Creative Space for Wanderers
and Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, became king of Judah when he was 25 years old and reigned for 29 years during the height of Isaiah’s prophetic years. Finally, after reading about horrible leadership we see these words: He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. …
“Some time later…” we pick up the story where the Arameans continue their annoying military coop attempts. The siege in Samara (i.e., against Joram, king of Israel) has reached the point where people are starving. Joram is convinced this is all at the Lord’s calling, but shows little sign of repentance: The king said, “This …
Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.” This psalm appears to be a reaction to horrible leadership, judges who “devise injustice,” who are wicked from birth! The title attributes this to David which is quite interesting since this would precede Jeroboam and his …
The beginning of chapter 9 includes words from the Lord when He appeared to Solomon a second time. I haven’t kept track, but it is rare that we read, “the Lord appeared…” to anyone. The Lord speaks to prophets through visions, but rarely do we read about direct interaction. The Lord said to him, “I …
and The narrative for this story has several plot lines. The first involves Absalom’s deception and rise to power. Absalom begins taking steps to establish himself as judge and then as king by acting as if he truly cared, “he stole the hearts of the people of Israel” (). Slowly and surely, Absalom turned people …
The beginning of 2 Samuel continues the narrative from the last chapters of 1 Samuel. In chapter 1, David has finished his campaign against the Amalekites when a messenger appears: “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.” This messenger is …