Austintown, OH2013

Jeff Smelser

David’s Sin with Bathsheba and the aftermath

especially Absalom’s attempt to take the throne

“The sword shall never depart from your house.”

• Bathsheba’s son• Tamar, Amnon• Absalom• Adonijah

"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.'“

DAVID ABSALOMAHITHOPHEL

HUSHAI (as a spy)

David’s 30 Mighty Men2 Samuel 23

23:34 Eliam(son of Ahithophel the Gilonite)

23:39 Uriah the Hittite(whose wife Bathsheba, was the daughter of Eliam)

David’s 30 Mighty Men2 Samuel 23

Ahithophel the Gilonite

Uriah the Hittite Eliam

Bathsheba

………….married…………

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

2 Sam. 16:11

“Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.”

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

2 Sam. 17:2b-3 (NAS)

“Then I will strike down the king alone, and I will bring back all the people to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at peace.”

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words (NAS: “speaks falsehood”),while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Perhaps…2 Sam. 15:3-4

Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words (NAS: “speaks falsehood”),while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

But more likely…2 Sam. 15:7-8

Absalom: “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron. For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the Lord.’”

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words (NAS: “speaks falsehood”),while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

But more likely…2 Sam. 15:10

But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words (NAS: “speaks falsehood”),while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Psalm 41

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;heal me, for I have sinned against you!”My enemies say of me in malice,“When will he die, and his name perish?”And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words (NAS: “speaks falsehood”),while his heart gathers iniquity;when he goes out, he tells it abroad.All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

2 Sam. 16:23

Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

Psalm 41:9

Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Quoted by Jesusreferring to Judas,who killed himself,as did Ahithophel.

David had trusted AhithophelJesus entrusted Judas with the bag

PSALM 221 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?6 But I am a worm and not a man,scorned by mankind and despised by the people.7 All who see me mock me;they make mouths at me;they wag their heads;8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

16 …they have pierced my hands and feet

18 They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast

lots

MATTHEW 2735 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

39 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

e.g., Shimei

John 19:23-24When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,

“They divided my garments among them,and for my clothing they cast lots.”

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both were shot in the head. Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatre.* Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners. Both successors were named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.* Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939. Both names are comprised of fifteen letters Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

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