WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:03.257 --> 00:00:04.627 Day 100 and 99 00:00:05.174 --> 00:00:09.244 david was thirty years old when he began to reign, and 00:00:09.244 --> 00:00:11.254 he reigned forty years in all. 00:00:12.114 --> 00:00:17.414 He had reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months, and 00:00:17.414 --> 00:00:22.694 from Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty three years. 00:00:24.064 --> 00:00:28.264 David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, 00:00:28.714 --> 00:00:31.514 the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. 00:00:32.599 --> 00:00:37.119 The Jebusites taunted David, saying, You'll never get in here. 00:00:37.539 --> 00:00:41.979 Even the blind and lame could keep you out, for the Jebusites 00:00:41.979 --> 00:00:43.049 thought they were safe. 00:00:43.639 --> 00:00:48.859 But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David. 00:00:49.859 --> 00:00:54.029 On the day of the attack, David said to his troops, I hate 00:00:54.089 --> 00:00:56.749 those lame and blind Jebusites. 00:00:57.089 --> 00:01:00.219 Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:01.369 through the water tunnel. 00:01:02.329 --> 00:01:04.149 That is the origin of the saying. 00:01:04.699 --> 00:01:07.489 The blind and the lame may not enter the house. 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:13.409 So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. 00:01:14.109 --> 00:01:18.619 He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward. 00:01:19.469 --> 00:01:23.769 And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord God 00:01:23.779 --> 00:01:25.589 of heaven's armies was with him. 00:01:26.709 --> 00:01:32.469 Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber 00:01:32.709 --> 00:01:34.989 and carpenters and stonemasons. 00:01:35.479 --> 00:01:37.189 And they built David a palace. 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:42.739 And David realized that the Lord had confirmed him as king over 00:01:42.759 --> 00:01:47.529 Israel, and had blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. 00:01:49.209 --> 00:01:54.769 After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, 00:01:55.209 --> 00:01:57.379 and they had more sons and daughters. 00:01:58.474 --> 00:02:02.224 These are the names of David's sons who were born in Jerusalem. 00:02:02.864 --> 00:02:10.824 Shamua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Jephiah, 00:02:11.144 --> 00:02:14.114 Elishema, Eliadah, and Eliphelet. 00:02:15.684 --> 00:02:20.424 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they 00:02:20.424 --> 00:02:22.754 mobilized all their forces to capture him. 00:02:23.584 --> 00:02:27.604 But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold. 00:02:28.374 --> 00:02:32.574 The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim. 00:02:33.044 --> 00:02:37.614 So David asked the Lord, Should I go out to fight the Philistines? 00:02:38.204 --> 00:02:39.864 Will you hand them over to me? 00:02:40.664 --> 00:02:46.724 The Lord replied to David, Yes, go ahead, I will certainly hand them over to you. 00:02:47.684 --> 00:02:51.844 So David went to Baal perazim and defeated the Philistines there. 00:02:52.859 --> 00:02:55.089 The Lord did it, David exclaimed. 00:02:55.669 --> 00:02:58.639 He burst through my enemies like a raging flood. 00:02:59.729 --> 00:03:05.469 So he named that place Baal perazim, which means The Lord Who Bursts Through. 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:10.369 The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David 00:03:10.369 --> 00:03:12.169 and his men confiscated them. 00:03:13.229 --> 00:03:16.879 But after a while, the Philistines returned and again spread out 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:18.529 across the valley of Rephaim. 00:03:19.289 --> 00:03:21.859 And again David asked the Lord what to do. 00:03:23.079 --> 00:03:24.989 Do not attack them straight on. 00:03:25.249 --> 00:03:29.829 The Lord replied, Instead, circle around behind and attack 00:03:29.829 --> 00:03:31.269 them near the poplar trees. 00:03:31.999 --> 00:03:34.989 When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the 00:03:34.989 --> 00:03:37.249 poplar trees, be on the alert. 00:03:37.989 --> 00:03:41.409 That will be the signal that the Lord is moving ahead of you to 00:03:41.409 --> 00:03:43.509 strike down the Philistine army. 00:03:44.694 --> 00:03:49.564 So David did what the Lord commanded, and he struck down the Philistines 00:03:49.594 --> 00:03:52.024 all the way from Gibeon to Gezer. 00:03:54.094 --> 00:03:59.934 Then David again gathered all the elite troops in Israel, thirty thousand in all. 00:04:00.914 --> 00:04:04.754 He led them to Baal of Judah to bring back the ark of God. 00:04:05.189 --> 00:04:08.519 which bears the name of the Lord of Heaven's armies, who is 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:10.369 enthroned between the cherubim. 00:04:11.609 --> 00:04:15.939 They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's 00:04:15.949 --> 00:04:17.559 house, which was on a hill. 00:04:18.189 --> 00:04:22.879 Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab's sons, were guiding the cart 00:04:22.979 --> 00:04:24.789 that carried the Ark of God. 00:04:25.529 --> 00:04:27.499 Ahio walked in front of the Ark. 00:04:28.239 --> 00:04:32.089 David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, 00:04:32.449 --> 00:04:36.039 singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments. 00:04:36.659 --> 00:04:41.239 Liars, harps, tambourines, castanets and symbols. 00:04:42.119 --> 00:04:46.169 But when they arrived at the threshing floor of naan, the oxen 00:04:46.169 --> 00:04:50.799 stumbled and Za reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God. 00:04:51.749 --> 00:04:56.079 Then the Lord's anger was aroused against Za, and God 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:57.879 struck him dead because of this. 00:04:58.629 --> 00:05:01.489 So Aza died right there beside the arc of God. 00:05:03.054 --> 00:05:07.034 David was angry because the Lord's anger had burst out against Uzzah. 00:05:07.724 --> 00:05:13.064 He named that place Perez Uzzah, which means to burst out against 00:05:13.084 --> 00:05:15.594 Uzzah, as it is still called today. 00:05:16.464 --> 00:05:21.804 David was now afraid of the Lord, and he asked, How can I ever bring the 00:05:21.804 --> 00:05:24.004 Ark of the Lord back into my care? 00:05:25.174 --> 00:05:29.414 So David decided not to move the Ark of the Lord into the city of David. 00:05:30.704 --> 00:05:34.224 Instead, he took it to the house of Obed Edom of Gath. 00:05:35.814 --> 00:05:39.464 The Ark of the Lord remained there in Obed Edom's house for three 00:05:39.464 --> 00:05:44.004 months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his entire household. 00:05:45.104 --> 00:05:49.574 Then King David was told, The Lord has blessed Obed Edom's 00:05:49.614 --> 00:05:53.644 household and everything he has because of the Ark of God. 00:05:54.644 --> 00:05:59.944 So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed Edom to the 00:05:59.944 --> 00:06:02.394 city of David with a great celebration. 00:06:03.724 --> 00:06:08.349 After the men who were carrying the Ark of the Lord had gone six steps, David 00:06:08.359 --> 00:06:13.869 sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf, and David danced before the Lord with all 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.609 his might, wearing a priestly garment. 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:22.149 So David and all the people of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts 00:06:22.159 --> 00:06:25.019 of joy and the blowing of ram's horns. 00:06:26.209 --> 00:06:31.229 But as the ark of the Lord entered the city of David, Michael, the daughter 00:06:31.229 --> 00:06:33.719 of Saul, looked down from her window. 00:06:34.709 --> 00:06:39.929 When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, She was filled 00:06:39.929 --> 00:06:45.679 with contempt for him They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside 00:06:45.679 --> 00:06:51.739 the special tent David had prepared for it and David sacrificed burnt offerings and 00:06:51.749 --> 00:06:57.669 peace offerings to the Lord when he had finished his sacrifices David blessed the 00:06:57.669 --> 00:07:03.794 people in the name of the Lord of heavens armies Then he gave to every Israelite man 00:07:03.794 --> 00:07:09.094 and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins. 00:07:10.024 --> 00:07:12.464 Then all the people returned to their homes. 00:07:13.564 --> 00:07:18.459 When David returned home to bless his own family, Michael, the daughter 00:07:18.459 --> 00:07:20.279 of Saul, came out to meet him. 00:07:21.049 --> 00:07:28.149 She said in disgust, how distinguished the king of Israel looked to day, shamelessly 00:07:28.149 --> 00:07:32.889 exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do. 00:07:34.029 --> 00:07:35.779 David retorted to Michael. 00:07:36.684 --> 00:07:42.434 I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family. 00:07:43.014 --> 00:07:46.834 He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord. 00:07:47.234 --> 00:07:49.234 So I celebrate before the Lord. 00:07:49.734 --> 00:07:54.714 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even 00:07:54.714 --> 00:07:56.924 to be humiliated in my own eyes. 00:07:57.894 --> 00:08:02.334 But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished. 00:08:02.984 --> 00:08:08.454 So Michael, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life. 00:08:10.184 --> 00:08:13.034 This concludes today's Immerse Reading Experience. 00:08:13.174 --> 00:08:14.364 Thank you for joining us.