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The Message of Kings: God is Present is unavailable, but you can change that!

At the beginning of 1 Kings, Solomon’s reign brought peace, prosperity, dynamic international trade, and a magnificent center of worship. At the end of 2 Kings, by contrast, the people faced a complete reversal: they and their king were in exile; Jerusalem and the temple lay in ruins. How can this story of reversal, told by the very people who suffered the defeat, be of value today, and equip us...

wives and concubines (2 Sam. 5:13; 15:16),7 but the phrase also echoes Nathan’s description of the ewe lamb who used to ‘lie in the bosom’ of the poor owner, a parable concerning Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba (2 Sam. 12:3; cf. 12:8). Before Bathsheba appears later in the chapter, we are reminded of the event that brought her to the court. David may be the king chosen by God, he may have had great victories and been ‘a man after the LORD’s heart’ (1 Sam. 13:14; Acts 13:22), but he was also a person of moral
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