This week's reading

Here is the reading for the week along with the study questions:


(May 7, 526-530) 2 Sam. 5:13-16; 1 Chron. 14:3-7; 3:4b-9; 2 Sam. 13:1-15:6, (May 8, 530-535) 2 Sam. 24:1-25; 1 Chron. 21:1-30; 2 Sam. 15:7-36, (May 9, 530-540) Psalm 3; 4; 11; 23; 26


1. According to 1 Chronicles 3:4b-9, how many sons were born to David by his wives? _________ (Note that these were just the sons born by the wives from Bathsheba on, not from his earlier wives or his concubines. The sons born to him before this were, in order, Amnon, from his wife Ahinoam; Chileab, from his wife Abigail; and Absalom, from his wife Maacah.)



2. Who was Tamar’s full-brother? ______________________ Who was Tamar’s half-brother? ________________________



3. Why do you think David did not rebuke Amnon for attacking Tamar or rebuke Absalom for having Amnon murdered? _________________________________________________________________________________
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4. What were Joab’s instructions to the wise woman of Tekoa in 2 Sam. 14:2? _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________



5. How much did Absalom’s hair weigh? _______________________________________________



6. How did Absalom “steal the hearts of the men of Israel?” _______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________



7. Who caused David to want to take the census? – see 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1
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8. Finish the verse: I will not sacrifice to the Lord ________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________2 Samuel 24:24



9. Absalom went to set himself up as king in Hebron. What had happened to David in Hebron in 2 Samuel 5:3? ___________________________________________________________________



10. Name the man David met on the top of the Mount of Olives that he enlisted to go and be an “insider” in Absalom’s court. ______________________________________________________



11. Write out Psalm 4:8. _____________________________________________________________
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12. Name 8 things that David says the Lord does for him or promises him in Psalm 23. ___________
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