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Day 76 - David wars and sins

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_David_Bathsheba_Bathing.jpg Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 3/17/2019     Day 76 2 Samuel 11:1 – 14:39 Reflection: Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org The separation between 1 Sam and 2 Sam happened with the writing of the Septuagint (LXX) [Latin translation]. The two are separated at the point of the death of Saul. (NOAB5 notes by Steven McKenzie) Vs 5:6 - 12:31 | David annexation of Jerusalem, interest in building a temple, promise of a dynasty chapters 13-20 | Absalom’s revolt David sees Bathsheba and sins; Nathan calls David’s sinner; Amorite war concludes; rape of Tamar and murder of Amnon; Ansalon’s Chapter  21- 24 | appendix, lists, poems, etc. Meditation/Contemplate: You will, O Eternal One, comes to us daily. Have us listen to it. Prayer: O Eter...

Day 116 - Fourth Sunday in Easter

Read |  Day 116 | Sunday | April 26 | 1 Chronicles 20: 1 2 Samuel 11: 1, 2-13, 14-27 2 Samuel 12: 1-12, 13-14, 15-23, 24-25 2 Samuel 5: 14-16 1 Chronicles 14: 3-7 1 Chronicles 3: 5-9 Psalm 51: 1-19 Reading | Joab sieges Rabbah; Soap opera with David and Bathsheba and  assassination  of Uriah - a tale of lust; Nathan condemns David; David asks for forgiveness; Psalm 51 calls for God's mercy when we have sinned; Bathsheba child dies; birth of Solomon and the children of David. Next | Day 117 | Monday | April 27 | 2 Samuel 12: 26-31 1 Chronicles 20: 2-3 2 Samuel 13: 1-22, 23-39 2 Samuel 14: 1-24, 25-33 +++ Psalm 63 or  Coverdale 1  O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; * my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren and dry land where there is no water. 2  Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, * that I might behold your power and your glory. 3  For your loving-kindness is better...