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Intro: Today we come chapter 10 in our journey through the book of 2 Samuel

Intro: Today we come chapter 10 in our journey through the book of 2 Samuel

Intro: Today we come chapter 10 in our journey through the book of 2 Samuel

So if you wanted to break up the book into 2 parts…you would see 1-10 mark the triumph of David, and 11-24 highlight the failure of David...And what happens today will provide the back drop for the next 3 chapters including perhaps the most notorious of David’s sins with a woman named Bathsheba

(Prop) And what we’re gonna see as we walk through this passage is a war break out between Israel and the Ammonites....And as we journey through the passage, we’re gonna talk about 2 things

And what happens today will provide the back drop for the next 3 chapters

(Prop) And what we’re gonna see as we walk through this passage is a war break out between Israel and the ammonites....and we’re gonna read through this passage and if we have time today we’re gonna talk how wars start, and how wars end...

How the war started v.1-7

“War’s don’t start themselves…people start wars”

How to win a war

How the war was won v.8-19

How the war was one - Though Israel won’t start this war…their gonna need to win it…and we’ll talk about how they begin to do that

Though Israel won’t start this war…their gonna need to win it…

“War’s don’t start themselves…they are always started by people and if we can deal with the people issue, we can stop the war”

What are we gonna learn today?

- As we walk through this passage, we’re gonna see things in this chapter that if left unchecked in our lives will create uanessacry wars, devisions and arguments we’ll also see things can bring victory

And as we walk through that, gonna see things in this chapter that if left unchecked will create the same uanessacry wars, devisions and arguments and we’ll also see things that we need to can bring victory in those areas

How to start a war

Here in first few verses we see the context...

2 sam 10:

Now you remember last week we saw David’s amazing kindness to Johnathans son Mephibosheth after that has played itself out, we see David showing kindness again, but not because of a friendship…this time it seems like there was more of a political partnership here

Nahash was most likely the king mentioned in …and obviously something though we’re not why but in order to honor the passing of this fallen king, David sends his servants and look why

V.2 “So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father.

” - So The kings intention are nothing but loving and kind...

So David is reaching out in peace…but a war is about to break out…and here we begin to see to the reasons for it..

Poor Counsel

Poor counsel will start wars…let’s read verse 2 again

2 sAM 10:3

David said “we come in peace” but these leaders who were assembled around the New young king said “He’s not coming in peace, he’s coming to spy out the land and take advantage of you” thats wrong counsel

Where does poor counsel come from?

I’ll give 2 reasons

People

Ignorance - Theres a reason James tells us to be slow to speak and and quick to listen, because poor counsel is much more dangerous than no counsel…these guys didn’t know the whole deal but they were still willing to give an emphatic answer based on poor information “this is what we should do”

Illustrate: Think about these princes here, there speaking out of fear, assumption, perhaps personal prejudices…and they were saying passionate…but passionately wrong

App: One of the best most humble things you can say if you don’t know is “I don’t know”

App: One of the best most humble things you can say if you don’t know is...”I don’t know”

Wickedness - There who have personal agenda’s and though they are smart enough to see the truth, they end up giving the counsel that is the most self seeking...

Illustrate: I think about Ziba in the previous Chapter - Lied to David about Mephibosheth to get his fortune

App: A lot of wars have began because of poor counsel that has been spoken rashly or with self serving motivations…

A lot of wars have began because of poor counsel that has been spoken rashly

Be carful about the counsel you take

Be careful you give

But here’s the truth - If Hunan would have just known the king himself…the truth would have been clear…thats the same with us…life is complicated and everyone is capable of giving bad advice…but the more you know the king, the better position you will be in to make the right decision

So Hanun has been giving poor counsel…but this is where he really seals the deal when it comes to war…poor counsel coupled with...

Harsh actions

Harsh people start wars

So there are 2 harsh acts here…that break the diplomatic ties with Israel...Now at first glance this looks like fraternity hazing and some of you were thinking “man i didn’t that in collage” but for Israel these 2 acts were like pearl harbor…they cut off half half their beards and cut the bottom half of their garments

Except for the performance of certain religious rituals (cf.

; : ) or to express profound emotional distress (cf.

), Israelite men always wore beards.

To remove an Israelite male’s beard forcibly was to force him to violate the Torah (cf. ) and to show contempt for him personally (cf.

).

And Circumcision was a physical sign of the spiritual reality that they were God’s people..and so cutting of their garments at the bottom was essentally

Except for the performance of certain religious rituals (cf.

; : ) or to express profound emotional distress (cf.

), Israelite men always wore beards.

To remove an Israelite male’s beard forcibly was to force him to violate the Torah (cf. ) and to show contempt for him personally (cf.

).

One biblical archeologist says this...

“The combination of shaving the beard and exposing the buttocks “suggests symbolic castration.”188

In the ancient Near East, such acts of disdain, defiance, or disloyalty typically elicited strong responses from the affronted party or power, and David’s response to Hanun’s affront was to be expected.”

“The combination of shaving the beard and exposing the buttocks “suggests symbolic castration.”188

In the ancient Near East, such acts of disdain, defiance, or disloyalty typically elicited strong responses from the affronted party or power.”

“The combination of shaving the beard and exposing the buttocks “suggests symbolic castration.”188

In the ancient Near East, such acts of disdain, defiance, or disloyalty typically elicited strong responses from the affronted party or power, and David’s response to Hanun’s affront was to be expected.”

“One biblical archeologist says this...

So by doing this they are:

“the combination of shaving the beard and exposing the buttocks “suggests symbolic castration.”188

In the ancient Near East, such acts of disdain, defiance, or disloyalty typically elicited strong responses from the affronted party or power, and David’s response to Hanun’s affront was to be expected.”

Insulting the servants

Insulting God’s people

Insulting the king himself

There’s 2 things here for us to remember:

Just like david’s servant’s suffered reproach for his sake will suffer reproach for the sake of our king - Some people hate Jesus, so don’t be surprised if they hate you, some people are just gonna be bent that way

There are some actions you just can’t come back from…so in the words of Paul to the Ephesians “Be angry and do not sin” (4:26)

Angry thoughts are dangerous, but harsh actions are lethal…so before you send that email, or you start that argument…check yourself…because some fights are worth fighting....but this one wasn’t

Harsh people are everywhere even in church

You might be one of them - how can you tell? - Your first instinct is to criticize; your last instinct is to encourage.

Quarrelsome people almost always see others in need of rebuke, rarely in need of refreshing.

You might be one of them - how can you tell? - Your first instinct is to criticize; your last instinct is to encourage.

Quarrelsome people almost always see others in need of rebuke, rarely in need of refreshing.

Your only model for ministry and faithfulness is the showdown with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.

Or the only Jesus you like is the Jesus who cleared the money changers from the temple.

Those are real examples in Scripture.

But the Bible is a book, and sarcasm and whips are not the normal method of personal engagement.

Look at David’s response

Look at David’s response

Look at David’s response

You know what I love about David, theres a war brewing, theres nation to take down, but in the midst of that he doesn’t say get up and fight for your honor…he saw that the were greatly ashamed and he just cared for them…He says you wait here until your beard grows back

And there’s 2 things here for us to see:

First notice the care of king David…These broken and ashamed men are treated with such a gentile hand by king David and that looks so much like King Jesus

Here’s one of my favorite descriptions of Jesus