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the love of the father- 2 Sam 18- David and Absalom-

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2 Samuel 18 New International Version (NIV) David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 David sent out his troops, a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, “I myself will surely march out with you.” 3 But the men said, “You must not go out; if we are forced to flee, they won’t care about us. Even if half of us die, they won’t care; but you are worth ten thousand of us.[ a ] It would be better now for you to give us support from the city.” 4 The king answered, “I will do whatever seems best to you.” So the king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands. 5 The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders

a hard, but necessary lesson- David and Nathan- 2 Sam 11

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2 Samuel 11 New International Version (NIV) 26  When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.   27  After the time of mourning   was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased   the   Lord . 12  The   Lord   sent Nathan   to David.   When he came to him,   he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.   2  The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,   3  but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. 4  “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one