Day 137 (2 Samuel 16-18) - Year 8
5/17/20268 min
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[upbeat music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. When we last saw David, he was fleeing Jerusalem because Absalom had staged a coup. On his way out of town, David found out that his advisor Ahithophel was a traitor. He also ran into his friend Hushai and asked him to keep him posted on everything that was happening in Jerusalem after he left. Today, when we pick up on the story, David has just crossed over the mountain on his way out of town when he runs into Ziba, one of the servants of Mephibosheth. As a reminder, Mephibosheth is the son of Jonathan, who was David's best friend and who helped save David's life when his father Saul tried to kill him. David had sworn an oath to Jonathan to take care of his family, so when David found out that Mephibosheth was Jonathan's only surviving son, he took him into his home and promised to provide for him forever. But here things take an interesting turn. Mephibosheth's servant Ziba brings David a bunch of food, wine, and donkeys as gifts, and then tells David that Mephibosheth is going to try to assume the throne that David stole from his father Jonathan. You can imagine how hurt and angry this makes David after all he's done for Mephibosheth. Plus, God gave David the throne. He didn't take it. So David hands all of Mephibosheth's blessings over to Ziba, his servant, instead. Put a pin in this story. We'll come back to it. As David and his crew continue on, they encounter a man named Shimei who is cursing