Day 127 (2 Samuel 6-7, 1 Chronicles 17) - Year 8
5/7/20266 min
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[intro music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. [upbeat music] This is one of my favorite days of reading in all of scripture. I love it. Let's go. We started with round two of the story where David brings the Ark into Jerusalem, and Michal is not pleased. So let's walk through that story. After God struck Uzzah dead, David becomes afraid of God. We've talked about proper fear of the Lord before, and it's entirely different than being afraid of God. Proper fear of God, the kind that rightly understands His heart, is made up of delight and awe, and it draws you to God. But this is the kind of fear that drives a person from God. David doesn't bring the Ark to Jerusalem. He keeps it at the house of Obed-Edom instead. But then, once David sees how God is blessing the people who are near to Him, his fears are dispelled, and he remembers who God is, so he proceeds with bringing the Ark to Jerusalem. When we get into the city, we encounter Michal and her displeasure. What's interesting right off the bat is that the text calls her Saul's daughter, not David's wife, even though she's both. But this focus gives us a bit of insight into their relationship. She and David have a really rocky past. Her father even gave her to another husband, and then David took her back. And of course, there's the ongoing rift between David and Saul that may have affected how she viewed David and even