You're listening to the Bible for normal people, the only God ordained podcast on the internet.

I'm Pete Ends.

And I'm Jared Bias.

Hey folks, it's just me, Pete here on the podcast today. But before I get started,

I want to mention our July summer school class called Heaven and Hell and Black Theology,

discussing Heaven and Hell through the lens of the oppressed. And it's going to be led by Dr.

Ebony Marshall, Chairman who teaches constructive theology, ethics, and African American religion

at Yale University Divinity School. Now the class is pay what you can, as they always are,

until the class ends and then it costs $25 to download. And it's happening. Let me give you the date.

Are you ready? Are you writing this down? Here we go. July 26th from 8 to 9.30 pm,

Eastern time. But don't worry, if you can't make it live, you can still buy the class during the

pay what you can. Window and you'll get the recording to watch afterward. And you can get access,

did you know, to all our classes for $12 a month, just $12 a month by joining our community,

the Society of Normal People. Now for more information and to sign up for summer school,

go to thebiblefornormalpeople.com, fun slash summer school. All right. Now that we've got that out of

the way today, I'll be continuing our ruinous journey through the Deuteronomistic history

by taking a closer look at second Samuel. Okay folks, let's jump in.

Kings win wars if they have divine favor. They lose them if they don't. See success in battle is

evidence of God's stamp of approval. This once enslaved people who spent 40 years wandering in the

wilderness and who put up with generations of judges that came around now and then to rule them.

Well, now they have their king. They have their man and man after God's own heart. What could go wrong?

Okay. Now you may remember from previous episodes that the books of Joshua, judges,

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