Sunday sermon 12-16-18
1Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation
taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
ON VIDEO-
.Real Life Church- Church Unlimited
.David and Bathsheba
.The sin
.The scheme
.The judgment
.The other son is born
.The prophets
.Avoid materialism
Today [12-16-18] I will re-post a past Sunday sermon- as far
as I know the video links are good.
Later today I will try and post the video I make to YouTube
and Facebook- I will probably be speaking on the verses for the mass for this
date- as well as the verses from the Local Church I attend. Hopefully the new
video cloud sites are working ok- you should be able to download the past
teaching videos from those sites. I’ll be finishing up our 2nd
Samuel study soon- the one I have been posting during the week- and am not sure
what the next study will be. Eventually I hope to start a new study on another
book of the bible-
Ok, that’s it for now-
Thanks, John
Other videos- [these are the videos I post nightly to my various
sites]
12-10-18
Teaching- Furman and the bird https://youtu.be/KpkjRiBHtpg
12-13-18
Update https://youtu.be/8g4r6vF_jBw
see it to
believe it https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205115480644856/
12-8-18 A
talk between the Father and the Son [parable] https://youtu.be/Kn9MTgC1QOg
The lake [North Bergen- N.J.- view of NYC skyline] https://bit.tube/play?hash=QmXXSDPbRhiLbf9JXTucUePEHtqhSefcrj3yKyBux63cCe&channel=160276
The unknown God https://youtu.be/wZeEPrdyZ20
Acts 3 Alamodome- San Antonio https://mega.nz/#!ebRl1IYI!Vl28NVWsFbNwu2Cqq7UkkIGX_sZP9G278UWp6c5a5m8
At the doors https://youtu.be/GI8PSYPjCW8
1-14-18 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMeMlCArzzEG7ZgL0
2nd Samuel 21
NYC view- North Bergen- N.J. https://bit.tube/play?hash=QmXSABcWgJpnruxjchJ2y8EbD8atTfctVGrMVPNRqqJLmk&channel=160276
Hook up the truck! https://youtu.be/8Yiwx4r3LjE
Plymouth Rock https://flic.kr/p/ES9TYY
Christian- Muslim dialogue https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMeb-Izqhz78bdVGI
Wal Mart and creation https://youtu.be/PTMTrQDpeus
Galatians 5 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMejbeju1g4BLexRc
Sunday sermon https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/12/09/sunday-sermon-35/
2nd Samuel 23 https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/12/13/2nd-samuel-23/
PAST POSTS- [Today I spoke on the
bible chapters from Real Life church and Church Unlimited- below are my past
teachings on those chapters. I also added links to my complete studies on those
bible books- and other links that relate to the post- verses below]
SAMUEL 17- David goes down to the
battle front and hears Goliath mocking God. The Philistines are confronting
Israel and they have their champion giant [almost 10 feet tall! Like the Roman
emperor Maximus, he was huge] Goliath. David hears the enemy challenge Israel
day after day and he decides to take him on. Saul tells him ‘you can’t do this,
you are too young and inexperienced, he is a man of war from his youth’! David
insists that he is able, he killed a lion and bear while defending his fathers
sheep, why not ‘this uncircumcised rascal’! Saul says ‘fine, hears my armor’.
David tries it on and realizes it’s not his style of armor. He goes back to the
simplicity of a sling and stone. He goes out to the battle, Goliath can’t
believe his eyes ‘did you send me some mammas boy with a stick? I am not some
dog that you can tame with a stick’! Oh really? David says ‘sir, not only will
I win this thing, but I will remove your stinking pagan head from off that 10
foot frame and feed you and your buddy’s carcasses to the animals’! Old Saul
must of been thinking ‘what in the world did we get ourselves into’? Sure
enough the battle begins and David runs up to the giant and sinks a stone into
his head. He stands over him and severs his head with his own sword. Now the
poor Philistines heard the whole conversation and didn’t want to hang around
for the rest of David’s mission statement to be fulfilled. They fled! Israel
pursues and has a great victory. A few things; David show us the necessity and
simplicity of warfare. Jesus taught the disciples that they had what it took to
carry out the mission. He warned them not to fall for the wrong headed idea of
‘God has called us to start an organization, and the organization will
accomplish this noble task’. After all the years of befriending and working
with the homeless and down and out. I realize that many well meaning believers
will see the needs of people, but then want to ‘put on Saul’s armor’ to effect
change. Try and start another mission ministry, or make others aware of the
problem. I have found the biggest need to be that people are simply not willing
to actually give their time and substance and get involved. Jesus told the
disciples ‘don’t think you need a lot of extra equipment for this, you are the
equipment. No special appeals for funds!’ [Message bible]. We get lost in
trying to put on Saul’s armor [lot’s of complicated ministry ideas] when Jesus
says ‘just use the stone and sling that I have given you’. The church of Jesus
needs to realize that the power to effect society is in the hands of simple
followers, truly the meek will inherit the earth.
2ND SAMUEL 11-
David sends Joab and his men out to war. He stays home and takes a walk on his
roof and spots Bathsheba. He sends a servant to contact her and he sleeps with
her. He finds out she’s pregnant and the gears in his mind start moving. He
calls her noble husband, Uriah, from the front lines of battle and pretends he
just called him to inquire about the battle. He sends him home, hoping he will
sleep with his wife, and then David will be off the hook. Sure enough Uriah is
so noble that he refuses to sleep in his house when his men are in the battle. So
David gives it a second shot and gets the brother drunk. He sends him home
again and Uriah refuses to sleep with Bathsheba. So David calls for Joab, the
lead commander of his army, and says ‘put Uriah in the front lines and draw
back and let him die’. Something interesting happens. Joab carries out the plan
but also allows some of David’s other men to die. Then he sends a messenger to
tell David ‘we were at the front lines, close to a wall, and some of our guys
were killed’. Joab tells the messenger ‘if David gets mad and says “what were
you thinking by getting close to the wall? This is a basic mistake that should
have never been made!”’ Joab says if David asks this, then say ‘Uriah is dead
too’. It’s possible that Joab stuck it to David here for making him partake in
his personal problems. Military men do not like carrying out personal political
vendettas. Either way the messenger goes and tells David and David feels he
covered up his sin. Of course we will soon find out the cover up didn’t work.
Bathsheba does move in with David and they make plans for the coming baby. A
few things; David was a great man, he followed God as a man ‘after Gods own
heart’. David was also human. Hebrews says ‘every high priest taken from among
men must make sacrifice for his own sin as well as the peoples’. I don’t want
to excuse sin, but I want you to see that all of us have ‘feet of clay’. Modern
ministry has a system where we present the best image of leadership to people.
We feel this is part of the role of leaders. The scriptures show you ‘the good,
the bad, and the ugly’. We just saw the ugly.
(931)2ND SAMUEL 15-
Absalom sits daily at the city gate and when the people come to the king,
Absalom ‘steels their hearts’. He says ‘o, if I were the king I could do such a
good job. I am better than the one God appointed’. Avoid trying to gain peoples
acceptance by comparing yourself with others. God might use you to be an
example in some way, but this is a matter of grace. Paul said he excelled more
than the other apostles who were ‘in Christ’ before him, but nevertheless it
was Gods grace that caused this to happen. Absalom slowly wins the hearts of
the people and stages a takeover. Some men go willingly, others followed ‘out
of simplicity’. They were led astray like sheep. Remember, when dealing with
followers of groups who have ‘rebelled’ [classic cults] some have been raised
innocently with their beliefs. Try and honestly talk to them and treat them
courteously. God can give you an open door with them if you see them as people
who have value and worth. We see David as a type of Christ in this chapter. He
is forsaken by the city of Jerusalem and loses his following. He even ascends
the Mount of Olives while weeping! He says ‘If God chooses to forsake me, so be
it. But if he brings me back again [resurrection!] and allows me to see the Ark
in Jerusalem, then let his will be done’. Jesus said ‘not my will, but thine be
done’. The Father, who forsook his Son, did delight in him and ‘brought him
back again’ to see ‘the Ark in the city of Jerusalem’. Jesus saw the tabernacle
of God [Gods people, the dwelling of God] in ‘the city of God’ [the church is
called the city of God that comes down from God out of heaven] and he was
restored to his former place of exaltation at the fathers right-hand. David is
reaping some stuff here. He makes some plans for a future return to leadership,
but recognizes when it’s time to retreat. Now, I realize that God wants us to
move forward and ‘take the kingdom by force’. But Jesus also gave us a
principle; he said ‘when one king is facing another king. He sends out
messengers to check out the opponent. If word comes back that you are really
out of your league in this battle, then try and come to terms of peace if
possible’. In essence there are times where taking a step back and
re-evaluating is a wise thing. David plants a few spies in Jerusalem who will
report back to him every now and then. David also finds out who his true
friends are. Some follow him instead of Absalom, even though Absalom is the
‘hot ticket item’ at the time. These brothers who stick with you till the end
are true friends, but they aren’t always the most encouraging. Thomas [one of
Jesus disciples] says at one point ‘Lets go, we might as well follow him all
the way to our deaths’. Thanks for the willingness to follow Thomas, but you
think you could change the attitude a little! So David is doing the best with
what he has, Gods people are surviving, but they are being used as pawns on
Absalom’s chess board. Absalom looked good at the start, but he will not finish
well.
(932)2ND SAMUEL 16-
As David flees Jerusalem, Ziba, the servant that was under Mephibosheth joins
with him. David asks ‘what are you doing here? You should be home with your
master’. Ziba says ‘as soon as Mephibosheth heard about the take over, he said
“I will stay in Israel and become the new king, God will restore to me Saul’s
throne”’. Now David believes it and says ‘I now put you in charge of all the
household of your former master, it belongs to you’. Later on Mephibosheth will
deny all of this. Its possible Ziba made this up for his own benefit. Leaders,
be careful of advice from people with a personal agenda. They often make
themselves look better than others. Now as David flees another enemy comes out
and curses and throws stones at him along the way. This guy says ‘look at you
now, you rebelled against the old king [Saul] and now you are receiving the
just reward’. Now David responds with a Christ like attitude and says ‘let the
guy curse me, I will not retaliate. Maybe God will look on this persecution and
reward me’. One of David’s men wanted to ‘take his head off’. Gee, David has
all types in his leadership circle! Did this guy who was cursing David misread
the whole situation? Yes, but don’t forget we are reading this story from the
real perspective, some people living at the time of David and Saul saw this new
king [David] as a threat to the old ways. It’s only a few days after the 2008
presidential election. Barack Obama won. Though there were many reasons for and
against him, now that he won we ALL need to pray for him. But some of the
supporters of McCain sincerely saw this ‘new kind of person’ as a rebellious
threat to the ‘old order’. Sincere people who saw things from a different
angle. So David’s accuser sees the story from a wrong lens. David was being
judged by God, but not because he toppled the old order of King Saul. Back at
Jerusalem Absalom listens to the advice of Ahithophel and sleeps with his
fathers concubines. The advice was that when all Israel heard about it, they
would realize that this rebellion was a real rebellion and the people would
unite under his illegal rule. Scripture says Ahithophels counsel was like
‘hearing from God’ in those days. Leaders, be open to the counsel that is
coming forth from particular streams at certain times. It is not only important
for believers to ‘learn the bible’, but also to be able to discern the signs of
the times. Specific things God is saying and doing in our day. If you were
living in the 16th century the issue of the reformation was
vital for every one who was a believer. Whether you were Catholic or
Protestant, you needed to be up on the issues. Erasmus, the great Catholic
scholar and humanist [not ‘secular humanist’] wrote insightful criticisms
against his own church, yet remained within her fold. So matter what Christian
tradition you align yourself with, you need to be aware of the seasons and
purposes of God for your generation. In Absalom’s day, Ahithophel was the go to
man.
(934)2ND SAMUEL 17-
Absalom is strengthening his position as the new king. Ahithophel, his chief
counselor, advises to strike while the irons hot. He tells Absalom ‘let me
gather a 12 thousand man army and quickly pursue David. I will come upon him
and his men while they are tired and fearful, then I will kill David only and
bring the people back to you’. Now, this advice was the best, but Absalom asks
for the advice of Hushai also. He was the secret spy that was really on David’s
side. He advises Absalom to wait and gather all the people and mount a broad
attack. God put it in the heart of Absalom to believe the bad advice [bad for
Absalom, good for David!]. So Ahithophel sees that his counsel is rejected, he
goes and hangs himself! Once again we see the ‘sword of David’s enemies enter
into their own heart’. Remember what we said earlier about this? So Hushai
sends word to David about the plan and David responds accordingly. Leaders,
understand the strategy of our mortal enemy [satan]. He wants to target you
when you and your people are weary and tired. He wants to take you down more
than any other thing. The bible teaches ‘smite the shepherd and the sheep will
be scattered’. Now this is a Messianic prophecy with a lot of meaning, but one
of the points is the lead ‘point man’ is usually the main target of the
opposing side. How can we mitigate this factor? Practice plural leadership as
much as possible. The new testament churches were not ‘run by a Pastor’ in the
way we do it today. So adjust your leadership paradigm and bring it more into
alignment with scripture. Also, spread ‘the wealth around’ [a recent key issue
with the newly elected president, Barack Obama]. If you can get the wisdom and
truth that God has communicated to you into the hands of many others, then you
have accomplished a lot. Paul told Timothy ‘the things that you have learned
and been assured of, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others
also’. This is true apostolic ministry. David will survive this rebellion
against his kingdom, but if Absalom listened to the best counsel David would
have been finished for sure.
(935)2ND SAMUEL 18-
David and his men regroup and mount a counter attack against Absalom. They
divide into 3 groups and go for it. David tells his men ‘take it easy on
Absalom’. Why? Understand that David is seeing the prophetic judgment upon his
family that was a result of his own sin. I wonder how many times David saw the
fulfillment of this former word [the sword will never depart from your house]
thru the seeming insignificant acts of Absalom along the way. David felt guilt
over this whole rebellion mounted by his son. Now the battle rages and David
and his men kill around 20 thousand troops of Absalom. Word gets back to Joab
that Absalom got his hair caught in some tree and is hanging in the tree. Joab
says ‘why didn’t you kill him!’ the messenger says ‘God forbid that I should
kill the king’s son! I heard the strict orders from the king for no one to take
his life’. My King James Version says Joab responded with ‘I may not tarry thus
with thee’ in today’s terms ‘I can’t waste time listening to your reasoning’.
Joab goes and kills the king’s son. When I read thru this chapter earlier this
morning I saw 2 possible things here. First, Joab and his history with David
are one of Joab being a ‘bloody man’. He killed Abner against the king’s
wishes, and now Absalom. Why in the world did David not remove Joab from this
position earlier? One reason, Joab knew how to war. The boy was capable; he
knew how to get the job done. In ministry [or business] loyalty is important;
people need to be able to carry out the decisions of leadership. But loyalty in
and of itself doesn’t cut it, you need skills and abilities as well. You say
‘that’s not fair’ well if you don’t have the skills go get them for heavens
sake! Proverbs says knowledge is in the street corners calling out to the
simple and saying ‘come, receive of my learning’. The resources are there,
laziness prevents people from accessing them effectively. Now Joab also acted
responsibly to some degree. He realized that Absalom would be a permanent
threat to David’s rule, he killed him and saved many. Right after his death
Joab blows the trumpet and the battle is called off. 2 Messengers run to bring
the word to David. Ephesians says ‘blessed are the feet of those who bring the
gospel’ Gospel simply means ‘good news’. In the New Testament this good news
was the reality of Jesus death, burial and resurrection [1st Corinthians
15] but in the Old Testament it was simply the news from ‘the runner’. You
could tell from the way the runner was running whether the news was good or
bad. How? Say if your wife took a lotto ticket that said ‘you one a million
dollars’ and said ‘I am going to ask the store clerk if it’s real’. As you are
waiting in the parking lot you see her coming out of the store. Do you think
you would be able to tell if the news was good or bad by watching the way she
approaches the car? So this was what the king looked for as the messengers came
running. If they bore good news their feet had this special pep to them. News
gets back to David and he is broken over the death of his son ‘O Absalom, my
son Absalom. Would God I had died in your place’ I always stop and meditate
this verse every time I read it thru my yearly reading thru the bible. This
contains the heart of the Father in redemption. A few more things; in this
chapter it said that Absalom raised up a monument/pillar after ‘his own name’.
Because he didn’t have any sons to carry on his legacy, he left ‘a thing’ that
would honor his name after he died. Absalom didn’t simply have a rebellion
issue against his father, he really wanted to build for himself a legacy. His
motivations were self serving. Jesus warns the leaders of his movement not to
approach ‘church and ministry’ with the same ‘gentile’ [worldly] concepts of
leadership. The world often succeeds thru the motivation of greed and lust and
power. It’s very easy to fall into the Absalom mindset and take it out on Gods
people when the ‘pillar’ [the thing of ministry] doesn’t ‘go up right’. Many
well meaning sincere men have been side tracked into seeking fame and
acceptance by seeing ministry thru the lens of ‘I want to leave some
institution that will bear witness to my name after I am gone’. Ministry,
according to Jesus, does not operate along these lines. In Absalom’s obsession
to become famous in the eyes of men, he went down a path that did leave a
memorial to his name for generations to come. We just read it.
VERSES- [These are the verses I
taught or quoted on Today’s post- Real Life- Church Unlimited]
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
For all that is in the world, the lust
of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life, is not of theFather,
but is of the world.
But every man is tempted,
when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
Jeremiah 1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and
before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee
a prophet unto the nations.
Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak:
for I am a child.
Jeremiah 1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child:
for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee
thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to
deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my
mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and
over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw
down, to build, and to plant.
Delight thyself also in
the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
1Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies
to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and
pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
1Samuel 17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered
together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array
against the Philistines.
1Samuel 17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one
side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley
between them.
1Samuel 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of
the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a
span.
1Samuel 17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he
was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand
shekels of brass.
1Samuel 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a
target of brass between his shoulders.
1Samuel 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's
beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing
a shield went before him.
1Samuel 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel,
and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a
Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come
down to me.
1Samuel 17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me,
then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then
shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
1Samuel 17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of
Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
1Samuel 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
1Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of
Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went
among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1Samuel 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and
followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the
battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third
Shammah.
1Samuel 17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest
followed Saul.
1Samuel 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his
father's sheep at Bethlehem.
1Samuel 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,
and presented himself forty days.
1Samuel 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for
thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to
the camp of thy brethren;
1Samuel 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of
their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1Samuel 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel,
were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1Samuel 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left
the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he
came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for
the battle.
1Samuel 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle
in array, army against army.
1Samuel 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the
keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his
brethren.
1Samuel 17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up
the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the
Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
1Samuel 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man,
fled from him, and were sore afraid.
1Samuel 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man
that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the
man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give
him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1Samuel 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him,
saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh
away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that
he should defy the armies of the living God?
1Samuel 17:27 And the people answered him after this manner,
saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
1Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake
unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why
camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the
wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art
come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1Samuel 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not
a cause?
1Samuel 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake
after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former
manner.
1Samuel 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake,
they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
1Samuel 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail
because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
1Samuel 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go
against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a
man of war from his youth.
1Samuel 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's
sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1Samuel 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and
delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by
his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1Samuel 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and
this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied
the armies of the living God.
1Samuel 17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me
out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me
out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD
be with thee.
1Samuel 17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put
an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
1Samuel 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he
assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go
with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
1Samuel 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him
five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he
had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine.
1Samuel 17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
1Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw
David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair
countenance.
1Samuel 17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog,
that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his
gods.
1Samuel 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and
I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
1Samuel 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to
me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the
name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast
defied.
1Samuel 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine
hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the
carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and
to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a
God in Israel.
1Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give
you into our hands.
1Samuel 17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose,
and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the
army to meet the Philistine.
1Samuel 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence
a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone
sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
1Samuel 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a
sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was
no sword in the hand of David.
1Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the
Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew
him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their
champion was dead, they fled.
1Samuel 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the
gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to
Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
1Samuel 17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
1Samuel 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
1Samuel 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the
Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is
this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
1Samuel 17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the
stripling is.
1Samuel 17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine
in his hand.
1Samuel 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou
young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the
Bethlehemite.
2Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at
the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants
with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David
arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from
the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to
look upon.
2Samuel 11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And
one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the
Hittite?
2Samuel 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she
came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness:
and she returned unto her house.
2Samuel 11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David,
and said, I am with child.
12Samuel 11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the
Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
2Samuel 11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of
him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2Samuel 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and
wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed
him a mess of meat from the king.
2Samuel 11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house
with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
2Samuel 11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went
not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy
journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
2Samuel 11:11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel,
and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are
encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to
drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will
not do this thing.
2Samuel 11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also,
and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and
the morrow.
2Samuel 11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and
drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his
bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
2Samuel 11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David
wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2Samuel 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah
in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be
smitten, and die.
2Samuel 11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city,
that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
2Samuel 11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with
Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the
Hittite died also.
2Samuel 11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things
concerning the war;
2Samuel 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast
made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2Samuel 11:20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he
say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?
knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
2Samuel 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did
not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in
Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite
is dead also.
2Samuel 11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David
all that Joab had sent him for.
2Samuel 11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men
prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon
them even unto the entering of the gate.
2Samuel 11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy
servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the
Hittite is dead also.
2Samuel 11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt
thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and
overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
2Samuel 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her
husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2Samuel 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and
fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the
thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
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