

2 Samuel 20-21,  Psalm 116,  Mark 15:33-41,  Galatians 5:1-12  2 Samuel 20-21: All seems as if it is now in good order, but it is not. The fight continues. O Christian, while alive there is still the fight of faith! Do not give up, but each day put on the armor of God! Sheba, “a…

2 Samuel 18-19,  Psalm 115,  Mark 15:16-32,  Galatians 3:15-21  2 Samuel 18-19: David is a warrior, and he knows how to organize a battle. Having set his army in order, he intends to go out with them but is prevailed against to stay away from the battle (18:1-4). If he were killed, the civil war…

2 Samuel 16-17,  Psalm 114,  Mark 15:1-15,  Galatians 4:1-20  2 Samuel 16-17: When you are betrayed, others sometimes rush to add to the betrayal. So it was with Mephibosheth who, despite the kindness done to him by David (2 Sam. 9), takes David’s betrayal as his opportunity to regain the kingdom that his father had…

2 Samuel 14-15,  Psalm 113,  Mark 14:66-72,  Galatians 3:15-29 2 Samuel 14-15: The story continues to unfold as Absalom, the man angry at how his sister was treated (2 Samuel 13), is apparently restored, but uses his restoration to now plot against his father, David the king. First of all, Joab prepares a canny way…

2 Samuel 13,  Psalm 112,  Mark 14:53-65,  Galatians 3:1-14 2 Samuel 13: One foul deed leads to another. One of David’s sons, Amnon, falls in love with the sister of another of David’s sons, Absalom (13:1-2). The sister, Tamar, is beautiful, and through the crooked advice of a friend, Amnon schemes a way to get…

2 Samuel 11-12,  Psalm 111,  Mark 14:43-52,  Galatians 2  2 Samuel 11-12: These two chapters are some of the most famous in the Bible, and for good reason. They are masterfully told, and they describe a calamitous situation. The story is set by the little detail that it is spring when kings go to war,…

2 Samuel 8-10,  Psalm 110,  Mark 14:32-42,  Galatians 1  2 Samuel 8-10: David’s victories continue (8:1-14). He defeats and subdues the Philistines (8:1). He defeats Moab, and does so with such vigor that they are subdued and bring him tribute (8:2). On and on the victories go, until he “made a name for himself” (8:13).…

2 Samuel 5-7,  Psalm 109,  Mark 14:12-31,  2 Corinthians 13  2 Samuel 5-7:  The height of David’s great achievements is reached and celebrated in these exciting chapters. First, Israel comes to anoint him king at Hebron (5:1-3). David is only thirty years old and he will reign until he is seventy (5:4-5). Then, he takes…

2 Samuel 3-4,  Psalm 108,  Mark 14:1-11,  2 Corinthians 12:11-21 2 Samuel 3-4: It is a long civil war, and bloody. David is growing stronger and stronger, the house of Saul weaker and weaker (3:1). But within that house of Saul, Abner is himself growing stronger in gaining power over the people and the army…

2 Samuel 1-2,  Psalm 107,  Mark 13:32-37,  2 Corinthians 2:1-12 2 Samuel 1-2: The story now, for obvious reasons, focuses on David. Saul is dead, and David is in camp after his victory over the Amalekites (1:1). Three days later he hears of Saul’s defeat and the death of Saul and Jonathan (1:2-4). The story…