Bible Reading Plan

Day 153 - Read 2 Samuel 15-16

Absalom conspired to overthrow David, his father. David fled Jerusalem. He ordered the ark be kept in Jerusalem. David went to the Mount of Olives, mourning because his son sought to overthrow him. David sent a friend named Hushai to Jerusalem to act as a counselor to Absalom so he could provide information back to David. Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met up with David and gave him provisions. Shimei, a man of the house of Saul, cursed David and called him a man of blood. Hushai met with Absalom and committed to serve him as he had served David. Ahithophel counseled Absalom to sleep with David’s concubines who were left to tend David’s house, and Absalom did

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Welcome to the Daily Bobble Reading. Today we are reading 2 Samuel 15 and 16. Absalom conspired to overthrow David, his father. David fled Jerusalem. He ordered the art be kept in Jerusalem. David went to the Mount of Olives morning because his son sought to overthrow him. David sent a friend named Hasiah to Jerusalem to act as a counselor to Absalom so he could provide information back to David. Zaba, the servant, a amphibious chef, met up with David and gave him provisions. Shemai, the man of the house of Saul, cursed David and called him a man of blood. Hasiah met with Absalom and committed to serve him as he had served David. A hit the fill counseled Absalom to sleep with David's concubines who were left to ten to David's house and Absalom did. Read along with me in 2 Samuel 15. After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses and 50 men to run before him and Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate and when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment Absalom would call to him and say from what city are you and when he said your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel Absalom would say to him see your claims are good and right but there is no man designated by the king to hear you then Absalom would say oh that I were a judge in the land then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me and I would give him justice and whenever a man came near to pay homage to him he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him thus Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment so Absalom stole the hearts and the men of Israel. At the end of four years Absalom said to the king please let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebrew for your servant vowed to vow while I lived in Geshor and Aram saying if the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem then I will offer worship to the Lord the king said to him go in peace so he arose and went to Hebrew but Absalom said secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel saying as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet then say Absalom is king at Hebrew with Absalom went 200 men from Jerusalem who were invited guest and they went in their innocence and knew nothing while Absalom was offering the sacrifices he sent for the Heathapal the Gilenite David's counselor from his city of Galo and the conspiracy grew and the people with Absalom kept increasing and a messenger came to David saying the hearts in the minute Israel have gone after Absalom then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem arise and let us flee or else there will be no escape from us from Absalom go quickly lest he overtake us quickly and bring down the ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword and the king servants sent to the king behold your servants are ready to do whatever my Lord the king decides so the king went out and all his household after him and the king left ten concubines to keep the house and the king went out and all the people after him and they halted at the last house and all his servants passed by him and all the chetharites and all the pellet flights and and all the 600 Gittites who had followed with him from gath passed on before the king then the king said to attie the Gittite why do you also go with us go back and stay with your king for your foreigner and also an exile from your home you only came yesterday shall not today make you wonder about with us since I go I know not where go back and take your brothers with you and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you but a tie answered the king as the Lord lives and as my Lord the king lives wherever my Lord the king shall be whether for death or for life there also will your servant be and David said to a tie go then pass on so tie the Gittite passed on with all his men and with all the little ones who were with him and all the Lin wept aloud as all the people passed by and the king crossed the brook of cadron and all the people passed on toward the wilderness and Abathara came up and behold Zadok came also with all the Levites bearing the Ark of the covenant of God and they sat down the Ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city then the king said to Zadok carry the Ark of God back into the city if I find favor in the eyes of the Lord he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place but if he says I have no pleasure in you behold here I am let him do to me what seems good to him the king also said to Zadok the priest are you not a seer go back to the city and peace with your two sons ahamas your son and Jonathan the son of Abathar see that I wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me so Zadok and Abathara carried the Ark of God back to Jerusalem and they remain there but David went up the ascent to the mountain of Olives weeping as he went barefoot and with his head covered and all the people who were with him covered their heads and they went up weeping as they went and it was told David Othephil is among the conspirators with Absalom and David said oh Lord please turn the cancel of Othephil to into foolishness while David was coming to the summit where God was worshiped behold Hushai the Arkite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his hand David said to him if you go on with me you will be a burden to me but if you return to the city and say to Absalom I will be your servant of king as I have been your father's servant in time past so now I will be your servant then you will defeat for me the council of Othephil are not Zadok and Abathar the priest with you there so whatever you hear from the king's house tell it to Zadok and Abathar the priest behold the two sons are with him there Amahaz Zadok son and Jonathan Abathar son and by them you shall send me everything you hear so Hushai David's friend came into the city just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem. Second Samuel 16 when David had passed a little beyond the summit Zaba the servant of Mephiboshev met him with a couple of donkey saddled bearing two hundred lives of bread a hundred bunches of raisins a hundred of summer's fruits and a skin of wine and the king said to Zaba why have you brought these Ziba answered the donkeys are for the king's household to ride on the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink and the king said where is your master son Ziba said to the king behold he remains in Jerusalem for he said today the house of Israel would give me back the kingdom of my father then the king said to Ziba behold all that belonged to Mephiboshev is now yours and Ziba said I pay homage let me ever find favor in your sight my Lord the king when King David came to Baharim there came out a man of the family of the house Asal whose name was Shemaiah the son of Gura and as he came he cursed continually and he threw stones at David and at the servants of King David and all the people and all the money men were out on his right hand and on his left and Shemaiah said as he cursed get out get out you man of blood you worthless man the Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house Asal in whose place you have rained and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom see your evil is on you for you are a man of blood then outside the son of Zaria said to the king why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king let me go over and take off his hand but the king said what do I do with you you sons of Zaria if he is cursing because the Lord has said to him curse David who then shall say why have you done so and David said to Abshai and to his servants they hold my own son seeks my life how much more now may the Benjamin leave him alone and let him curse for the Lord has told him to it may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me and that the Lord will repay me for the good for his cursing today so David and his men went on the road but Shemaiah went along the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and three stones at him and flung dust and the king and all the people who are with him arrived weary at the Jordan there he refreshed himself now Absalom and all the people the men of Israel came to Jerusalem and Athar felt with him and when Hashaiah the archive David's friend came to Absalom Hashaiah said to Absalom long live the king long live the king and Absalom said to Hashaiah is this your loyalty to your friend why did you not go with your friend and Hashaiah said to Absalom know for whom the Lord and his people all the men of Israel have chosen he I will be and with him I will remain and again whom shall I serve should it not be his son as I have served your father so I will serve you and Absalom said to Athar fell give your counsel what shall we do Athar fell said to Absalom go into your father's concubines whom he has left in this house and all Israel will hear that you have made for yourself a stench to your father and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened so they pitched a tent for Absalom on the reef and Absalom went into his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel now in those days the counsel that Athar fell gave was as if one consulted the Word of God so was all the counsel of Athar fell esteem both by David and by Absalom