All Articles For II Samuel

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in. the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. II Samuel 20:1

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.  II Samuel 21:1

The summer months are the days for ecclesiastical, assemblies. Synods, Conventions, Conferences, or whatever they may be called, have met throughout the country, have adopted their resolutions for good or for bad, and have gone home. Reading over the countless reports of all these ecclesiastical assemblies, one is struck by the fact that the main topic of discussion and resolution throughout practically all of them was the topic of church merger. There have been several important developments. 

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. II Samuel 24:25  

Prof. Cammenga is professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. “When ministers of the divine Word, elders, or deacons have committed any public, gross sin which is a disgrace to the church or worthy of punishment by the authorities, the elders and deacons shall immediately, by preceding sentence of the consistory thereof and of the nearest Church, be suspended or expelled from their office, but the ministers shall only be suspended. Whether these shall be entirely deposed from office shall be subject to the judgment of the classis, with the advice of the delegates of the...

Rev. Slopsema is pastor of First Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psalm 32:5 Psalm 32 was wrtten by David. It was occasioned by his sin of adultery with Bathsheba and murder of her husband, Uriah. This sad chapter in David’s life is well known to us. While his armies were on the field of battle, David took Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, in adultery. When Bathsheba conceived,...

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.  And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set up Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. II Samuel 11:14, 15

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.. . The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! . . . . II Samuel 1:17

But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;  And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.  II Samuel 2:8, 9