“Shim‘i the son of Gera, the Binyamini from Bachurim, hurried and came down with the men of Y’hudah to meet King David.”-2 Samuel 19:17 When David arrived at the riverbank of the Jordan, he was greeted by none other than Shimei, the cantankerous old man who had cursed David when he was fleeing Jerusalem. Interestingly, […]

“The king started back and arrived at the Yarden, while Y’hudah came to Gilgal in order to meet the king and bring the king over the Yarden.”-2 Samuel 19:16 As David returns to Jerusalem, he once again bumps into Shimei. He was the old man from the tribe of Benjamin who, just a few weeks […]

“The king started back and arrived at the Yarden, while Y’hudah came to Gilgal in order to meet the king and bring the king over the Yarden.”-2 Samuel 19:16 I wanna kick things off with a couple of quiz questions today. Where was Saul first anointed king of Saul? Where did Samuel later take the […]

“Also, tell ‘Amasa, ‘You are my flesh and bone. May God bring terrible curses on me and worse ones yet if from now on you are not permanent commander of my army instead of Yo’av.’”-2 Samuel 19:14 In verse 14, David goes back to his faulty ways. He decides to appoint Amasa to be his […]

“King David sent this message to Tzadok and Evyatar the cohanim: ‘Ask the leaders of Y’hudah, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace? The king has already heard that all Israel wants to return him to his palace.  You are my kinsmen, my flesh and bone; so why are […]