Today's Readings and Stuff -- Tuesday, 22 April 2014
a bit scattered around here, again. Dear Wife had a rough night so I didn't get much rest either. Doctor visit this week. Might be timely.
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The Old Testament reading before us is chapters 4, 5, and 6 of 2nd Samuel.
This is the warring transition between the reign of Saul and his kin, into the kingship of David. Not neat, not pretty, and not nice. But that is the record.
If I may steal a note from David Jeremiah, the latter part of chapter 6 has the Ark of the Covenant being moved into David's city. David was overjoyed by this, and the scripture records that,
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And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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And
Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one
was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a
Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned
to Benjamin.
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And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
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And
Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five
years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and
his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste
to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
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And
the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came
about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed
at noon.
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And
they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would
have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab
and Baanah his brother escaped.
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For
when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and
they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and
gat them away through the plain all night.
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And
they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to
the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy,
which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this
day of Saul, and of his seed.
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And
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my
soul out of all adversity,
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When
one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought
good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought
that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
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How
much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own
house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your
hand, and take you away from the earth?
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And
David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their
hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But
they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of
Abner in Hebron.
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Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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Also
in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out
and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my
people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
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So
all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David
made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed
David king over Israel.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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In
Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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And
the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou
take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:
thinking, David cannot come in hither.
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Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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And
David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth
the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's
soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and
the lame shall not come into the house.
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So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
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And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
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And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
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David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and
that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
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David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was
come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
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And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
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Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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But
when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over
Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of
it, and went down to the hold.
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The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And
David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go
up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
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And
David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The
LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of
waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
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And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And
when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but
fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the
mulberry trees.
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And
let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the
LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
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And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
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David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale
of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called
by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubim.
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And
they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
Abinadab, drave the new cart.
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And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
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And
David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner
of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and
on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
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And
when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to
the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
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And
David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah:
and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
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And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
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So
David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of
David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the
Gittite.
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And
the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite
three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
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it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of
Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God.
So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom
into the city of David with gladness.
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And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
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And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
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And
as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing
before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
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they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the
midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
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And
he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of
Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a
good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed
every one to his house.
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Then
David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul
came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to
day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his
servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
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David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before
thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the
people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
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And
I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight:
and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be
had in honor.
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Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
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The New Testament reading is verses 18-43 of Luke chapter 18
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And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
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Thou
knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not
steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
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Now
when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one
thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
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And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
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And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
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For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
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And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
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Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
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he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath
left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the
kingdom of God's sake,
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Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
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Then
he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning
the Son of man shall be accomplished.
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For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
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And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
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And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
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And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
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And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
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And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
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And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
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they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but
he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
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And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
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Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
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And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
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And
immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God:
and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
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