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Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,

discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 134. We are reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 16, also First Chronicles chapter 21, and we're praying Psalm 15. If you're interested in knowing what Bible translation I am reading from, it is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year,

and you can subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe. As I said, it is day 134. We're reading 2 Samuel 16,

1st Chronicles 21, and we're praying Psalm 15. Second Book of Samuel, chapter 16, David meets Ziba. When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba, the servant of Maphibisheth, met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. And the king said to Ziba, why have you brought these? Ziba answered,

The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat,

and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink. And the king said, and where is your master's

son? Ziba said to the king, behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father. Then the king said to the king, behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, today the house of Israel will

give me back the kingdom of my father. Then the king said to Ziba, behold, all that belonged to

Mapheth is now yours. And Ziba said, I do obeisance. Let me ever find favor in your sight,

my lord the king. Shimiai curses David.

When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shemiay, the son of Gera. And as he came, he cursed continually. And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. And Shimeai said as he cursed, be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you worthless fellow. The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. And the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your ruin is on you, for you are a man of blood. Then Abashai, the son of Zeruaya, said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head. But the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Ziruai? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, curse David, Who then shall say, Why have you done so? And to David said to Abashai and to all his servants, Behold, my own son seeks my life. How much more now, may this Benjaminite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me

with good for his cursing of me today. So David and his men went on the road, while Shumiye went along

the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and flung dust. And the king,

and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan, and there he refreshed himself.

The council of Ahithafel. Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and

Hithafel with him. And when Hushai, the archite, David's friend, came to Absalom. Hushai said to

Absalom, long live the king, long live the king. And Absalom said to Hushai,

Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend? And Hushai said to

Absalom, no, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen,

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