The little girl was crushed. She began to cry and ran out of the room. That was when his wife explained to him that the little girl had given him that box because she said she was putting all her love inside – wrapping it up for her daddy. Yes, sometimes, even parents are not worthy of their children’s devotion. 2 Samuel 23 has a way of keeping the reality of our failures very much before us. If you will look closely at this chapter, you will find a long list of names that are difficult to pronounce. These are the names of David’s Mighty Men. They are sometimes categorized under groups of 3, or 30 or 37 in all. Yet note that after you’ve waded through the Harodites in vs. 25 and the Hararites in vs. 33, and even the Ithrites in vs. 38, you come to the very last name of these mighty men in vs. 39: Uriah the Hittite.
The little girl was crushed. She began to cry and ran out of the room. That was when his wife explained to him that the little girl had given him that box because she said she was putting all her love inside – wrapping it up for her daddy. Yes, sometimes, even parents are not worthy of their children’s devotion. 2 Samuel 23 has a way of keeping the reality of our failures very much before us. If you will look closely at this chapter, you will find a long list of names that are difficult to pronounce. These are the names of David’s Mighty Men. They are sometimes categorized under groups of 3, or 30 or 37 in all. Yet note that after you’ve waded through the Harodites in vs. 25 and the Hararites in vs. 33, and even the Ithrites in vs. 38, you come to the very last name of these mighty men in vs. 39: Uriah the Hittite.
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