About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

8/17/2023

2 Samuel 8:1-18 David Conquers Many Nations

 

David Conquers Many Nations

2 Samuel 8:1-18       The Book of 2 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

After this it [happened,] that David [attacked] the Philistines & [conquered] them. David took Metheg Ammah [a.k.a. The Bridle of the Mother City] out of the [hands] of the Philistines.

And [David also attacked & defeated] Moab & [threw] them down to the ground. He even [had them] measured [into 3 lines.] With 2 [of the] measured lines, he [had them] put to death & with 1 full line to keep alive. 

So, [the remaining] Moabites, became David’s servants & brought [him] gifts. David also [attacked] Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when [Hadadezer] went to recover his [coastline] border of the Euphrates River. 

David took 1,000 chariots, 700 horsemen & 20,000 footmen from him. David [hamstrung] all the chariot horses, but [saved horses] for 100 chariots. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to [assist] Hadadezer, [Zobah’s] king, David [killed] 22,000 Syrian men. 

David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus & the Syrians became David’s servants & brought [him] gifts. The Lord [protected] David [wherever] he went. And David took the shields of gold that were on [Hadadezer’s officers] & brought them to Jerusalem. 

From Betah & Berothai, [Hadadezer’s] cities, king David took exceeding [amounts of] brass from [there.]

When Toi, [Hamath’s] king, heard [that] David had killed all the [army] of Hadadezer, then Toi sent Joram, his son, to king David to [greet] him & bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer & [killed] him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought silver, gold & brass vessels with him .

King David also [dedicated these] to the Lord, with [all] the silver & gold he had dedicated [from] all the nations [that David] had [conquered:] Syria, Moab, the children [people] of Ammon, Philistines & of Amalek & the [plunder] of Hadadezer, [Rehob’s] son, king of Zobah. 

When David returned from [killing] 18,000 Syrian [men] in the Valley of Salt, [David became famous.] [David] put garrisons throughout Edom & [those Edomites] became David’s servants. 

And the Lord [protected] David [wherever] he went. And David [ruled] over all [of] Israel & [he delivered] judgment & justice to all his people. And Joab, [Zeruiah’s] son, was over the [army] & Jehoshaphat, [Ahilud’s] son, was [the] recorder.

And Zadok, [Ahitub’s] son & Ahimelech, [Abiathar’s] son, were the priests & Seriah was the scribe. And Benaiah, [Jehoiada’s] son, was over both the Cherethites & the Pelethings. And David’s sons were chief rulers.