WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.920 Emily: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.540 Day 300 and 34 00:00:04.978 --> 00:00:10.348 After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering 00:00:10.348 --> 00:00:12.538 GA and its surrounding towns. 00:00:13.468 --> 00:00:17.638 David also conquered the land of Moab and the Moabites who were 00:00:17.638 --> 00:00:21.298 spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money. 00:00:22.768 --> 00:00:27.028 David also destroyed the forces of Hey dad, ISR, king of Zoba. 00:00:27.328 --> 00:00:31.438 As far as Heath, when, hey dad, ISR marched out to strengthen his 00:00:31.443 --> 00:00:33.298 control along the Euphrates River. 00:00:34.333 --> 00:00:41.743 David captured 1000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. 00:00:42.373 --> 00:00:46.813 He crippled all the chariot horses, except enough for 100 chariots. 00:00:48.403 --> 00:00:51.883 When Aramean from Damascus arrived to help King. 00:00:51.888 --> 00:00:52.273 Hey Dad. 00:00:52.303 --> 00:00:55.693 Zer David killed 22,000 of them. 00:00:56.428 --> 00:01:00.478 Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean 00:01:00.478 --> 00:01:05.638 capital and the aans became David's subjects and paid him tribute money. 00:01:06.328 --> 00:01:09.658 So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went. 00:01:10.558 --> 00:01:15.628 David brought the gold shields of hey dad ER's officers to Jerusalem, along 00:01:15.628 --> 00:01:19.708 with a large amount of bronze from Hey dad ER's, towns of tba, and K. 00:01:21.193 --> 00:01:24.673 Later, Solomon melted the bronze and molded it into the great 00:01:24.673 --> 00:01:29.413 Bronze Basin called the Sea, the Pillars and the various bronze 00:01:29.413 --> 00:01:30.913 articles used at the temple. 00:01:32.053 --> 00:01:36.883 When King Toy of Heath heard that David had destroyed the entire army 00:01:36.883 --> 00:01:42.163 of King Haida Zer of Zoba, he sent his son Jora to congratulate King 00:01:42.163 --> 00:01:44.203 David for his successful campaign. 00:01:45.043 --> 00:01:45.523 Hey dad. 00:01:45.528 --> 00:01:48.823 Easer and Toy had been enemies and were often at war. 00:01:49.483 --> 00:01:54.163 Joran presented David with many gifts of gold, silver, and bronze. 00:01:54.973 --> 00:01:55.333 King. 00:01:55.333 --> 00:02:00.283 David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord along with the silver and gold he 00:02:00.283 --> 00:02:07.793 had taken from the other nations, from Edam, Moab, Amon, Felicia, and Amalek. 00:02:09.208 --> 00:02:14.638 AB Bahai, son of Zia destroyed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 00:02:15.478 --> 00:02:20.968 He placed army garrisons in Edam, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. 00:02:21.478 --> 00:02:25.228 In fact, the Lord made David victorious wherever he went. 00:02:26.668 --> 00:02:30.418 So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just 00:02:30.418 --> 00:02:32.188 and right for all his people. 00:02:33.268 --> 00:02:36.268 Jo Abs, son of Zia, was commander of the army. 00:02:37.048 --> 00:02:43.768 Jehoshaphat son of UD was the royal historian Zadak son of a high tub, and 00:02:43.768 --> 00:02:46.468 a Alek son of Abiathar were the priests. 00:02:47.248 --> 00:02:49.228 S was the court secretary. 00:02:49.888 --> 00:02:55.828 Bene son of Jehoiada was the captain of the king's bodyguard, and David's sons 00:02:55.828 --> 00:02:57.958 served as the King's chief assistance. 00:02:59.488 --> 00:03:03.238 Sometime after this King Nahash of the Ammonites died 00:03:03.838 --> 00:03:05.848 and his son Hanan became king. 00:03:06.688 --> 00:03:11.608 David said, I am going to show loyalty to Hanan because his father, 00:03:11.668 --> 00:03:14.068 Nahash was always loyal to me. 00:03:15.118 --> 00:03:18.328 So David sent Messengers to express sympathy to Hanan 00:03:18.328 --> 00:03:19.648 about his father's death. 00:03:20.998 --> 00:03:26.188 But when David's ambassadors arrived in the land of Amon, the Amite commanders 00:03:26.188 --> 00:03:31.348 said to Hanan, do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? 00:03:31.813 --> 00:03:36.943 No, David has sent them to spy out the land so they can come in and conquer it. 00:03:38.053 --> 00:03:42.703 So Hanan seized David's ambassadors and shaved them, cut off their 00:03:42.703 --> 00:03:46.333 robes at the buttocks and sent them back to David in shame. 00:03:48.253 --> 00:03:51.973 When David heard what had happened to the men, he sent Messengers to 00:03:51.973 --> 00:03:58.273 tell them, stay at Jericho until your beards grow out and then come back for. 00:03:58.273 --> 00:04:00.703 They felt deep shame because of their appearance. 00:04:01.813 --> 00:04:06.043 When the people of Amman realized how seriously they had angered David 00:04:06.643 --> 00:04:12.193 Hanan and the Ammonites sent 75,000 pounds of silver to hire chariots and 00:04:12.193 --> 00:04:17.053 Charioteers from Ara Ne Araca and Zoba. 00:04:17.363 --> 00:04:22.813 They also hired 32,000 chariots and secured the support of 00:04:22.813 --> 00:04:24.793 the King of Meka and his army. 00:04:25.693 --> 00:04:30.463 These forces camped at MEbA, where they were joined by the Ammonite troops that 00:04:30.463 --> 00:04:32.773 Hanan had recruited from his own towns. 00:04:33.433 --> 00:04:38.473 When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them. 00:04:39.463 --> 00:04:43.453 The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of 00:04:43.453 --> 00:04:48.943 the city while the other kings positioned themselves to fight in the open fields. 00:04:50.308 --> 00:04:54.238 When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, 00:04:54.658 --> 00:04:58.858 he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal 00:04:58.858 --> 00:05:01.978 command to fight the Ians in the fields. 00:05:03.298 --> 00:05:07.078 He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abhai, 00:05:07.708 --> 00:05:09.448 who was to attack the Ammonites. 00:05:10.618 --> 00:05:15.088 If the Ians are too strong for me, then come over and help me. 00:05:15.358 --> 00:05:16.378 Joab told his brother. 00:05:17.083 --> 00:05:22.873 And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will help you be courageous. 00:05:23.353 --> 00:05:26.833 Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. 00:05:27.523 --> 00:05:29.113 May the Lord's will be done. 00:05:30.133 --> 00:05:34.723 When Joab and his troops attacked, the arameans began to run away, 00:05:35.263 --> 00:05:39.583 and when the Ammonites saw the Ians running, they also ran from 00:05:39.583 --> 00:05:41.713 Abhai and retreated into the city. 00:05:42.613 --> 00:05:44.803 Then Joab returned to Jerusalem. 00:05:46.138 --> 00:05:51.688 The Ians now realized that they were no match for Israel, so they sent messengers 00:05:51.688 --> 00:05:55.978 and summoned additional Ian troops from the other side of the Euphrates River. 00:05:56.968 --> 00:05:59.488 These troops were under the command of Showback. 00:06:00.208 --> 00:06:02.368 The commander of Hey dad, easer forces. 00:06:02.638 --> 00:06:07.918 When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed 00:06:08.158 --> 00:06:11.968 the Jordan River, and positioned his troops in battle formation. 00:06:13.003 --> 00:06:19.093 Then David engaged the Ians in battle and they fought against him, but again, 00:06:19.093 --> 00:06:21.373 the Ians fled from the Israelites. 00:06:22.273 --> 00:06:27.733 This time, David's forces killed 7,000 Charioteers and 40,000 foot 00:06:27.738 --> 00:06:31.813 soldiers in including Schach, the commander of their army. 00:06:32.863 --> 00:06:36.883 When hey dad ER's, allies saw that they had been defeated by Israel, 00:06:37.393 --> 00:06:41.833 they surrendered to David and became his subjects after that. 00:06:42.253 --> 00:06:48.043 The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites in the spring of the 00:06:48.043 --> 00:06:51.013 year when Kings normally go out to war. 00:06:51.523 --> 00:06:56.473 Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. 00:06:57.163 --> 00:07:02.563 In the process, he laid seed to the city of Rabba, attacking and destroying it. 00:07:03.103 --> 00:07:05.803 However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 00:07:06.838 --> 00:07:10.858 Then David went to Rabba and removed the crown from the king's head 00:07:11.218 --> 00:07:13.048 and it was placed on his own head. 00:07:13.888 --> 00:07:17.818 The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and he found 00:07:17.818 --> 00:07:19.918 that it weighed 75 pounds. 00:07:20.638 --> 00:07:23.398 David took a vast amount of plunder from the city. 00:07:23.938 --> 00:07:28.198 He also made slaves of the people of Rabba and forced them to labor with 00:07:28.198 --> 00:07:31.528 saws, iron picks, and iron axes. 00:07:32.338 --> 00:07:36.058 That is how David dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. 00:07:36.838 --> 00:07:43.648 Then David and all the Army returned to Jerusalem after this war. 00:07:43.653 --> 00:07:50.458 Broke out with the Philistines at Geezer as they fought SSI from Husa killed Saff, 00:07:50.788 --> 00:07:56.968 a descendant of the giants, and so the Philistines were subdued during another 00:07:56.968 --> 00:07:59.458 battle with the Philistines El Hanan. 00:07:59.458 --> 00:08:01.468 Son of J killed La Mai. 00:08:01.828 --> 00:08:03.118 The brother of Goliath. 00:08:03.118 --> 00:08:08.278 Of ga, the handle of Lama's spear was as thick as a weaver's beam. 00:08:09.628 --> 00:08:13.198 In another battle with the Philistines at ga, they encountered 00:08:13.198 --> 00:08:18.208 a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 00:08:18.688 --> 00:08:25.078 24 in all, who was also a descendant of the giants, but when he defied and 00:08:25.078 --> 00:08:31.108 taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shamia. 00:08:32.638 --> 00:08:37.168 These Philistines were descendants of the giants of Garth, but David 00:08:37.168 --> 00:08:38.938 and his warriors killed them. 00:08:41.038 --> 00:08:44.938 Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a 00:08:44.938 --> 00:08:46.508 census of the people of Israel. 00:08:47.413 --> 00:08:52.543 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the Army take a census 00:08:52.543 --> 00:08:57.343 of all the people of Israel from Biers Sheba in the South to Dan in 00:08:57.343 --> 00:08:59.653 the north, and bring me a report. 00:08:59.653 --> 00:09:06.433 So I may know how many there are I, but Joab replied, may the Lord increase 00:09:06.433 --> 00:09:12.133 the number of his people a hundred times over, but why my Lord the king? 00:09:12.283 --> 00:09:13.663 Do you want to do this? 00:09:14.233 --> 00:09:16.063 Are they not all your servants? 00:09:16.663 --> 00:09:19.063 Why must you cause Israel to sin? 00:09:20.863 --> 00:09:23.593 But the king insisted that they take the census. 00:09:24.163 --> 00:09:27.583 So Joab traveled throughout all Israel to count the people. 00:09:28.603 --> 00:09:32.833 Then he returned to Jerusalem and reported the number of people to David. 00:09:33.073 --> 00:09:39.703 There were 1,100,000 warriors in all Israel who could handle a sword. 00:09:40.303 --> 00:09:42.853 And 470,000 in Judah. 00:09:43.393 --> 00:09:47.803 But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census 00:09:48.223 --> 00:09:51.463 because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do. 00:09:52.813 --> 00:09:57.553 God was very displeased with the census and he punished Israel for it. 00:09:58.273 --> 00:10:02.623 Then David said to God, I have sinned greatly by taking this census. 00:10:03.943 --> 00:10:06.733 Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing. 00:10:08.083 --> 00:10:11.173 Then the Lord spoke to God, David Seer. 00:10:11.743 --> 00:10:12.973 This was the message. 00:10:13.873 --> 00:10:17.833 Go and say to David, this is what the Lord says. 00:10:18.553 --> 00:10:20.503 I will give you three choices. 00:10:21.013 --> 00:10:24.133 Choose one of these punishments and I will inflict it on you. 00:10:25.723 --> 00:10:30.943 So God came to David and said, these are the choices the Lord has given you. 00:10:31.603 --> 00:10:33.973 You may choose three years of famine. 00:10:34.528 --> 00:10:39.928 Three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies or three days of severe 00:10:39.928 --> 00:10:44.458 plague, as the angel of the Lord brings devastation throughout the land of Israel. 00:10:45.478 --> 00:10:50.608 Decide what answer I should give the Lord who sent me, I'm in a desperate 00:10:50.613 --> 00:10:55.408 situation, David replied to Gad, but let me fall into the hands of the 00:10:55.408 --> 00:10:57.988 Lord for his mercy is very great. 00:10:58.588 --> 00:11:00.688 Do not let me fall into human hands. 00:11:01.858 --> 00:11:08.998 So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result, and 00:11:08.998 --> 00:11:11.608 God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. 00:11:12.238 --> 00:11:16.888 But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the Lord relented 00:11:16.888 --> 00:11:19.438 and said to the death angel, stop. 00:11:19.738 --> 00:11:20.638 That is enough. 00:11:21.498 --> 00:11:25.378 At that moment, the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing 00:11:25.378 --> 00:11:27.448 floor of Irana, the GBU site. 00:11:28.468 --> 00:11:32.038 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between 00:11:32.038 --> 00:11:36.628 heaven and earth with his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. 00:11:37.258 --> 00:11:41.548 So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep 00:11:41.553 --> 00:11:48.628 distress and fell face down on the ground, and David said to God, I am 00:11:48.628 --> 00:11:50.908 the one who called for the census. 00:11:51.688 --> 00:11:54.658 I am the one who has sinned and done wrong. 00:11:55.438 --> 00:11:58.378 But these people are as innocent as sheep. 00:11:58.828 --> 00:12:00.028 What have they done? 00:12:00.628 --> 00:12:05.308 Oh, Lord, my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, 00:12:05.578 --> 00:12:07.648 but do not destroy your people. 00:12:08.998 --> 00:12:13.588 Then the angel of the Lord told God to instruct David to go up and 00:12:13.588 --> 00:12:18.328 build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Irana, the BU site. 00:12:19.108 --> 00:12:23.098 So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him through Gad. 00:12:24.658 --> 00:12:29.458 Iana, who was busy threshing weed at the time, turned and saw the angel there. 00:12:30.208 --> 00:12:33.718 His four sons who were with him ran away and hid. 00:12:34.408 --> 00:12:39.208 When Iana saw David approaching, he left his threshing floor and bowed before 00:12:39.208 --> 00:12:41.158 David with his face to the ground. 00:12:42.568 --> 00:12:47.188 David said to Iana, Let me buy this threshing floor 00:12:47.188 --> 00:12:48.928 from you at its full price. 00:12:49.318 --> 00:12:53.758 Then I will build an altar to the Lord there so that he will stop the plague. 00:12:54.718 --> 00:12:59.818 Take it, my Lord, the king, and use it as you wish Iah said to David. 00:13:00.538 --> 00:13:04.438 I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings and the threshing boards 00:13:04.438 --> 00:13:09.118 for wood to build a fire on the altar and the wheat for the grain offering. 00:13:09.778 --> 00:13:11.098 I will give it all to you. 00:13:12.403 --> 00:13:14.773 But King David replied to Irana. 00:13:15.433 --> 00:13:19.303 No, I insist on buying it for the full price. 00:13:19.723 --> 00:13:22.813 I will not take what is yours and give it to the Lord. 00:13:23.353 --> 00:13:26.863 I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing. 00:13:26.863 --> 00:13:33.163 I So David gave Irana 600 pieces of gold in payment for the threshing floor. 00:13:34.723 --> 00:13:38.443 David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt 00:13:38.443 --> 00:13:40.183 offerings and peace offerings. 00:13:40.978 --> 00:13:46.258 And when David prayed, the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to 00:13:46.258 --> 00:13:48.178 burn off the offering on the altar. 00:13:48.958 --> 00:13:53.608 Then the Lord spoke to the angel who put the sword back into its sheath. 00:13:54.358 --> 00:13:59.218 When David saw that the Lord had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices 00:13:59.218 --> 00:14:01.168 there at IANA's threshing floor. 00:14:02.218 --> 00:14:07.318 At that time, the tabernacle of the Lord and the altar of burnt offering that Moses 00:14:07.318 --> 00:14:12.628 had made in the wilderness were located at the place of worship in Gibeon, but 00:14:12.628 --> 00:14:17.968 David was not able to go there to inquire of God because he was terrified by the 00:14:17.968 --> 00:14:20.218 drawn sword of the angel of the Lord. 00:14:21.298 --> 00:14:25.768 Then David said, this will be the location for the temple of the 00:14:25.768 --> 00:14:30.598 Lord God, and the place of the altar for Israel's burnt offerings. 00:14:31.948 --> 00:14:35.398 So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in 00:14:35.398 --> 00:14:39.868 Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone 00:14:39.868 --> 00:14:41.458 for building the temple of God. 00:14:42.328 --> 00:14:46.378 David provided large amounts of iron for the nails that would be needed for the 00:14:46.378 --> 00:14:52.108 doors in the gates and for the clamps, and he gave more bronze than could be weighed. 00:14:52.498 --> 00:14:57.808 He also provided innumerable cedar logs for the men of tire, and Sidon had 00:14:57.813 --> 00:15:00.058 brought vast amounts of cedar to David. 00:15:00.913 --> 00:15:05.893 David said My son Solomon is still young and inexperienced. 00:15:06.523 --> 00:15:10.543 And since the temple to be built for the Lord must be a magnificent 00:15:10.543 --> 00:15:15.313 structure, famous and glorious throughout the world, I will begin 00:15:15.313 --> 00:15:17.353 making preparations for it now. 00:15:18.433 --> 00:15:22.693 So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his death. 00:15:23.818 --> 00:15:28.648 Then David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a temple 00:15:28.648 --> 00:15:30.928 for the Lord, the God of Israel. 00:15:32.008 --> 00:15:32.878 My son. 00:15:33.358 --> 00:15:37.378 I wanted to build a temple to honor the name of the Lord My God. 00:15:37.648 --> 00:15:43.708 David told him, but the Lord said to me, you have killed many men in the battles. 00:15:43.708 --> 00:15:47.728 You have fought, and since you have shed so much blood in my 00:15:47.728 --> 00:15:51.958 sight, you will not be the one to build a temple to honor my name. 00:15:52.783 --> 00:15:56.173 But you will have a son who will be a man of peace. 00:15:56.743 --> 00:16:01.033 I will give him peace with his enemies in all the surrounding lands. 00:16:01.723 --> 00:16:05.743 His name will be Solomon and I will give peace and quiet 00:16:05.748 --> 00:16:07.453 to Israel during his reign. 00:16:08.083 --> 00:16:11.293 He is the one who will build a temple to honor my name. 00:16:11.713 --> 00:16:17.833 He will be my son and I will be his father and I will secure the throne 00:16:17.833 --> 00:16:20.113 of his kingdom over Israel forever. 00:16:20.833 --> 00:16:25.843 Now my son, may the Lord be with you and give you success as you 00:16:25.843 --> 00:16:29.563 follow his directions in building the temple of the Lord your God. 00:16:30.133 --> 00:16:34.993 And may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding that you may obey 00:16:34.993 --> 00:16:39.973 the law of the Lord your God, as you rule over Israel, for you will 00:16:39.973 --> 00:16:44.743 be successful if you carefully obey the decrees and regulations that the 00:16:44.743 --> 00:16:46.873 Lord gave to Israel through Moses. 00:16:47.413 --> 00:16:49.213 Be strong and courageous. 00:16:49.393 --> 00:16:51.493 Do not be afraid or lose heart. 00:16:52.333 --> 00:16:56.653 I have worked hard to provide materials for building the temple of the Lord, 00:16:57.403 --> 00:17:04.093 nearly 4,000 tons of gold, 40,000 tons of silver, and so much iron and 00:17:04.093 --> 00:17:05.923 bronze that it cannot be weighed. 00:17:06.733 --> 00:17:10.303 I have also gathered timber and stone for the walls, though 00:17:10.303 --> 00:17:11.863 you may need to add more. 00:17:12.778 --> 00:17:16.708 You have a large number of skilled stone masons and carpenters 00:17:16.708 --> 00:17:18.718 and craftsmen of every kind. 00:17:19.228 --> 00:17:22.378 You have expert goldsmiths and silversmiths and 00:17:22.378 --> 00:17:24.178 workers of bronze and iron. 00:17:24.898 --> 00:17:28.438 Now, begin the work and may the Lord be with you. 00:17:29.938 --> 00:17:34.558 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to assist Solomon in this project. 00:17:35.548 --> 00:17:37.438 The Lord your God is with you. 00:17:37.558 --> 00:17:38.128 He declared. 00:17:39.268 --> 00:17:42.118 He has given you peace with the surrounding nations. 00:17:42.478 --> 00:17:48.088 He has handed them over to me and they are now subject to the Lord and his people. 00:17:48.898 --> 00:17:52.408 Now, seek the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. 00:17:52.918 --> 00:17:57.478 Build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that you can bring the Ark of the Lord's 00:17:57.483 --> 00:18:02.968 covenant and the holy vessels of God into the temple built to honor the Lord's name.