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There’s an interesting dynamic at play concerning David’s kingship. Anyone with the power to make David king yet failed to act despite knowing God’s will, was guilty of disobedience. On the other hand, David, who also knew the Lord’s plans for him, felt he shouldn’t take drastic steps to make himself King. David trusted that […]

“‘May God bring terrible curses on Avner and worse ones yet if I don’t accomplish what Adonai swore to David — to transfer the kingdom from the house of Sha’ul and set up the throne of David over Isra’el and Y’hudah, from Dan all the way to Be’er-Sheva!’ Ish-Boshet couldn’t answer Avner a word, because […]

“Sha’ul had had a concubine named Ritzpah, the daughter of Ayah; and [Ish-Boshet] challenged Avner: ‘Why did you go and sleep with my father’s concubine?’  These words of Ish-Boshet’s enraged Avner. ‘What am I,’ he shouted, [that you treat me with such contempt]?  A dog’s head in Y’hudah? Till this moment I have shown only […]

“During the war that was going on between the house of Sha’ul and the house of David, Avner strengthened his position in the house of Sha’ul.  Sha’ul had had a concubine named Ritzpah, the daughter of Ayah; and [Ish-Boshet] challenged Avner: ‘Why did you go and sleep with my father’s concubine?’“-2 Samuel 3:6-7 In verse […]

“…the fourth, Adoniyah the son of Haggit; the fifth, Sh’fatyah the son of Avital; and the sixth, Yitre‘am, whose mother was ‘Eglah David’s wife. These were born to David in Hevron.”-2 Samuel 3:4-5 Let’s continue going over how David built up his royal house. So Adoniyah was the next-born son, and his name means “Yehovah […]