Adonijah thought he was going to be king. He even threw a party for it, but that was not the way Bathsheba, Nathan, Zadok, and Benaiah saw it. A fascinating look behind the throne.

John wrote that our Joy may be full, now he writes that we might not sin. Why? Because of the enormity of the price paid for us, of the love that drew Salvation's plan, of the sheer violence committed that we might have life.

David counts the people, angering the Lord. Yet it is the very end when David builds an altar, that you truly see his heart for God.

No He Does not. If you take yourself off the God Standard and live by human standards, you will not get to Heaven. His Gift, His Sacrifice, not through ought that you have done.

Absalom is slain, the kingdom is reunited, until it isn't, Sheba rebels, and here we go again

What fellowship can Death have with Life? None. Therefore we must walk in The Way, The Truth, and The Life so that we may Fellowship with the Father.

Many of us see no problem with a father mourning the death of his son. Yet David did not have that luxury for he was placing the life of his son who was dead over all those that sacrificed to protect David from said son's rebellion.

David is about to lead his armies to battle against Absalom, his son.