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hey this is shelby and cj we're in second samuel We're looking at chapters four through six today.

What's going on in these chapters, CJ? Okay. So Ishoshif, which is Saul's son, who was taken by

some and tried to make king. He was killed by two of Saul's men who tried to ingratiate themselves

to David. But we probably know how David's going to react. Yeah, we've seen this play out earlier. Exactly. He's like, David's like, you're not going to try to do this. You're not going to try to harm Saul's family. I already promised Jonathan I take care of them, so I'm actually going to take out you guys. So similar sort of situation that we saw in 2nd Samuel 1. And then in the next chapters we see David

finally take the throne, whereas he took the throne in Judah in 2 Samuel 2. We see all of Israel

rally around him in 2nd Samuel 4, and all of them want him to be king, which is great. And then

David battles against the Jebusites, and he takes the city of Jerusalem, which

of course is a key city for David.

And then the King of Tyre sends cedar trees and workers to help David build a house for

himself, a palace.

This shows that even the surrounding nations are recognizing God's anointed for who he rightfully

is, which is a very powerful image.

Sadly, though, David takes a lot of concubines and wives.

And again, this is a description of the way things were, not a description of the way things should be.

And of course, this is going to be a problem for David's son, Solomon, who ends up taking wives and they lead his heart astray.

So that's just something just to set there on the table for people to consider as we move

forward. And then David eventually defeat some Israel or defeat some Philistines.

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