2 Samuel 21 - David's Song of Deliverance | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to 2 Samuel Chapter 21, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In 2 Samuel Chapter 21 we come to the last four chapters of 2 Samuel, where we have a collection of stories which relate back to various moments in his life. Various scholars have analysed the linguistic features, and the chiastic pattern of these stories. Essentially it demonstrates that these stories are not an afterthought, but a planned inclusion.
It also reminds us that every part of the Bible is placed there with Christ’s intention, and there is value in it for us. The first story is of a famine. David sought the Lord and found it had a spiritual cause because Saul had sinned against the Gibeonites. The physical and spiritual layers of reality overlap but this is not often observed, but in this chapter it is clearly seen. In this chapter we discuss the physical and spiritual layers.
We will discuss the Gibeonites and how a famine can have been caused. We will briefly consider if climate change and things like it can have spiritual causes? The famine was resolved by taking the blood of seven of Sauls’ descendants. Today we discuss how a spiritual issue like this would be resolved today. We have a better blood available to ous.
In this chapter there are also a few textual issues to consider. Does Michal, David’s wife, have 3 husbands? Does she have five sons, or was it her sister? Also is there two Goliath’s? How many giants did David kill?