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Monday, 16 December 2024

2 Samuel 15:15-18 - Your servants are ready to go

15:15

The king’s officials are still loyal to David and willing to follow him. David barely deserved this loyalty, for when we act immorally our actions hurt others. The world’s mantra of “as long as it doesn’t hurt others” is useless, for all that we do has an effect on others.


15:16-18

So David sets out with his entire household, except for ten concubines. One might ask what was David doing with ten concubines, and he also had multiple wives? He left them to care for the palace.This was to prove to be a very bad move for the concubines (2 Sam 16:21,22). David and his people set out. They halted at the edge of the city, and all David’s men marched past him. This included six hundred Gittites who had accompanied David from Gath. Perhaps it is significant that Gath is where Goliath came from. David had defeated the strong man and ransacked his goods (Matt 12:29).


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