05/31/2019 DAB Transcript

2 Samuel 17:1-29, John 19:23-42, Psalms 119:129-152, Proverbs 16:12-13

Today is the 31st day of May, which makes it the last day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is great to meet with you here today on the last day of May, and the last day of our typical work week. So, let’s dive in and enjoy with the word of God has to say to us on this final day of the 5th month of the year. We’ve been working our way through second Samuel, which is what we’ll continue to do today. We’ve been reading from the New International Version this week. Second Samuel chapter 17.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in our reading from second Samuel, we continued this pretty difficult story of the unrest that is in King David’s family that all began with his taking of Bathsheba. So, Absalom had a couple of experienced seers or advisors to aid in the implementation of a new government and the subsequent destruction of those loyal to David but one of those advisors, Hushai, was secretly loyal to David. And, so, we watched that all play out today and we’ll continue with the story tomorrow

But in John’s Gospel we face the crucifixion of Jesus. So, according to John, there was like four man execution crew who held Jesus body down and nailed it to a cross and then divided his clothes and Jesus was suspended then between heaven and earth, nailed to this cross for everyone to see. And according to John’s account, Jesus mother was there. And, I mean, how do you imagine the agony she must’ve been enduring? How do you put yourself in that position? Mary had given birth to Jesus and now she was helplessly watching him die but she wouldn’t abandon him. And even in his agony Jesus didn’t abandon her. Even though he was literally dying in front of them He loved his mother and He commissioned John to care for and protect her and John took her into his own home, according to the gospel of John. And then we read, for the last time this year, like, for the last time as we’re moving forward in the Bible, that Jesus spoke his final words, “it is finished”, and then He lowered His head and died, and His human heart stopped beating. He was dead. And because Sabbath would begin at sundown. Right, so, Jesus is crucified in the morning and this is going on into the afternoon, but Sabbath begins, like the new day in Judaism in the Hebrew culture, the next day actually begins at sundown. So, the religious leaders didn’t want anyone hanging on a cross through the Sabbath day. Jesus had already laid his head down in in death, but the two other criminals were still alive being executed alongside Jesus. And, so, to prevent them from being hanging there through the Sabbath day the Romans came and broke their legs as they were on the cross. I mean, this is like so inhumane…this picture is as inhumane is as it gets. It’s as brutal as you can imagine. So, these two men are still alive, they are crucified, they are dying, but they’re not dying fast enough. And, so, the Roman soldiers come while they’re hanging on the cross and break their legs and they did this because their legs were supporting their bodies and when the legs are broken than they can no longer…then they’re just hanging there by their arms and they would…they would die soon my asphyxiation. Jesus was already dead. Just to make sure they stabbed him with a spear and blood and water poured from the wound. So then, in a rush to lay Jesus to rest before Sabbath, it’s Joseph of Arimathea who approaches Pilate and asked to take possession of the corpse of Jesus and then Nicodemus accompanies Joseph to the cross. And Nicodemus…and again…this is according to the gospel of John…is the one that had come to Jesus and visit with him…went and visited with him at night. It was in the conversation with Nicodemus that Jesus spoke what we now know as John 3:16. So, Nicodemus comes to Joseph with 75 pounds of spices and ointments and they wrap the spices and ointments in these linen strips and they just do what they can to care for Jesus lifeless body. And because there wasn’t a bunch of time and no work could be done on the Sabbath then Jesus was placed nearby in a newly hewn tomb near the spot where he died. They would have to wait until after the Sabbath day was over to figure out where they were gonna permanently entomb Jesus but as understand it Jesus didn’t need those arrangements made. So, this is how we end our reading from the Gospel of John for this, the fifth month of the year. And, so, it would be good to take some time today to allow your imagination to carry you through all of the different stories, all of my miles that we have walked with Jesus since we began this year. So, just imagine His kindness, imagine His smile, imagine Him playing with the children who came to Him to be blessed. Just imagine what light in a world of darkness looks like and then come back to this cross where we see just how far darkness is willing to go and what darkness is capable of and understand that if we let it run in our lives it’s gonna take us to some…it’s gonna take us to some very dark places because it’s darkness and darkness…I mean…we are seeing in the gospel of John what it is capable of, how twisted it is, and how it can twist people. Jesus death was unjust, it was brutal and horrific, but the horror of it became the flashpoint that shifted the entire world. His death is why we’re here right now, it’s why there’s hope. So, take time as we end the month of May to contemplate what it cost Jesus that you might live.

Prayer:

Jesus that that’s where we find ourselves, and we continually repeat the same words over and over. What are we supposed to say in the face of that? Thank You. Like, thanks. Appreciate ya. Appreciate You. Appreciate You. We certainly appreciate what You’ve done for…I mean…there’s not the right words. The gratefulness we ought to feel, the humbling weighty gratefulness that we ought to feel isn’t something really that we can articulate with words, it’s something that we have to live out in a transformed life. So, Holy Spirit, we once again ask that You bring the cross starkly before our eyes and our hearts and our minds that we might be shaken awake yet once again to the utter hopelessness of the darkness that we toy with all of the time and to the example of what light in a world of darkness looks like and understand what we are called to do when we are called to take up our cross day by day and follow You. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray. In the name of Jesus’ we ask. Amen.

Song:

All I can Do (Thank You) - Mikeschair

I could write a love song
Tell You what I think You wanna hear
But it wouldn’t be good enough, no
Yea I could try so hard
To give it everything I’ve got
But I’m not ever gonna measure up

All I can do is thank You
For this life I never deserved
Wanna thank You for the grace
I know I don’t have to earn
You love me, You love me
Your mercy is proof
All I can do is say thank You
All I can do is say thank You 

It would have been easy
But I’m glad You never walked away
Cause Your love runs deep for me
And I see this beautiful world
And it brings tears in my eyes
And I think it’s beautiful to be free

All I can do is thank You
For this life I never deserved
Wanna thank You for the grace
I know I don’t have to earn
You love me, You love me
Your mercy is proof
All I can do is say thank You
All I can do is say thank You

For hope, for love, for all the ways You move
(You)
For everything You do
(You)
What else can I say but thank You
Thank You 

I could write a love song
Tell You what I think You wanna hear
But it wouldn’t be good enough

All I can do is thank You
For this life I never deserved
Wanna thank You for the grace
I know I don’t have to earn
You love me, You love me
Your mercy is proof
All I can do is say thank You
All I can do is say thank You
All I can do, all I can do, all I can do
Is say thank You
All I can do, all I can do, all I can do
Is say thank You

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday May 31, 2019 (NIV)

2 Samuel 17

17 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “I would[a] choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I would attack him while he is weary and weak.(A) I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king(B) and bring all the people back to you. The death of the man you seek will mean the return of all; all the people will be unharmed.” This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

But Absalom said, “Summon also Hushai(C) the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say as well.” When Hushai came to him, Absalom said, “Ahithophel has given this advice. Should we do what he says? If not, give us your opinion.”

Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time. You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs.(D) Besides, your father is an experienced fighter;(E) he will not spend the night with the troops. Even now, he is hidden in a cave or some other place.(F) If he should attack your troops first,[b] whoever hears about it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’ 10 Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion,(G) will melt(H) with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave.(I)

11 “So I advise you: Let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba(J)—as numerous as the sand(K) on the seashore—be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle. 12 Then we will attack him wherever he may be found, and we will fall on him as dew settles on the ground. Neither he nor any of his men will be left alive. 13 If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley(L) until not so much as a pebble is left.”

14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice(M) of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel.”(N) For the Lord had determined to frustrate(O) the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster(P) on Absalom.(Q)

15 Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do such and such, but I have advised them to do so and so. 16 Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness;(R) cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.(S)’”

17 Jonathan(T) and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel.(U) A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city. 18 But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So the two of them left at once and went to the house of a man in Bahurim.(V) He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it. 19 His wife took a covering and spread it out over the opening of the well and scattered grain over it. No one knew anything about it.(W)

20 When Absalom’s men came to the woman(X) at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”

The woman answered them, “They crossed over the brook.”[c] The men searched but found no one, so they returned to Jerusalem.

21 After they had gone, the two climbed out of the well and went to inform King David. They said to him, “Set out and cross the river at once; Ahithophel has advised such and such against you.” 22 So David and all the people with him set out and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, no one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice(Y) had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order(Z) and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Absalom’s Death

24 David went to Mahanaim,(AA) and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. 25 Absalom had appointed Amasa(AB) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[d](AC) an Ishmaelite[e] who had married Abigail,[f] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab. 26 The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash(AD) from Rabbah(AE) of the Ammonites, and Makir(AF) son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai(AG) the Gileadite(AH) from Rogelim 28 brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,[g] 29 honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.(AI) For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.(AJ)

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Samuel 17:1 Or Let me
  2. 2 Samuel 17:9 Or When some of the men fall at the first attack
  3. 2 Samuel 17:20 Or “They passed by the sheep pen toward the water.”
  4. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant of Jether
  5. 2 Samuel 17:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 2:17); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Israelite
  6. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Abigal, a variant of Abigail
  7. 2 Samuel 17:28 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew lentils, and roasted grain
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John 19:23-42

23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled(A) that said,

“They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.”[a](B)

So this is what the soldiers did.

25 Near the cross(C) of Jesus stood his mother,(D) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(E) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(F) there, and the disciple whom he loved(G) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

The Death of Jesus(H)

28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished,(I) and so that Scripture would be fulfilled,(J) Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar(K) was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”(L) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31 Now it was the day of Preparation,(M) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses(N) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.(O) 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced(P) Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.(Q) 35 The man who saw it(R) has given testimony, and his testimony is true.(S) He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled:(T) “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[c](U) 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[d](V)

The Burial of Jesus(W)

38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.(X) With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(Y) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[e] 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.(Z) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.(AA) 41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation(AB) and since the tomb was nearby,(AC) they laid Jesus there.

Footnotes:

  1. John 19:24 Psalm 22:18
  2. John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
  3. John 19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20
  4. John 19:37 Zech. 12:10
  5. John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms
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Psalm 119:129-152

פ Pe

129 Your statutes are wonderful;(A)
therefore I obey them.(B)
130 The unfolding of your words gives light;(C)
it gives understanding to the simple.(D)
131 I open my mouth and pant,(E)
longing for your commands.(F)
132 Turn to me(G) and have mercy(H) on me,
as you always do to those who love your name.(I)
133 Direct my footsteps according to your word;(J)
let no sin rule(K) over me.
134 Redeem me from human oppression,(L)
that I may obey your precepts.(M)
135 Make your face shine(N) on your servant
and teach me your decrees.(O)
136 Streams of tears(P) flow from my eyes,
for your law is not obeyed.(Q)

צ Tsadhe

137 You are righteous,(R) Lord,
and your laws are right.(S)
138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous;(T)
they are fully trustworthy.(U)
139 My zeal wears me out,(V)
for my enemies ignore your words.
140 Your promises(W) have been thoroughly tested,(X)
and your servant loves them.(Y)
141 Though I am lowly and despised,(Z)
I do not forget your precepts.(AA)
142 Your righteousness is everlasting
and your law is true.(AB)
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me,
but your commands give me delight.(AC)
144 Your statutes are always righteous;
give me understanding(AD) that I may live.

ק Qoph

145 I call with all my heart;(AE) answer me, Lord,
and I will obey your decrees.(AF)
146 I call out to you; save me(AG)
and I will keep your statutes.
147 I rise before dawn(AH) and cry for help;
I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,(AI)
that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice(AJ) in accordance with your love;(AK)
preserve my life,(AL) Lord, according to your laws.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes(AM) are near,
but they are far from your law.
151 Yet you are near,(AN) Lord,
and all your commands are true.(AO)
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(AP)
that you established them to last forever.(AQ)

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Proverbs 16:12-13

12 Kings detest wrongdoing,
for a throne is established through righteousness.(A)

13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they value the one who speaks what is right.(B)

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05/30/2019 DAB Transcript

2 Samuel 15:23-16:23, John 18:25-19:22, Psalms 119:113-128, Proverbs 16:10-11

Today is the 30th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here. We are…man…we’re staring at the end of the 5th month of the year and today happens to be the 150th day of the year. So, we are clearly making progress, step-by-step, day-by-day as we move deeper into the Bible and move deeper into our year together and spending some time reading through the book of second Samuel and the story of King David’s life. David’s life is not going so well right now where we are in the story. He has had to grab his government and his household and flee Jerusalem because his son Absalom has initiated a coo against his father that is gaining substantial momentum. And we will pick up that story. Second Samuel chapter 15 verse 23 through 16 verse 23 today and we’re reading from the New International Version this week.

Commentary:

Jesus on this day that we come to the last retelling of your sacrifice, your crucifixion, we see the injustice of it, we see how convoluted it all was, we see the drops of blood in the suffering of the beating that you received in the crown of thorns upon your head. These are images that are familiar because they’re so riveting and so deeply ingrained as a part of our faith in you. And, so, we stop…we stop here…understand that you went through this, you suffered this because of your love and obedience to the father and because of your profound love for humanity, which represents every single one of us who are breathing right now and everyone who has gone before us. Everything that comes next for us in the New Testament as we begin to read the story of what happened next and as we begin to move into some letters later on, its all overshadowed by what we’ve read about today, that you would become a sacrifice in order to rescue us. And, so, we take these moments to thank you and to acknowledge. Nothing remaining in the Bible and nothing else remaining in our lives would matter without this. And, so, we are grateful. We have acknowledged at every point that we’ve come to this story so far this year that there are no words, there really aren’t any string of sentences that would in any way adequately acknowledge what we’re talking about here. Words fail us. It’s almost better that we remain silent as a way to honor this.

Prayer:

We invite You, Holy Spirit, into this day, and we ask that You keep the image of the cross before us today as we contemplate this, as we meditate upon it, as we understand just how profoundly impacting to the entire world it is and how irreversibly it has changed our lives. It’s very easy for us to just blow by this but we should be thinking about it every day with a grateful heart. We don’t deserve to be here. We don’t deserve to be able to talk to You. We certainly don’t deserve to be in a relationship with You. You came for us, not the other way around. And, so, may our lives reflect our gratitude today in everything that we do and say, in every interaction that we have, in every conversation that we participate, in every choice that we make. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the mighty name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday May 30, 2019 (NIV)

2 Samuel 15:23-16

23 The whole countryside wept aloud(A) as all the people passed by. The king also crossed the Kidron Valley,(B) and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.

24 Zadok(C) was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark(D) of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar(E) offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place(F) again. 26 But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.(G)

27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Do you understand?(H) Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan.(I) You and Abiathar return with your two sons. 28 I will wait at the fords(J) in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.

30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping(K) as he went; his head(L) was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up. 31 Now David had been told, “Ahithophel(M) is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

32 When David arrived at the summit, where people used to worship God, Hushai(N) the Arkite(O) was there to meet him, his robe torn and dust(P) on his head. 33 David said to him, “If you go with me, you will be a burden(Q) to me. 34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will be your servant; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,’(R) then you can help me by frustrating(S) Ahithophel’s advice. 35 Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king’s palace.(T) 36 Their two sons, Ahimaaz(U) son of Zadok and Jonathan(V) son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with anything you hear.”

37 So Hushai,(W) David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom(X) was entering the city.

David and Ziba

16 When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba,(Y) the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.(Z)

The king asked Ziba, “Why have you brought these?”

Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh(AA) those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

The king then asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?”(AB)

Ziba(AC) said to him, “He is staying in Jerusalem, because he thinks, ‘Today the Israelites will restore to me my grandfather’s kingdom.’”

Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth(AD) is now yours.”

“I humbly bow,” Ziba said. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”

Shimei Curses David

As King David approached Bahurim,(AE) a man from the same clan as Saul’s family came out from there. His name was Shimei(AF) son of Gera, and he cursed(AG) as he came out. He pelted David and all the king’s officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David’s right and left. As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel! The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned.(AH) The Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of your son Absalom. You have come to ruin because you are a murderer!”(AI)

Then Abishai(AJ) son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog(AK) curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”(AL)

10 But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(AM) If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’”(AN)

11 David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son,(AO) my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.(AP) 12 It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery(AQ) and restore to me his covenant blessing(AR) instead of his curse today.(AS)

13 So David and his men continued along the road while Shimei was going along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went and throwing stones at him and showering him with dirt. 14 The king and all the people with him arrived at their destination exhausted.(AT) And there he refreshed himself.

The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai

15 Meanwhile, Absalom(AU) and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel(AV) was with him. 16 Then Hushai(AW) the Arkite, David’s confidant, went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

17 Absalom said to Hushai, “So this is the love you show your friend? If he’s your friend, why didn’t you go with him?”(AX)

18 Hushai said to Absalom, “No, the one chosen by the Lord, by these people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and I will remain with him. 19 Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”(AY)

20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

21 Ahithophel answered, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be more resolute.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.(AZ)

23 Now in those days the advice(BA) Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David(BB) and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.

Cross references:

  1. 2 Samuel 15:23 : 1Sa 11:4; Job 2:12
  2. 2 Samuel 15:23 : 1Ki 2:37; 2Ki 23:12; 2Ch 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jer 31:40; Jn 18:1
  3. 2 Samuel 15:24 : S 2Sa 8:17; 19:11
  4. 2 Samuel 15:24 : Nu 4:15; S 10:33; 1Ki 2:26
  5. 2 Samuel 15:24 : S 1Sa 22:20
  6. 2 Samuel 15:25 : Ex 15:13; S Lev 15:31; Ps 43:3; 46:4; 84:1; 132:7
  7. 2 Samuel 15:26 : S Jdg 10:15; 2Sa 22:20
  8. 2 Samuel 15:27 : S 1Sa 9:9
  9. 2 Samuel 15:27 : ver 36; 2Sa 17:17; 1Ki 1:42
  10. 2 Samuel 15:28 : 2Sa 17:16
  11. 2 Samuel 15:30 : S Nu 25:6; S Ps 30:5
  12. 2 Samuel 15:30 : Est 6:12
  13. 2 Samuel 15:31 : S ver 12
  14. 2 Samuel 15:32 : ver 37; 2Sa 16:16; 17:5; 1Ki 4:16
  15. 2 Samuel 15:32 : Jos 16:2
  16. 2 Samuel 15:32 : S Jos 7:6
  17. 2 Samuel 15:33 : 2Sa 19:35
  18. 2 Samuel 15:34 : 2Sa 16:19
  19. 2 Samuel 15:34 : 2Sa 17:14; Pr 11:14
  20. 2 Samuel 15:35 : 2Sa 17:15-16
  21. 2 Samuel 15:36 : 2Sa 18:19
  22. 2 Samuel 15:36 : S ver 27; 2Sa 17:17; 1Ki 1:42
  23. 2 Samuel 15:37 : 1Ch 27:33
  24. 2 Samuel 15:37 : 2Sa 16:15
  25. 2 Samuel 16:1 : 2Sa 9:1-13
  26. 2 Samuel 16:1 : S 1Sa 25:18; 1Ch 12:40
  27. 2 Samuel 16:2 : 2Sa 17:27-29
  28. 2 Samuel 16:3 : 2Sa 9:9-10
  29. 2 Samuel 16:3 : S 2Sa 9:2
  30. 2 Samuel 16:4 : S 2Sa 4:4
  31. 2 Samuel 16:5 : S 2Sa 3:16
  32. 2 Samuel 16:5 : 2Sa 19:16-23; 1Ki 2:8-9, 36, 44
  33. 2 Samuel 16:5 : S Ex 22:28
  34. 2 Samuel 16:8 : 2Sa 19:28; 21:9
  35. 2 Samuel 16:8 : 2Sa 19:19; Ps 55:3
  36. 2 Samuel 16:9 : S 1Sa 26:6
  37. 2 Samuel 16:9 : S 2Sa 3:8
  38. 2 Samuel 16:9 : S 2Sa 3:39; Lk 9:54
  39. 2 Samuel 16:10 : S 2Sa 2:18; 19:22
  40. 2 Samuel 16:10 : Ro 9:20
  41. 2 Samuel 16:11 : 2Sa 12:11
  42. 2 Samuel 16:11 : S Ge 45:5; 1Sa 26:19
  43. 2 Samuel 16:12 : Ps 4:1; 25:18
  44. 2 Samuel 16:12 : Dt 23:5; Ro 8:28
  45. 2 Samuel 16:12 : Ps 109:28
  46. 2 Samuel 16:14 : 2Sa 17:2
  47. 2 Samuel 16:15 : S 2Sa 15:37
  48. 2 Samuel 16:15 : S 2Sa 15:12
  49. 2 Samuel 16:16 : S 2Sa 15:32
  50. 2 Samuel 16:17 : 2Sa 19:25
  51. 2 Samuel 16:19 : 2Sa 15:34
  52. 2 Samuel 16:22 : S 2Sa 3:7; 12:11-12; S 15:16
  53. 2 Samuel 16:23 : 2Sa 17:14, 23
  54. 2 Samuel 16:23 : S 2Sa 15:12
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John 18:25-19:22

Peter’s Second and Third Denials(A)

25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself.(B) So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”

He denied it, saying, “I am not.”(C)

26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,(D) challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?”(E) 27 Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.(F)

Jesus Before Pilate(G)

28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor.(H) By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace,(I) because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.(J) 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”

30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”

“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.(K)

33 Pilate then went back inside the palace,(L) summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”(M)

34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”

35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”

36 Jesus said, “My kingdom(N) is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders.(O) But now my kingdom is from another place.”(P)

37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.(Q) Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”(R)

38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.(S) 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”

40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.(T)

Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified(U)

19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.(V) The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”(W) And they slapped him in the face.(X)

Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out(Y) to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”(Z) When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe,(AA) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him.(AB) As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”(AC)

The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die,(AD) because he claimed to be the Son of God.”(AE)

When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace.(AF) “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.(AG) 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.(AH) Therefore the one who handed me over to you(AI) is guilty of a greater sin.”

12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king(AJ) opposes Caesar.”

13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat(AK) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic(AL) is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation(AM) of the Passover; it was about noon.(AN)

“Here is your king,”(AO) Pilate said to the Jews.

15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.(AP)

The Crucifixion of Jesus(AQ)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross,(AR) he went out to the place of the Skull(AS) (which in Aramaic(AT) is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others(AU)—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,(AV) the king of the jews.(AW) 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,(AX) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”(AY)

22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

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Psalm 119:113-128

ס Samekh

113 I hate double-minded people,(A)
but I love your law.(B)
114 You are my refuge and my shield;(C)
I have put my hope(D) in your word.
115 Away from me,(E) you evildoers,
that I may keep the commands of my God!
116 Sustain me,(F) my God, according to your promise,(G) and I will live;
do not let my hopes be dashed.(H)
117 Uphold me,(I) and I will be delivered;(J)
I will always have regard for your decrees.(K)
118 You reject all who stray(L) from your decrees,
for their delusions come to nothing.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;(M)
therefore I love your statutes.(N)
120 My flesh trembles(O) in fear of you;(P)
I stand in awe(Q) of your laws.

ע Ayin

121 I have done what is righteous and just;(R)
do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being;(S)
do not let the arrogant oppress me.(T)
123 My eyes fail,(U) looking for your salvation,(V)
looking for your righteous promise.(W)
124 Deal with your servant according to your love(X)
and teach me your decrees.(Y)
125 I am your servant;(Z) give me discernment
that I may understand your statutes.(AA)
126 It is time for you to act, Lord;
your law is being broken.(AB)
127 Because I love your commands(AC)
more than gold,(AD) more than pure gold,(AE)
128 and because I consider all your precepts right,(AF)
I hate every wrong path.(AG)

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Proverbs 16:10-11

10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and his mouth does not betray justice.(A)

11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.(B)

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05/29/2019 DAB Transcript

2 Samuel 14:1-15:22, John 18:1-24, Psalms 119:97-112, Proverbs 16:8-9

Today is the 29th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is great to be here with you today on hump day as we cross through the center of our week together. And we’ve been spending our time, at least in the Old Testament, as you know, getting to know King David and we’re in the part of the story where things have begun to really fall apart in his family. One of his sons, Amnon, raped his sister Tamar. Her brother Absalom, also David’s son, killed Amnon for this and then he had to go on the run to the north near the Sea of Galilee to the city of Geshur where he was in exile for several years and that’s where we pick up the story today. We’re reading from the New International Version this week. Second Samuel chapter 14 verse 1 through 15 verse 22.

Commentary:

Okay. So, from the Old Testament and in the story of David we see that family matters never did settle down for King David after the issue was about Bathsheba and this continues to become more and more apparent as we move further into the story. So, David’s son Absalom had been in exile for three years for the killing of his brother Amnon who had raped Absalom’s sister, David’s daughter, Tamar. David allow that rape of his daughter to go relatively unpunished, but Absalom didn’t, and the result was loss. Absalom lost respect for his father and was sent away from his home. Tamar forcibly lost her innocence and then Amnon violently lost his life. So, in today’s reading, David’s general, Joab, concocted a plan that brought Absalom back to his home in Jerusalem, but for the next two years he wasn’t permitted an audience with the king. So, five years have gone by without father and son not seeing each other. And once they did, Absalom’s contempt for his father deepened. So, Absalom used his good looks and his status as a prince to undermine his father David, and he did this by spending time among the people making them feel heard. And, so, over the course of four years he won their hearts. Then he asked permission to leave Jerusalem and go to Hebron. Hebron was the place that David was first coronated as the King of the tribe of Judah. So, Absalom’s asking to go there to sacrifice to God, back to the original capital city of before David conquered Jerusalem and made the city of David. So, then once Absalom’s in Hebron he stirs up a direct rebellion against the king, which is gaining momentum as we leave our reading today and the news reached Jerusalem. And, so, all of those old instincts, right, all of those instincts that David had to learn while he was running from King Saul rose within David and he fled the palace in advance along with much of the government going into exile as this coup that Absalom is stirring up is moving forward. And, of course, we’ll continue that story tomorrow, but it’s important consider the ways that King David allowed this erosion to take place in his life and family, right? So, we were going along through first Samuel and into second Samuel, following the story of King Saul and watching David’s story become intertwined with that story. We followed all the way until David was the king of all Israel, and we watched him act honorably and we saw that the hearts of the people were for…like David had won their hearts, they were loyal to him. And then we watched the systematic dismantling, right, that began with David taking another man’s wife, and then having that man, who was loyal, loyal, loyal to David, having him killed. That’s where this story began that we have watched the disintegration of much of the royal family of because of these systematic choices. So, the choices we make have an impact and they reverberate in unpredictable ways in our lives as they did with the king. So, when we allow offenses to fester they become poison within our relationships and the poison can destroy the bonds that tie us together if it’s just left unchecked. This is what we’re seeing happen to the king and his kingdom but it’s no different for us. We will make mistakes. We will fall short. Some of them will be small, some of them will be big and the aftermath can be devastating. But in that broken time were still making decisions, right, and they’re still compounding. We’re either drawing up battle lines or making the problem worse or we can own our actions and repent. And when there’s broken relationships full restoration isn’t always possible. It’s a broken world. But humility and repentance and the hope of grace are miraculous forces within a relationship and they cover a multitude of sins. David didn’t do any of that. So, let’s consider David’s path as we reflect on our own paths today. Just being aware, just being awake and aware and willing to repent rapidly could push back massive amounts of conflict in our lives. Truly, if we think about. Like, if were able to say, “okay, I’m getting you mad. I’m feeling this…like…I know what’s about to happen here” and stop ourselves or if we’ve already said that thing in response and it’s already turning into a battle, if we stop and say, “this is gonna go nowhere, this is…this is taking us nowhere…we don’t need this conflict between us, we could save ourselves so much in the present and in the future.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for the way that it will speak to us and penetrate our lives. And even as we spent some time talking about the story of King David, we also recognize the story that is happening in the Gospel of John as we watch Jesus freedom be taken and the questions beginning. And we recognize that this will be the last retelling of this story this year. And, so, we invite Your Holy Spirit to give it the gravity that it deserves in our lives as we prepare to move forward in our year and in the story of what comes next. Come Holy Spirit we pray. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday May 29, 2019 (NIV)

2 Samuel 14:1-15:22

Absalom Returns to Jerusalem

14 Joab(A) son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. So Joab sent someone to Tekoa(B) and had a wise woman(C) brought from there. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don’t use any cosmetic lotions.(D) Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead. Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab(E) put the words in her mouth.

When the woman from Tekoa went[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

The king asked her, “What is troubling you?”

She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead. I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him. Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death(F) for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir(G) as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left,(H) leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”

The king said to the woman, “Go home,(I) and I will issue an order in your behalf.”

But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “Let my lord the king pardon(J) me and my family,(K) and let the king and his throne be without guilt.(L)

10 The king replied, “If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.”

11 She said, “Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger(M) of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”

“As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “not one hair(N) of your son’s head will fall to the ground.(O)

12 Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.”

“Speak,” he replied.

13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself,(P) for the king has not brought back his banished son?(Q) 14 Like water(R) spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die.(S) But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person(T) does not remain banished from him.

15 “And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request. 16 Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’(U)

17 “And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel(V) of God in discerning(W) good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”

18 Then the king said to the woman, “Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.”

“Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.

19 The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab(X) with you in all this?”

The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant. 20 Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom(Y) like that of an angel of God—he knows everything that happens in the land.(Z)

21 The king said to Joab, “Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

22 Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king.(AA) Joab said, “Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”

23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But the king said, “He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.

25 In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. 26 Whenever he cut the hair of his head(AB)—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels[b] by the royal standard.

27 Three sons(AC) and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar,(AD) and she became a beautiful woman.

28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king’s face. 29 Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come. 30 Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley(AE) there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

31 Then Joab did go to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?(AF)

32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur?(AG) It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”(AH)

33 So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed(AI) Absalom.

Absalom’s Conspiracy

15 In the course of time,(AJ) Absalom provided himself with a chariot(AK) and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate.(AL) Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.” Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”(AM) And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land!(AN) Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”

Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts(AO) of the people of Israel.

At the end of four[c] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord. While your servant was living at Geshur(AP) in Aram, I made this vow:(AQ) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.[d]’”

The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.

10 Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets,(AR) then say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’” 11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter. 12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel(AS) the Gilonite, David’s counselor,(AT) to come from Giloh,(AU) his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.(AV)

David Flees

13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”

14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee,(AW) or none of us will escape from Absalom.(AX) We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”

15 The king’s officials answered him, “Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.”

16 The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines(AY) to take care of the palace. 17 So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at the edge of the city. 18 All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites(AZ) and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.

19 The king said to Ittai(BA) the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner,(BB) an exile from your homeland. 20 You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander(BC) about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”[e](BD)

21 But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.”(BE)

22 David said to Ittai, “Go ahead, march on.” So Ittai the Gittite marched on with all his men and the families that were with him.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
  2. 2 Samuel 14:26 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  3. 2 Samuel 15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty
  4. 2 Samuel 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.
  5. 2 Samuel 15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew May kindness and faithfulness be with you

Cross references:

  1. 2 Samuel 14:1 : S 2Sa 2:18
  2. 2 Samuel 14:2 : Ne 3:5; Jer 6:1; Am 1:1
  3. 2 Samuel 14:2 : 2Sa 20:16
  4. 2 Samuel 14:2 : S Ru 3:3; S Isa 1:6
  5. 2 Samuel 14:3 : ver 19
  6. 2 Samuel 14:7 : Nu 35:19
  7. 2 Samuel 14:7 : Mt 21:38
  8. 2 Samuel 14:7 : Dt 19:10-13
  9. 2 Samuel 14:8 : 1Sa 25:35
  10. 2 Samuel 14:9 : 1Sa 25:24
  11. 2 Samuel 14:9 : Mt 27:25
  12. 2 Samuel 14:9 : 1Sa 25:28
  13. 2 Samuel 14:11 : S Nu 35:12, 21
  14. 2 Samuel 14:11 : S Mt 10:30
  15. 2 Samuel 14:11 : S 1Sa 14:45
  16. 2 Samuel 14:13 : S 2Sa 12:7; 1Ki 20:40
  17. 2 Samuel 14:13 : 2Sa 13:38-39
  18. 2 Samuel 14:14 : Job 14:11; Ps 58:7; Isa 19:5
  19. 2 Samuel 14:14 : Job 10:8; 17:13; 30:23; Ps 22:15; Heb 9:27
  20. 2 Samuel 14:14 : Nu 35:15, 25-28
  21. 2 Samuel 14:16 : S Ex 34:9; S 1Sa 26:19
  22. 2 Samuel 14:17 : S 1Sa 29:9
  23. 2 Samuel 14:17 : 1Ki 3:9; Da 2:21
  24. 2 Samuel 14:19 : ver 3
  25. 2 Samuel 14:20 : 1Ki 3:12, 28; 10:23-24; Isa 28:6
  26. 2 Samuel 14:20 : 2Sa 18:13
  27. 2 Samuel 14:22 : S Ge 47:7
  28. 2 Samuel 14:26 : 2Sa 18:9
  29. 2 Samuel 14:27 : 2Sa 18:18
  30. 2 Samuel 14:27 : S 2Sa 13:1
  31. 2 Samuel 14:30 : S Ex 9:31
  32. 2 Samuel 14:31 : S Jdg 15:5
  33. 2 Samuel 14:32 : S 2Sa 3:3
  34. 2 Samuel 14:32 : 1Sa 20:8
  35. 2 Samuel 14:33 : Lk 15:20
  36. 2 Samuel 15:1 : S 2Sa 12:11
  37. 2 Samuel 15:1 : S 1Sa 8:11
  38. 2 Samuel 15:2 : S Ge 23:10; 2Sa 19:8
  39. 2 Samuel 15:3 : Pr 12:2
  40. 2 Samuel 15:4 : Jdg 9:29
  41. 2 Samuel 15:6 : Ro 16:18
  42. 2 Samuel 15:8 : S 2Sa 3:3
  43. 2 Samuel 15:8 : S Ge 28:20
  44. 2 Samuel 15:10 : 1Ki 1:34, 39; 2Ki 9:13
  45. 2 Samuel 15:12 : ver 31, 34; 2Sa 16:15, 23; 17:14; 23:34; 1Ch 27:33
  46. 2 Samuel 15:12 : Job 19:14; Ps 41:9; 55:13; Jer 9:4
  47. 2 Samuel 15:12 : Jos 15:51
  48. 2 Samuel 15:12 : Ps 3:1
  49. 2 Samuel 15:14 : 1Ki 2:26; Ps 3 Title; 132:1
  50. 2 Samuel 15:14 : 2Sa 19:9
  51. 2 Samuel 15:16 : 2Sa 16:21-22; 20:3
  52. 2 Samuel 15:18 : S 1Sa 30:14; 2Sa 20:7, 23; 1Ki 1:38, 44; 1Ch 18:17
  53. 2 Samuel 15:19 : 2Sa 18:2
  54. 2 Samuel 15:19 : S Ge 31:15
  55. 2 Samuel 15:20 : S 1Sa 22:2
  56. 2 Samuel 15:20 : 2Sa 2:6
  57. 2 Samuel 15:21 : Ru 1:16-17; Pr 17:17
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John 18:1-24

Jesus Arrested(A)

18 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley.(B) On the other side there was a garden,(C) and he and his disciples went into it.(D)

Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.(E) So Judas came to the garden, guiding(F) a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees.(G) They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.

Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him,(H) went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?”(I)

“Jesus of Nazareth,”(J) they replied.

“I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?”(K)

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go.” This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”[a](L)

10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup(M) the Father has given me?”

12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials(N) arrested Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,(O) the high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.(P)

Peter’s First Denial(Q)

15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest,(R) he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard,(S) 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.

17 “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter.

He replied, “I am not.”(T)

18 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire(U) they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.(V)

The High Priest Questions Jesus(W)

19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues(X) or at the temple,(Y) where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.(Z) 21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said.”

22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials(AA) nearby slapped him in the face.(AB) “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.

23 “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?”(AC) 24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas(AD) the high priest.

Footnotes:

  1. John 18:9 John 6:39
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Psalm 119:97-112

מ Mem

97 Oh, how I love your law!(A)
I meditate(B) on it all day long.
98 Your commands are always with me
and make me wiser(C) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for I meditate on your statutes.(D)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
for I obey your precepts.(E)
101 I have kept my feet(F) from every evil path
so that I might obey your word.(G)
102 I have not departed from your laws,(H)
for you yourself have taught(I) me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey(J) to my mouth!(K)
104 I gain understanding(L) from your precepts;
therefore I hate every wrong path.(M)

נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(N) for my feet,
a light(O) on my path.
106 I have taken an oath(P) and confirmed it,
that I will follow your righteous laws.(Q)
107 I have suffered much;
preserve my life,(R) Lord, according to your word.
108 Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,(S)
and teach me your laws.(T)
109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,(U)
I will not forget(V) your law.
110 The wicked have set a snare(W) for me,
but I have not strayed(X) from your precepts.
111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.(Y)
112 My heart is set(Z) on keeping your decrees
to the very end.[a](AA)

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  1. Psalm 119:112 Or decrees / for their enduring reward
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Proverbs 16:8-9

Better a little with righteousness
than much gain(A) with injustice.(B)

In their hearts humans plan their course,
but the Lord establishes their steps.(C)

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05/28/2019 DAB Transcript

2 Samuel 13:1-39, John 17:1-26, Psalms 119:81-96, Proverbs 16:6-7

Today is the 28th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today as we take the next step forward, settle into this week. Yesterday in the book of second Samuel, we read of Nathan, the prophet’s confrontation of David for the matter of Uriah the Hittite having him killed and taking his wife Bathsheba to be his own wife. And we mentioned yesterday that this is the turning points in David’s family. It’s like he’s lost respect at this point and we’ll begin to see things spiral for David as we begin to move forward. So, we’re reading from the New International Version this week. Today, second Samuel chapter 13.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we can see a clear distinction between life before Bathsheba and life after Bathsheba in David’s story before David took Bathsheba and her husband killed. And, so, in today’s reading from second Samuel some pretty terrible things happen in David’s personal life, things that no one, like no father would ever want to experience. His daughter, Tamar was raped by her brother Amnon. Amnon was then killed by his brother, Absalom, in revenge. Absalom was then exiled in Geshur for three years. And this is fascinating. Absalom’s mother was the daughter of the King of Geshur, which is in the north on the Sea of Galilee. It would later be known as Bethsaida, which is a city that some of the disciples of Jesus made as…called home and that Jesus did ministry in Bethsaida. So, we covered some ground, several years in today’s reading. And Absalom had been staying in Geshur and Amnon, of course, lost his life for raping his sister. And, so, after several years, David began to long to see his son Absalom again. And that’s where we leave the story. He will see Absalom again but things…things are not well between them and we will carry on with that story tomorrow.

And then in John’s Gospel, I mean, we’re nearing the end of the Gospels and where we’re situated now is the Jesus is having the last conversation with his friends at his Last Supper and we concluded this conversation today with a prayer. Jesus prayed a prayer over his friends, and it’s one of the most heartfelt prayers in the Bible and one of the most engaging things Jesus ever said. “This is the way to have eternal life”, Jesus said, “to know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.” It’s just simple. The way to eternal life is to know God, not to know about God, not to gather more information about God, not to get more the theology, not to get more doctrine, not to do more things on behalf of God, but to know God. The study of God and work for God, these are important, this is what we engage in everyday, it’s a natural outpouring of a life with God, but it’s not the other way around, right? Like, all of our activity for God isn’t necessarily making us closer to God. We actually draw near to God and all this activity is a byproduct. So, fundamentally, foundational, like bedrock in our faith, we must understand that knowing God in an intimate relationship and friendship is our primary purpose on the earth and leads us into eternal life. And then Jesus as he’s praying, and this prayer is known as His high priestly prayer, he says, “I’m not asking you to take them out of the world. I’m asking you to keep them safe from the evil one”. So, Jesus prayer wasn’t to ask the Father to remove his friends from planet Earth but instead to send them into the world armed with the truth of God’s word and the Spirit of truth within. And notice what Jesus said, “just as you sent me into the world I am sending them into the world.” Think about it. According to Jesus we are commissioned and sent into the world in the same way Jesus was. So, don’t listen to that…or don’t go back and reread that and diminish that as a metaphor for something that’s lesser than it really is. We are sent into the world as the Father sent Jesus. So, are we living from that place? Do our lives reflect that reality? And unless we think that this high priestly prayer is something that Jesus prayed over his disciples, and so that was like that put them in a different place and they have a different status and they got a commissioning and they got like a better version of the Holy Spirit than we can ever have, we just have to listen to Jesus, His own words. “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in Me through their message.” Jesus was praying for you. He was praying for me. We are them. And here’s what Jesus prayed over us. “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one as you are in Me, Father, and I am in You. And may they be in Us so that the world will believe you sent me. I have given them the glory You gave Me, so they may be one as We are one. I am in them and You are in Me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” I mean, are we getting what…this is our Savior here speaking…like are we getting what he is saying because we subtly diminish the reality that Jesus is praying for all of the time. Most the time we look at this prayer for unity among us, like this is a prayer of unity, and it is. This isn’t just about getting along and playing nice together, this is about union. Jesus gave us the glory given to Him by the Father. That is mind boggling, but it was for a reason so that we could have union with God through Jesus. This is how Jesus said it, “as you are in Me, Father, and I am in You, I am in them and you are in me”. This is what being intertwined looks like. This is what union with God looks like. This is what collaboration and friendship and relationship looks like. This is what a relationship with God looks like, and it leads to eternal life. So, I mean, we’ve been examining what Jesus had to say at the Last Supper from the Gospel of John in depth over these last couple of days because this is the last time we’re gonna cover this territory and because it covers some of the most iconic verses in the Bible. After this, as we’ll see as we go forward in this week, Jesus will go to the garden of Gethsemane, He will be arrested, and we know how that story goes. So, this isn’t a bad time to, maybe on your own time, just go back and read John 13 through 17, reread this…all that Jesus has to say to His friends before He goes into His time of suffering in its entirety because the implications of what Jesus is saying here should irreversibly change us from the inside out. Like we should never look at the world the same again. It’s that big of a deal in our faith. And we should also consider the gravity of this conversation. This was the last time Jesus could have an intimate quiet conversation among friends. This is what He chose to say with the last moments of freedom He would experience. And what He had to say changed everything for them and we are included in it and it should change everything for us.

Prayer:

Jesus we take these things to heart, that You are in the Father and the Father is in You and the same is true for us because You are within us, that we are commissioned to go do what You did, to be Your hands and feet in this world, to be Your body in this world, to be operating in this world as You did, one body multiplied over and over and over encompassing this world becoming the body Christ. Allow us to get the eyes and the ears of the kingdom on this and begin to allow it to settle inside of us, who we really are and why we are really here. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the mighty name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com, is the website, home base, certainly where you check in and find out what’s going on around here.

It’s where the Prayer Wall lives, it’s where the Daily Audio Bible shop, where there are resources available for this journey through the Bible in a year.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that at dailyaudiobible.com as well. The link is on the homepage. Thank you humbly for your partnership. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or if the mail is your preference, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always if you have a prayer request or comment there are a number of numbers that you can use depending on where you are in the world. If you are in the Americas, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial. If you’re in the UK or Europe 44-20-3608-8078 is the number to call, and if you are in Australia or that part of the world 61-3-8820-5459 is the number to dial.

And that is it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

05/28/2019 DAB Transcript

2 Samuel 13:1-39, John 17:1-26, Psalms 119:81-96, Proverbs 16:6-7

Today is the 28th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today as we take the next step forward, settle into this week. Yesterday in the book of second Samuel, we read of Nathan, the prophet’s confrontation of David for the matter of Uriah the Hittite having him killed and taking his wife Bathsheba to be his own wife. And we mentioned yesterday that this is the turning points in David’s family. It’s like he’s lost respect at this point and we’ll begin to see things spiral for David as we begin to move forward. So, we’re reading from the New International Version this week. Today, second Samuel chapter 13.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we can see a clear distinction between life before Bathsheba and life after Bathsheba in David’s story before David took Bathsheba and her husband killed. And, so, in today’s reading from second Samuel some pretty terrible things happen in David’s personal life, things that no one, like no father would ever want to experience. His daughter, Tamar was raped by her brother Amnon. Amnon was then killed by his brother, Absalom, in revenge. Absalom was then exiled in Geshur for three years. And this is fascinating. Absalom’s mother was the daughter of the King of Geshur, which is in the north on the Sea of Galilee. It would later be known as Bethsaida, which is a city that some of the disciples of Jesus made as…called home and that Jesus did ministry in Bethsaida. So, we covered some ground, several years in today’s reading. And Absalom had been staying in Geshur and Amnon, of course, lost his life for raping his sister. And, so, after several years, David began to long to see his son Absalom again. And that’s where we leave the story. He will see Absalom again but things…things are not well between them and we will carry on with that story tomorrow.

And then in John’s Gospel, I mean, we’re nearing the end of the Gospels and where we’re situated now is the Jesus is having the last conversation with his friends at his Last Supper and we concluded this conversation today with a prayer. Jesus prayed a prayer over his friends, and it’s one of the most heartfelt prayers in the Bible and one of the most engaging things Jesus ever said. “This is the way to have eternal life”, Jesus said, “to know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.” It’s just simple. The way to eternal life is to know God, not to know about God, not to gather more information about God, not to get more the theology, not to get more doctrine, not to do more things on behalf of God, but to know God. The study of God and work for God, these are important, this is what we engage in everyday, it’s a natural outpouring of a life with God, but it’s not the other way around, right? Like, all of our activity for God isn’t necessarily making us closer to God. We actually draw near to God and all this activity is a byproduct. So, fundamentally, foundational, like bedrock in our faith, we must understand that knowing God in an intimate relationship and friendship is our primary purpose on the earth and leads us into eternal life. And then Jesus as he’s praying, and this prayer is known as His high priestly prayer, he says, “I’m not asking you to take them out of the world. I’m asking you to keep them safe from the evil one”. So, Jesus prayer wasn’t to ask the Father to remove his friends from planet Earth but instead to send them into the world armed with the truth of God’s word and the Spirit of truth within. And notice what Jesus said, “just as you sent me into the world I am sending them into the world.” Think about it. According to Jesus we are commissioned and sent into the world in the same way Jesus was. So, don’t listen to that…or don’t go back and reread that and diminish that as a metaphor for something that’s lesser than it really is. We are sent into the world as the Father sent Jesus. So, are we living from that place? Do our lives reflect that reality? And unless we think that this high priestly prayer is something that Jesus prayed over his disciples, and so that was like that put them in a different place and they have a different status and they got a commissioning and they got like a better version of the Holy Spirit than we can ever have, we just have to listen to Jesus, His own words. “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in Me through their message.” Jesus was praying for you. He was praying for me. We are them. And here’s what Jesus prayed over us. “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one as you are in Me, Father, and I am in You. And may they be in Us so that the world will believe you sent me. I have given them the glory You gave Me, so they may be one as We are one. I am in them and You are in Me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” I mean, are we getting what…this is our Savior here speaking…like are we getting what he is saying because we subtly diminish the reality that Jesus is praying for all of the time. Most the time we look at this prayer for unity among us, like this is a prayer of unity, and it is. This isn’t just about getting along and playing nice together, this is about union. Jesus gave us the glory given to Him by the Father. That is mind boggling, but it was for a reason so that we could have union with God through Jesus. This is how Jesus said it, “as you are in Me, Father, and I am in You, I am in them and you are in me”. This is what being intertwined looks like. This is what union with God looks like. This is what collaboration and friendship and relationship looks like. This is what a relationship with God looks like, and it leads to eternal life. So, I mean, we’ve been examining what Jesus had to say at the Last Supper from the Gospel of John in depth over these last couple of days because this is the last time we’re gonna cover this territory and because it covers some of the most iconic verses in the Bible. After this, as we’ll see as we go forward in this week, Jesus will go to the garden of Gethsemane, He will be arrested, and we know how that story goes. So, this isn’t a bad time to, maybe on your own time, just go back and read John 13 through 17, reread this…all that Jesus has to say to His friends before He goes into His time of suffering in its entirety because the implications of what Jesus is saying here should irreversibly change us from the inside out. Like we should never look at the world the same again. It’s that big of a deal in our faith. And we should also consider the gravity of this conversation. This was the last time Jesus could have an intimate quiet conversation among friends. This is what He chose to say with the last moments of freedom He would experience. And what He had to say changed everything for them and we are included in it and it should change everything for us.

Prayer:

Jesus we take these things to heart, that You are in the Father and the Father is in You and the same is true for us because You are within us, that we are commissioned to go do what You did, to be Your hands and feet in this world, to be Your body in this world, to be operating in this world as You did, one body multiplied over and over and over encompassing this world becoming the body Christ. Allow us to get the eyes and the ears of the kingdom on this and begin to allow it to settle inside of us, who we really are and why we are really here. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the mighty name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com, is the website, home base, certainly where you check in and find out what’s going on around here.

It’s where the Prayer Wall lives, it’s where the Daily Audio Bible shop, where there are resources available for this journey through the Bible in a year.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that at dailyaudiobible.com as well. The link is on the homepage. Thank you humbly for your partnership. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or if the mail is your preference, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always if you have a prayer request or comment there are a number of numbers that you can use depending on where you are in the world. If you are in the Americas, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial. If you’re in the UK or Europe 44-20-3608-8078 is the number to call, and if you are in Australia or that part of the world 61-3-8820-5459 is the number to dial.

And that is it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday May 28, 2019 (NIV)

2 Samuel 13

Amnon and Tamar

13 In the course of time, Amnon(A) son of David fell in love with Tamar,(B) the beautiful sister of Absalom(C) son of David.

Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.

Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah,(D) David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

“Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab said. “When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.’”

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.”

David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.” So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.

“Send everyone out of here,”(E) Amnon said. So everyone left him. 10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. 11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed(F) her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”(G)

12 “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel!(H) Don’t do this wicked thing.(I) 13 What about me?(J) Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.” 14 But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.(K)

15 Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”

16 “No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.”

But he refused to listen to her. 17 He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.” 18 So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate[a] robe,(L) for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. 19 Tamar put ashes(M) on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman.

21 When King David heard all this, he was furious.(N) 22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;(O) he hated(P) Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

Absalom Kills Amnon

23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers(Q) were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there. 24 Absalom went to the king and said, “Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?”

25 “No, my son,” the king replied. “All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.

26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.”

The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?” 27 But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.

28 Absalom(R) ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high(S) spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.(T) 29 So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.

30 While they were on their way, the report came to David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.” 31 The king stood up, tore(U) his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.

32 But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. 33 My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.

Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, “I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.”[b]

35 Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.”

36 As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.

37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai(V) son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.

38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. 39 And King David longed to go to Absalom,(W) for he was consoled(X) concerning Amnon’s death.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Samuel 13:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:34 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.
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John 17

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven(A) and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come.(B) Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.(C) For you granted him authority over all people(D) that he might give eternal life(E) to all those you have given him.(F) Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(G) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(H) I have brought you glory(I) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(J) And now, Father, glorify me(K) in your presence with the glory I had with you(L) before the world began.(M)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed you[a](N) to those whom you gave me(O) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me(P) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(Q) and they believed that you sent me.(R) I pray for them.(S) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(T) for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.(U) And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(V) and I am coming to you.(W) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(X) as we are one.(Y) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost(Z) except the one doomed to destruction(AA) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(AB)

13 “I am coming to you now,(AC) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(AD) within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(AE) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(AF) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(AG) 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(AH) 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth.(AI) 18 As you sent me into the world,(AJ) I have sent them into the world.(AK) 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.(AL)

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one,(AM) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(AN) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(AO) 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me,(AP) that they may be one as we are one(AQ) 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(AR) and have loved them(AS) even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me(AT) to be with me where I am,(AU) and to see my glory,(AV) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.(AW)

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,(AX) I know you, and they know that you have sent me.(AY) 26 I have made you[e] known to them,(AZ) and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them(BA) and that I myself may be in them.”

Footnotes:

  1. John 17:6 Greek your name
  2. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
  3. John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
  4. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with
  5. John 17:26 Greek your name
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Psalm 119:81-96

כ Kaph

81 My soul faints(A) with longing for your salvation,(B)
but I have put my hope(C) in your word.
82 My eyes fail,(D) looking for your promise;(E)
I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
I do not forget(F) your decrees.
84 How long(G) must your servant wait?
When will you punish my persecutors?(H)
85 The arrogant(I) dig pits(J) to trap me,
contrary to your law.
86 All your commands are trustworthy;(K)
help me,(L) for I am being persecuted(M) without cause.(N)
87 They almost wiped me from the earth,
but I have not forsaken(O) your precepts.
88 In your unfailing love(P) preserve my life,(Q)
that I may obey the statutes(R) of your mouth.

ל Lamedh

89 Your word, Lord, is eternal;(S)
it stands firm in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness(T) continues through all generations;(U)
you established the earth, and it endures.(V)
91 Your laws endure(W) to this day,
for all things serve you.(X)
92 If your law had not been my delight,(Y)
I would have perished in my affliction.(Z)
93 I will never forget(AA) your precepts,
for by them you have preserved my life.(AB)
94 Save me,(AC) for I am yours;
I have sought out your precepts.(AD)
95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me,(AE)
but I will ponder your statutes.(AF)
96 To all perfection I see a limit,
but your commands are boundless.(AG)

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Proverbs 16:6-7

Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
he causes their enemies to make peace(C) with them.(D)

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05/27/2019 DAB Transcript

2 Samuel 12:1-31, John 16:1-33, Psalms 119:65-80, Proverbs 16:4-5

Today is the 27th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is wonderful to be here with you as we dive into the work week and move our way toward the end of this month. We’re reading from the New International Version this week and working our way through second Samuel. So, we’ll pick up with the story that’s unfolding before us, a sordid story. David has become king, he had taken another man’s wife, who happened to be a soldier in his military. And as we’ll find out, one of David’s elite warriors. When this warrior, his name was Uriah, Uriah the Hittite, when David summoned him back to Jerusalem from battle and told him to go home to his wife he wouldn’t, like, he wouldn’t. And that was David’s plan. He was gonna cover the whole thing up. So, David sent him back into battle and essentially…essentially murdered him by having him put on the front lines and then having people withdraw so that he was killed. This is the kind of things that Saul tried to do to David. So, it’s quite a turn in the story and we’ll pick it up. Second Samuel chapter 12.

Commentary:

Okay. So, no doubt about it, the story happening in second Samuel in David’s life is…well…its sordid just like we said at the beginning. All of our time as we’re traveling along with David through first Samuel watching him be on the run from assassination plot after assassination plot, after plot, after plot, after plot, to have him killed, he’s become stealthy, he’s become a warrior, he’s had to grow up fast, he’s had to become a national hero or a national figure without any training. So, he has held on to God for dear life and some of his heart is poured out in the Psalms as he runs from King Saul, then he becomes King and he’s honorable through that process and everybody rallies to him and he’s the king and then this happens, right? This is a very large turn in the story of King David. Things are not going to go well in his family after this. It’s almost like this is the kind of story that nobody really wants to talk about like if you were back in this time. And yet, his family knows what happened and we’re gonna see that it appears they’ve lost respect and it’s certain that after the prophet Nathan came and told the story to David and David’s all angry and wanting to kill this person that he’s realized, that he realizes that the story is about him. And, so, we see him repent and things will never be the same again. And it just becomes a mirror of our own lives in so many ways because it is in the times of difficulty and hardship and wilderness of our lives that we are clinging to God for dear life, especially when we feel like there’s nothing else to cling to. And we find, as we look back over those times, that they were rich. They taught us how to trust. They taught us how to navigate. And yet, then when things get easy again, like when we get back in control again then we find ourselves wandering into things that have no possible good outcome and can really mess things up going down the line into the future. And, so we find in the story of King David, once again the Bible becomes a mirror into our own lives.

And then as we move into John’s Gospel we’re continuing to listen to Jesus speak His final words to His friends in the last recorded conversation that we find in the Gospels before Jesus was arrested. And, so, Jesus says, “I’ve told you these things so that you won’t lose faith, right, so you won’t abandon your faith, so you won’t fall away because you’re gonna be thrown out of synagogues and a time will come when people who kill you will think they’re doing God’s work.” How true that proved to be. How true that remains. Throughout history followers of Jesus have been have been subjected to appalling persecution. Even in our own lifetimes we’ve seen this brutality continue but it’s what happened to Jesus. Those who put Jesus to death, they thought they were doing the right thing. So, let’s be sure to take a moment to just consider the freedoms that we enjoy and that we take for granted every day because mixed in with the gratitude, we need to have the earnest plea for our persecuted brothers and sisters who, if they had the freedoms that we take for granted, it would be like the very kingdom of God itself for them. So, may we pray for the persecuted church today. I have spoken to a lot of people and a lot of places in the world and some of those places in the world aren't…you just can’t take safety for granted, especially in religious…in terms of religious freedom. And so often they feel forgotten. And it’s easy to forget them because we may find ourselves geographically or nationally or politically at odds with the nation that they live in. And, so, their trapped and feel as if no one cares. And Jesus went on to say, “when the spirit of truth comes, He will lead you into all truth”, which is something that we pray for on a continual basis because this is a promise given. And Jesus said that, “He’s not going to speak on His own will. He’ll tell you what He’s heard. He’ll tell you about the future. He’ll bring me glory by telling you whatever He receives from me. Of course, this is the Holy Spirit that we’re talking about. The spirit of God is within us and will lead us into all truth, but we have to ask ourselves, how much truth are we really after? Like, how much truth are we really seeking? Because often what we want is our cake and eat it too, right, to enjoy the light but keep shadows on the things that we that we don’t want to face or that we don’t want exposed. But, here’s the deal, hiding will not make us like Jesus. Even though we may battle this all our lives, we’re struggling to be true and walk in the light. This is what Jesus modeled for us. That’s what Christ like looks like. That’s what we’re supposed to be becoming. And then lastly, Jesus said, “I told you all this stuff so that you can have peace in me because here on earth you’ll have many trials and sorrows but take heart, I have overcome the world.” So, even as we hear those words, even as we read them today, we can just look around and see that this is true. We indeed will face trials and indeed we experience sorrow in this world. And at times it’s overwhelming. And at times is like a tsunami has washed us away. But Jesus is telling us that there is a peace that the world cannot give and the world cannot take because this peace can only be found intertwined in a relationship with God and that has been bestowed upon us. So, take heart. Take joy. Take peace. Jesus has overcome the world and through him so can we.

Prayer:

Father, we come into Your presence today acknowledging that a lot has happened in the Scriptures for us to consider. The story of David is certainly a complicated one, much like our lives. And we may have, at times, found ourselves doing things toward other people that had previously been done to us and we like, we know the story, like we know the pain that’s causing, and we find ourselves doing the same thing, like David. So, we invite the Spirit of truth into that. And when we listen Jesus, to Your words, as You’re coming to the end of Your conversation at the Last Supper and You are assuring Your friends that they won’t be able to take anything for granted. We have these freedoms that we take for granted that they did not have. And, so, any time that we face any kind of little obstacle we want to start screaming and shaking our fists at the sky when You prepared us for this in advance. So, come Holy Spirit and help us to understand and rightly interpret the circumstances of our lives and what the seasons of wilderness actually mean to us. And lastly Father, we pray for our brothers and sisters who feel and in many cases are forgotten in this world, trapped behind the borders, trapped behind cultures, struggling to survive and avoid the persecution that descends upon them regularly. When we think of them we confess a sense of helplessness because we don’t know what to do. And yet, we’re reaching to You Father, we’re reaching toward our brothers and sisters in the Spirit that they might feel comfort today, that they might have a sense that they are not forgotten. Come Holy Spirit we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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