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Jan 6, 2012 · And David did so, as the LORD commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.” David’s obedience was rewarded. God kept His promise and smote the enemy. What encouragement for us! David’s 9th Inquiry – 2 Samuel 21:1 “Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years … and David inquired of the LORD.
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During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the LORD about it, and the LORD said, "Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death." ( International Standard Version One time there was a famine during David's reign that went on for three straight years.
There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted year after year for three years, and David spent much time in prayer about it. Then the Lord said, “The famine is because of the guilt of Saul and his family, for they murdered the Gibeonites.” So King David summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were what was left of the nation of the Amorites. Israel had sworn not ...
Oct 31, 2022 · Reading 2 Samuel 21:1, we see that “during the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, ‘It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites’” (emphasis added).
A famine, which lasted for three successive years, induced David to seek the face of Jehovah, i.e., to approach God in prayer and ask the cause of this judgment which had fallen upon the land. The Lord replied, "Because of Saul, and because of the house of blood-guiltiness, because he hath slain the Gibeonites."
May 28, 2024 · But when David met him, he was an adult with a son of his own. Thus, it’s likely that this episode of the famine happened at a later date. (V.1) “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” After David seeks the Lord about the famine, we see the Revealing of sin.
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1. (1) A three-year famine prompts David to seek God. Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.” a. And David inquired of the LORD: David wisely sought God in the ...
