2 Samuel 4–6: On Being Blameless in the Battlefield . . . But Not in the Bedroom (Bible Talk, Ep. 99)

After the squelching of Ish-bosheth’s insurrection, David is anointed king over a united kingdom and the nations are streaming to the city of Zion. And yet . . . the author wants us to know that something’s not quite right in the state of Israel. Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton, and Sam Emadi discuss 2 Samuel 4–6.

SHOW NOTES

2:20 / Sam makes high-level comments on Chapter 4.

3:51 / How do David and Saul have the opposite effect on those around them?

6:29 / What does the repetition in Chapter 4 accomplish?

9:34 / What kind of covenant does David make with Israel? Did America make a covenant with God like this? (5:1–3)

11:29 / What’s the significance of the shepherding language at David’s anointing? (5:2)

13:14 / “David (among others) was thirty years old when he began to reign” (5:4).

14:08 / Who are the Jebusites? And what does David’s victory over them reveal about David? (5:6–10)

18:19 / Why is Zion so important in Scripture? (5:7)

20:00 / David becomes greater and greater, but far from perfect (5:11–16).

25:44 / Should David and his men have carried the Philistines’ idols away? (5:21)

28:28 / How would David and Uzzah have been served by knowing Scripture better? (6:1–10)

41:55 / Why is David performing priestly duties? (6:13–19)

44:23 / Why is Michal mad? (6:20–23)

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