The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 15:17
2 Samuel 15:17And the king went forth and tarried in a place which was far off. ExpatriationFar up and far back in the history of heaven there came a period when its Most Illustrious Citizen was about to absent Himself. He was not going to sail from beach to beach. He was not going to put out from one hemisphere to another hemisphere. But He was to sail from world to world, the spaces unexplored and the immensities untravelled. Out and out and out, and on and on and on, and down and down and... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 15:14-24
2 Samuel 15:14-24Arise and let us flee. David’s flightThe motive for the flight was probably a patriotic one. David would not, let the city be destroyed by civil war. Like Louis Philippe, he could: not hear to shed his people’s blood. This tenderness of disposition, so unlike the spirit of the times, is characteristic of him. (1 Chronicles 21:17.)1. Notice the different classes of people who went out with the king, displaying different aspects of loyalty.(1) The servants of the household (2... read more