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Week 13. Day 5. 2 Samuel 21-24.
Ch 21-24 form an epilogue to 2 Samuel. The phrase in 21:1 ‘in the days of David’ show that these chapters are not in chronological order with the rest of the book.
Ch 22 What are the theological emphases of David’s song?
Bonus: Can you see any links to Hannah’s song at the beginning of 1 Samuel?
Ch 24 David sinfully takes a census of the people and brings judgment because of it. But 2 things then happen of great significance as we look ahead in the story:
- v17 David offers to bear the sin instead of the people
- v18-21Judgment is only averted when God tells David to build an altar at the threshing floor or Araunah the Jebusite. 1 Chronicles 22:1 tells us that this the place where the temple would be built.
NOTE: Days 1-5 of each week contain the scripture reading for that week. Day 6 has just the 'key chapters'. If you want a briefer version of this plan that still takes you through the whole Bible, you could just read the key chapters featured on day 6. Day 7 has the podcast video where we discuss the week's reading.
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