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The Bible Recap

Day 137 (2 Samuel 16-18) - Year 5

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.833.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

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

0:13.3

When we last saw David, he was fleeing Jerusalem because Absalom had staged a coup.

0:18.4

On his way out of town, David found out that his advisor, Eithelfel, was a traitor.

0:22.9

He also ran into his friend Hushai and asked him to keep him posted on everything that was

0:27.1

happening in Jerusalem after he left.

0:29.5

Today, when we pick up on the story, David has just crossed over the mountain on his way

0:33.4

out of town when he runs into Zeba, one of the servants of Mephibbasheth.

0:38.4

As a reminder, Mephibbasheth is the son of Jonathan, who is David's best friend and

0:42.5

who helped save David's life when his father saw tried to kill him.

0:45.8

David had sworn an oath to Jonathan to take care of his family, so when David found

0:49.9

out that Mephibbasheth was Jonathan's only surviving son, he took him into his home

0:54.1

and promised to provide for him forever.

0:57.0

But here are things taken interesting turn.

0:59.7

Mephibbasheth's servant Zeba brings David a bunch of food, wine, and donkeys as gifts,

1:04.5

and then tells David that Mephibbasheth is going to try to assume the throne that David

1:08.3

stole from his father, Jonathan.

1:10.7

You can imagine how hurt and angry this makes David after all he's done for Mephibbasheth.

1:15.8

Plus, God gave David the throne.

1:18.2

He didn't take it.

1:19.9

So David hands all of Mephibbasheth's blessings over to Zeba his servant instead.

1:24.8

David pin in this story, we'll come back to it.

1:27.8

As David and his crew continue on, they encounter a man named Shimia who is cursing him, calling

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