Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the expansion

of David's Kingdom as we pick up in second Samuel chapter 8 verse

one and now with today's message here's pastor Chuck in the 8th chapter of

second Samuel there is chronicled for us certain of David's victories

over their enemies round about how that God was establishing David and his

kingdom and was subduing his enemies before him. And so it tells about David's moves in many directions

as he was expanding the kingdom. He took Mythagama out of the hands of the Philistines and then he

moab and they became the tributaries of David.

And then he moved a little north from there and came against Hadadiezer

and recovered the border to as far as the Euphrates and from him he took a thousand chariots,

seven hundred horsemen, 20,000 footmen,

David hewed all of the chariot horses but saved a hundred for the chariots.

And then he moved against Damascus and captured Damascus and the Syrians became the tributaries of David.

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