Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we started our 11th book of the Bible and we're 30% of the way through.

Can you believe it?

Let's jump into 2 Samuel.

Israel is going through a tough time.

First their prophet Samuel died.

Then their first king and three of the sons died in a battle where they also lost a lot

of land to one of their fiercest enemies.

Fortunately, it seems like some people have heard the news that Samuel had appointed

the next king before he died.

So there's a rough idea of what will happen next, but there's no precedent for this

and no specific plan in place for how to move things forward.

They're building the plane while flying it, so to speak.

Meanwhile David has been living at his refugee home in Felistia and he's just defeated

the Amalakites.

So, to make sure we have it all straight, we've just gone through two simultaneous battles.

The Battle of Israel and Saul against the Philistines, which Israel lost, and the Battle of David

in Felistia against the Amalakites, which David won.

Confused yet?

Don't worry about it.

The vital parts will all make sense.

First, there's this.

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