Hey, you're listening to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. We're so glad you're joining

us for another day. If you're counting, today is day number 95 of reading through scripture.

Whether you've made it every day, one through 95 consistently, or maybe you're doing day 95 on day 125. That's

okay. We're just so glad you're still reading with us. And today we're going to be wrapping up

the book of 2nd Samuel with chapters 22 through 24. CJ, we made it. We've made it. Samuel, long

books, lots going on, complicated text. but here we are at the end of these

two books. Yeah. Luckily, I think the ending is pretty simple for us, so I think we've made it

through all the complex characters and plots and whatnot. So in Second Samuel 22 and 23,

David sings two songs, which is obviously pretty fitting for David, being the song guy.

So in 2 Samuel 22, he sings a song of God's deliverance that defines his rescue from evil.

And then in 2nd Samuel 23, it's David's final song.

And it describes how God's favor has rest upon David and the Lord has been with him through all these trials and tribulations.

All right. That's great. So what else is happening in these couple of chapters that would be

important for us to take note of? Yeah, so in 2nd Samuel 23, we briefly hear about David's mighty men,

but then we're brought to 2nd Samuel 24, the last chapter, which is a very fitting conclusion,

and it's an awesome chapter. And I would suggest that this is David's sort of final test,

as the Lord's anointed, if you will. So I think it shows his growth as a follower of Yahweh

and as a shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep.

And we'll see why here in a second.

So at the very beginning of the chapter, we learned that the Lord is angry.

It says the Lord is angry again and his anger burned against Israel.

So again, obviously implies that there was some time in the past.

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