The reading for Saturday, March 25, 2023 , is 2 Samuel 7 - 9

2 Samuel 7 - 9 

I love that David's prayer of gratitude is recorded. It reminds me of the need for me to express my gratitude before God. 

In 7:13, I thought this was a reference to the coming of Jesus. Jesus will be descended from David and sits on the throne forever. However, verse 14, says, "When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men. " Jesus committed no iniquity. He did not need discipline. I can only guess that this may refer to someone along the way. Still, that doesn't quite make sense to me either. Does it refer to the kings between David and Jesus? Some? All? I don't know. 

Measuring men off to be killed or spared creeps me out!

I've been wondering about this hamstringing of horses as it seems cruel to the animal to me. I've done a quick google search about the matter. One idea that caught my attention was that if there had been a lot of dead horses lying around it would have created problems. 

8:18 How can David's sons be priests? They were not of the house (descended from) Levi? 

I wonder if David's kindness to Mephibosheth was related to the covenant that David and Jonathan had made? 

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