December 2023

In First Chronicles, chapter eleven, verse forty-one, Uriah is listed as one of the mighty men who faithfully gives David support in verse ten. Yet David took this warrior’s wife for himself and had Uriah murdered. David’s sin left ugly scars and consequences for himself, his family, and Israel. The sin is alluded to in …

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In First Chronicles, chapter eleven, verse five, Zion was one of the hills on which Jerusalem stood: formerly, this hilltop was the site of a Jebusite fortress that David had captured, as in Second Samuel five, verses six through nine. The hill became sacred when David brought the ark of the covenant to Zion. Later, …

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