We saw last week how Abiathar and Zadok come carrying the ark of the covenant. We looked at it from David’s perspective – how he refused to try and use God. He refused to try and use that sacred object as a lucky charm as others had before him. Let’s think about it briefly from Abiathar and Zadok’s perspective. They’re […]

Ittai is what you could call a recent convert. He isn’t an Israelite. Rather he’s from the Philistine city of Gath. That’s the same city as Goliath. He’s a Philistine. But he comes to trust in the true God. Up to this point, he and his men are presumably hired soldiers. It’s one thing to be a hired soldier, or […]

Who are your true friends? They are those who are there for you in trouble, aren’t they? In 2 Samuel 15 and 16, David is in trouble. It’s when he’s in trouble that we see who his true friends are – and who his enemies are. The first thing we have to remember when we come to all this is […]