During David's Flight From Jerusalem: Joab Part 2

That's all right. Thank you. Do you have a seat,

please? Thank you. Oh, no! It's Tuesday night.

Whacked out simple stuff. We're going to talk

very briefly about something important. A set

of terms, if you will. We're going to talk about

keys. I got this little cool little cable key

thing for Christmas. It's got a whole bunch of

keys on it. It's got keys to the light bulb.

It's not hard to use anymore because we have

a fingerprint over there. Keys to this building.

Keys to the house. Keys to my lockbox. Keys to

my safe deposit box. Keys, keys, keys. But not

this kind of keys. We're going to talk about

keys to the kingdom. Can anybody explain to me

why the Bible says that the church has the keys

to the kingdom? Give me a basic explanation.

Go ahead. Because the church knows what God asks

them to do in order to go to heaven and go towards

heaven. I think that's a real good start. Okay.

Do you know in the Bible where the idea of the

keys to the kingdom come from? Anybody? Probably

it's Jesus. Jesus, yeah. Jesus is speaking. Okay.

So it's Matthew, Matthew 16, verse 19. Matthew

Matthew 16:19 Matthew 16:19

16, verse 19. Okay, and I'm going to go to my

Bible here. I was on the wrong page, but I'll

get back to you in one second. And I'll read

it to you. Matthew 16. There it is, 16. Where's

my Bible? Where's my paper Bible at? Okay, here

we go. We're going to do it the old -fashioned

way. Yep, 19. This is the old gate. It's the

second half of the old gate crash reverse, actually.

Matthew 16, 19. And it says, this is Jesus speaking,

and he says, he's talking to Peter, he's talking

about the church, and how the church would be

built upon a profession of faith in Jesus Christ

as Lord and Savior. And he says, and I will give

unto thee the kingdom, the keys of the kingdom

of heaven. I will give unto thee the keys of

the kingdom of heaven. And if it stopped right

there, that'd be good enough, wouldn't it? We've

got the keys to the kingdom of heaven. So you

can get in, right? Wouldn't that be good? That

would be good enough. But he goes on to explain

that. He says, and whatsoever thou shalt bind

on earth shall be bound in heaven. Or it shall

have already been bound in heaven. And he agrees

with what he says. So whatsoever thou shalt bind

on earth shall be bound in heaven. And whatsoever

thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in

heaven. So what does it mean to bind something?

Tie it up. Tie it up. That's right. Lock it up.

Tie it up. Capture it. Right? So the animal,

you put a leash on it. Say it again. Yeah. You

wrap it up. Falling apart. Put it together. Keep

it together. Right? And to loose something. What

do you mean to loose something? Go ahead. Not

to loose it like you can't find it. But to loose

it like to let it loose. Right? Like you let

your dog loose. Or you just left the door open

for a little too long and the dog takes off,

right? So that's loose. In fact, the dog getting

out and running away is a really good example

of that loose. Because you've got to go track

it down and get it under control, right? And

so, listen now, listen now. And so when we were

given the keys to the kingdom of heaven, whatever

we as the church... Based upon our profession

of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of the community

and being called out in the assembly of God,

whatever we find on earth shall have already

been found in heaven. So we're going to do what

God wants us to do. And as Arianna says, we know

how to get where we're going. And we know what

kind of things will get us where we're going

and what kind of things won't. We're not going

to have anything to do with the kind of things

that won't get us where we're going. We are going

to have a lot to do with the kind of things that

will get us where we're going. God knows what

those things are. And if you stop and think about

it when you're in your right mind, you know what

they are too, right? And then when we are dealing

with other people, so we're dealing with, let's

say, someone who does not know Jesus, and you

tell them about Jesus, you can set them free,

right? Now, truly, it's Jesus who does the setting

free, but we deliver the truth. And if they believe

and receive Jesus as Lord and Savior, then they

become free. That's how that works. And so that's

what we're talking about. We're talking about

the keys, the kingdom of heaven. We're talking

about the keys that the church has. And though

each one of these keys will only work one lock,

but here's the amazing thing about the keys to

the kingdom of heaven. They work all locks. It

works all locks, not the physical locks that

open your house. Although I have stood in front

of a locked door before and prayed. Oh, Lord,

I forgot my keys inside. I'm locked out. What

am I going to do? And a solution came up, and

I managed to get in, right? So I do believe that

sometimes prayer does open locked doors, start

stuck vehicles, and things like that. With that

being said, it's not this kind of physical key

that's limited to one lock. It's the kind of

key that you can go into life, you can face problems

and difficulties, and you can still be who you're

supposed to be, and God will still be with you

through that, and you can overcome. So there's

a lot more to that. We could break it down more,

but I just want you to understand that we're

talking about the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

It's not a physical key. It is a key and it's

an ability to do what's right, to overcome difficulty,

to set people free. Be aware it is not our job

to set free on earth things that don't belong.

We are not liars or thieves. They're not liars

or thieves. We're focused on doing what it is

that God would have us to do. Alright, we're

going to pray together at this time. Then we

have one more song of worship. And then we're

going to let the children go to the classroom.

Alright, so we're going to sing together. We'll

focus on the words after what this time is about.

Father in heaven, we praise you and thank you

that you're working in our midst. That you brought

us together this evening to look into your word.

We hope, Lord, that we come away after looking

into your word with a fresh new understanding.

Something that we can put. into practice in our

lives. The study of your word is like that. It

helps us know how we can use the keys of heaven

that we've been blessed with. It helps us know

how to put them to work and how to bind things

and how to set things loose that are appropriate

in this world. We are free in Christ because

Christ sets us free indeed. Lord, help us be

the church. Help us look into your word and grow.

We do have, as we look around, a number of people

who are hurting today, couldn't make it because

they're sick or whatever. So we pray for them,

Lord. Lord, we pray for Rose just now. She's

having pain in her hand. Lord, we pray that she's

able to have some comfort, that you would ease

her at a cellular level, that you would make

the nerves not inflamed, Lord, that she'd be

able to have the medicine that she needs, whatever

that is. You take care of each one of us as you

take care of her. We pray it all in Jesus' name.

Amen. Amen. All right. This next song is Lord,

Lift My Name on High. So I need some kids who

think they know the motions with a little bit

of help to join me on the stage, please. Everyone

else, you can stand up in the front. Come on.

All right. If you want to be on the stage, I

will do motions in the aisles. You can watch

me. Okay worksheets are coming around All right,

so last week we began looking at a particular

character. You just have the second half of his

name What is his name? It is Joe Abba. Don't

forget that and there that makes it a completely

different person Joe Abba Okay, so we're looking

at Joe Abba. We're looking at him in the context

of the time when David was out from Jerusalem.

So all of this has been about people who were

present with David, present during that time,

present with Absalom, whatever, during that time

when Absalom came and became the king, and David

fled out of Jerusalem down across the Kidron,

through the Kidron Valley, and over across the

Jordan River. And then later there is a huge

battle there, and David comes back and becomes

king again. But we started with folks that were

during that period of time when David lost his

kingship. And Joab was there. You know a little

bit about Joab already. Before we start this

worksheet, let's see if we can just kind of test

ourselves a little bit. If you need to look back

at last week's worksheet, you can. But if you

can just do some from memory, that would be good.

Joab is related to David. How? Does anybody remember?

Okay, David's sisters. Son. So he's his nephew.

That's right. So he's David's sister's son. And

what was Joab's job? He was the leader of the

army, right? So he had been a general. So you

can look elsewhere and see that he was sort of

one of the mighty men, but he wasn't one of the

three mighty men. He was one of the bigger group

of heroes, basically, and became the general.

Interestingly enough, both of his sons, become

mighty men as well. So this is a heck of a family.

And we may look at them a little bit. One of

them is mentioned in that period of time, but

not very much. So we may or may not. I don't

know. As the Lord leads, we may look at them.

So last week, we looked at Joab all the way back

kind of to his beginning. We saw that David's

sister had him as a child, raised him. He became

David's kind of like right -hand man, general

of the armies and so on. During the time when

Absalom had come in and taken control, though,

Joab was not fully in charge of the army, right?

He was only in charge of a portion of it. You

remember the portion? Anybody? Going once? Okay,

one -third. So he was in charge of one -third

of the army during that period of time. And then...

There are sort of like two kingships for a little

while as Absalom is the king, right? And then

Absalom puts another guy in charge of the army.

He's got to do that because Joab is off with

David. And that's where we're going to kind of

pick up the story is Joab's interactions with

this other guy. And so the first text, the upper

right -hand corner, but with the number one,

is from 2 Samuel 19. And the verses are 13 and

14. So what happens is this is right about the

period of time. Remember that you got to see

that dangling guy with the fishing pole and it's

dangling down. You see the clock there and the

arrow winds clockwise. It means we're going forward

from the occupation, going forward from when

Absalom was in charge. So we're now going to

look at the outcome for Joab. Okay, so in 2 Samuel

19, 13 to 14, we read these verses. David is

speaking to the leaders of Israel and he says,

Say to Amasa, are you not my bone and my flesh?

May God do so to me and more also if you will

not be commander of the army before me continually

in place of Joab. Then he turned the hearts of

all the men of Judah as one man so that they

sent word to the king saying, return you and

all your servants. And so basically what's happening

is Amasa, and does anybody know Amasa? It's not

a common name. He doesn't last long really in

the story. So Amasa is actually one of David's

sons by somebody that you might know if you've

been around for the last couple of months, right?

David picks up a very wise woman as a wife. Does

anybody remember her name? Abigail, very good.

And with her, he has a son named Amasa. So this

is sort of his son from one of his wives. But

he stayed with Absalom, and Absalom made him

the leader over the army, and he was extremely

popular. Extremely popular. So what's going on

here is David is sending a message through the

priests back to all the leaders who were still

in Jerusalem, basically saying, take me back

as king. And so, first of all, David is saying

that Amasa would, so it's Amasa would what? Lead

the army. Keep going. Nope, not Judah. In Joab's

place. That's correct. Although, actually, geographically,

Holly, you are correct. It is in Judah. But it's

in Joab's place. Okay, so Absalom first installed

Amasa as the leader, and now David is saying,

well, you'll be the leader of everybody. You'll

be the leader of the full army, right? So even

though he was with Absalom, even though he was

with Absalom, he would be the, thank you very

much for that. I'll take that. He would be the

leader of the full army. Now, what happens when

you make a very popular general the leader of

the army? Say it again. He's appreciated, right?

Say it again. I can't hear you. Yeah, he's going

to be in charge and they want him in charge.

And so now the people that were kind of questioning

about David coming back, they're all like, oh

yeah, hey, that sounds good. Remember back when

we studied the first part of Joab's life and

David put Joab in charge of the army? Do you

remember when that happened? We talked about

that last week. And he put him in charge of the

army and then he had problems with him, right?

He said, I'm intimidated by Joab. That Joab and

the sons of my... sister, are so powerful. What

am I going to do with them? You follow? So now

he's doing the same thing with Amasa. By putting

Amasa in charge, the bigger army is there already.

All the tribesmen didn't come up to fight. A

lot of people did, but not everybody did, right?

So there's hundreds of thousands of warriors

that are loyal to Amasa. And so he's getting

their loyalty by putting Amasa in charge. It's

a tactic that David has used before. But who

do you suppose is not very happy about that?

Joab. Because Joab used to be the leader of all

the army. Now he went into exile with David and

became the leader of only one -third of David's

exile army, but found a great victory. They found

a great victory for David, and now David gets

to come back. And this would be a time where

he could be in charge of the whole army again,

but he's not going to be. It's going to be Amasa.

Okay? All right. So then the next phrase says,

this was part of David's plea. Okay, so what's

happening right now is David is sending a message

through the priest. Can anybody name a priest

that he's using without me going to look it up?

Zadok is one. No, Samuel's not there. Zadok is

one. Abiathar, remember him? Okay, so good. I'm

impressed you got Zadok. He was the big guy.

He's the front name, right? He was the guy who

came out to David and said, hey, I'll go with

you into the wilderness. I'll bring the Ark of

the Covenant. We studied that. Zadok was one

of the guys that we looked at, right? And so,

yeah, so through Zadok and Abiathar and the others,

he's sending this message back in there, and

that's part of his plea for them to take him

back as their unified king. And so then the TPW

is what? If this was part of David's plea, then

the plea worked, and all were devoted. So now

all the leaders and all the soldiers and lieutenants

and majors and colonels, if they even had those,

I doubt they had them, but all the heroes that

were already there, now not the ones necessarily

that were with Joab, right? But all of them that

were already there are now going to be loyal

to David, okay? Going to number two, moving right

along. Now we're in 2 Samuel chapter 20. So if

2 Samuel 20 · chapter mention

you're following along in your Bibles or making

notes, you can look it up later, whatever. In

chapter 20, And we're going to begin in verse

4. Now this will be a little longer. So you're

going to have to listen to pick out the details.

There's been a revolt. All were devoted. All

the people of Jerusalem became devoted to David

being their king again. Okay? Alright, so now

here we are. There's been another revolt. There's

a guy, we'll get his name here in a minute, who's

setting himself up to revolt against David to

be king. Verse 4 says, Then the king said to

Amasa, Call out the men of Judah for me within

three days and be present here yourself. So he

wants them to go all throughout the area of Judah

in three days and call up a whole big old army

and be ready to lead it. Seems like a completely

reasonable demand of the person who's in charge

of the entire army, right? Sounds good. So Amasa

went to call out the men of Judah. but he delayed

longer than the set time which he had appointed

him. Whoops. Supposed to get the army in three

days. Three days comes and goes. The king doesn't

have an army. That's a problem. Verse 6. And

David said to Abishai, Now Sheba, the son of

Betri, will do us more harm than Absalom did.

Okay? So now this guy's being likened to the

next Absalom, Sheba, the son of Betri. He's the

betrayer. And because of Amasa taking too long

to get the army together, it's going to be a

problem. That's what David is saying. He says,

take your Lord's servants, so David's servants,

and pursue him so that he does not find for himself

fortified cities and escape from our sight. So

David says to Abishai, by the way, does anybody

know who Abishai is? He's famous of Joab. He's

one of the mighty men. He's one of the big guys.

David's nephew, grandnephew? What does that make

him? I don't know. I don't even know what you

are if you're a nephew, if you're the son of

a nephew. Like a cousin, I guess. I don't know.

Anyway, the point is, he's a big dude. Important.

But then guess what? If Abishai is going to go

out, who else do you think is going to go out?

If Abishai is going to take all the remaining

men and go out after him, Joab is going to go

out, right? Okay, so here we go. Joab is back

on the scene. Verse 7. So Joab's men went out

after him. along with the Cherethites and the

Pelethites and all the mighty men. And they went

out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of

Betri. When they were at the large stone, which

is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. So now

Amasa was supposed to be going out to summon

the whole army, and he is the guy who's supposed

to be in charge of the whole thing. But David

now has given over some authority to Abishai,

and Abishai has shared that authority with his

father Joab. Now Joab was dressed in military

attire. So he's got his kind of military officer's

robe on. And over it was a belt with a sword

in its sheath fashioned at the waist. So he's

got a military robe on ready to fight. And he's

got a nice belt with the sword in it laying horizontally

usually is how they would have wore them. And

as he went out forward to meet Amasa, the sword

fell out. Now that doesn't usually happen, okay?

But the sword fell out of the sheath. Joab said

to Amasa, is it well with you, my brother? So

it's a positive greeting, but do you hear the

sarcasm or the sort of, what's he saying? It's

a passive -aggressive question. What's he saying?

Say it again. Yeah, what? Can you handle this?

You went out to get an army, you didn't come

back. What happened? Now, he didn't come up to

him and just say, in front of everybody or whatever,

you're a piece of dirt, you screwed up. You know,

David didn't say anything like that. So he doesn't

have any, Joab doesn't have any authority really,

right? But it's sort of like that passive aggressive

statement. Like when somebody shows up to your

party 10 minutes late and you walk up to them

and you say, hey, is everything okay? What are

you really saying? You're saying, why are you

late? Right? Or whatever. Yeah, so that's what's

going on there. Joab said to Amasa, is it well

with you, my brother? It's kind of an accusation.

And Joab took Amasa by the beard. Uh -oh, we

know what's coming, don't we? With his right

hand to kiss him. This is pattern behavior for

Joab, isn't it? But Amasa was not on guard against

the sword which was in Joab's hand. So he struck

him in the belly with it and poured out his inward

parts on the ground and did not strike him again

and he died. That's interesting. Kind of contrasted

with Absalom. He got three spears in the heart

and still didn't die. And this guy, Amasa, he

takes one sword to the belly and dies. Yeah.

Then Joab and Abishai, his brother, pursued Sheba,

the son of Betri. Now there stood by him one

of Joab's young men and said, Whoever favors

Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow

Joab. But Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in

the middle of the highway. So he's dying. He's

not quite dead yet. His guts are pouring out.

His blood's all over the place. He's wallowing

around in the middle of the highway. And they're

asking people right there, Come follow us. Now

remember, Amasa is a popular guy, or was. Now

he's gutted, so that's not popular. But right

up until there, he's a pretty popular guy. Now

they see Amasa laying there, and they're recruiting

men right there where he's laying. Amasa lay

wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway,

and when the man saw that all the people stood

still, he removed Amasa from the highway into

the field and threw a garment over him when he

saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

So people basically came there, and they said,

We might want to go fight, but what's the story

here? Why is there a guy with his guts hanging

out on the road and you're recruiting? Is this

a symbol? You know, like, this doesn't look like

it's going to go well. I mean, a lot of questions

that could be raised, right? So they just drag

him off to the side. By now he's probably mostly

dead or unconscious or whatever, and they throw

a blanket over him and leave him off the road.

Not a very nice scene, okay? So let's pick up

the text under 2 Samuel 20, verses 4 to 13. And

2 Samuel 20:4–13

it first says that David, what? The capital A

is probably a clue. Sent Amasa. Keep going. The

next three words are part of the same sentence.

To, nope. To gather. And the J is Judah. Okay?

So they were going to gather all the army of

Judah. He's not getting all the tribe's armies,

just Judah's army. Okay? David sent Amasa to

gather Judah, but Amasa was late. Amasa was late.

In fact, he kind of never gets the job done.

He never went back to David. So he really never

got the job done. Okay? But that's no reason

to murder a guy, by the way. Okay? Amasa was

late. Joab, Murdered him. That's right. Murdered

him. So Abner murdered him. This is murder, by

the way. They are not at war. He killed him in

cold blood. Same as he did Abner. Yeah. He grabbed

him by the beard, pulled him in to kiss him,

and gutted him. That's pretty wicked. His heart

had to be something. All right. So he murdered

him. The next line says, Amassas. It's an apostrophe

S at the end. Amassas. What? It goes, includes

all the way to the little castle picture there,

if you can do it. What do you think of this?

Amassas what? Not blood. Say it again, Holly.

Nope, not brother. So Joab murdered him. And

Amassas, after you're dead, you're a what? There

you go. Amassas' body. This is strange language

because it's the way I talk, so I'll just give

it to you. Amass's body wound up, or you can

put ended up, but I gave you a W. I say that

phrase quite a bit. You wound up doing this,

wound up doing that. Yep. On the side of the

road. Keep going. Three more. You got the A already.

On the side of the road. Under a cover. Under

a cover. That's right. That's all you did. Now

remember this guy. So the day before, no, let's

say the hour before this event. This guy is the

leader of the entire nation of Israel's army,

12 tribes. Now he's dead under a cover on the

side of the road, laying in somebody's field.

That's a real turn of events right there. He

lost his life. Okay, so now Joab kind of steps

in, and they're going to go try to get the problem,

because you know how David is. David's a results

guy, right? When David arranged for Uriah the

Hittite to get killed, Joab sent the message

back. And he said, tell him some of your servants

got too close to the wall and some guys got killed.

And then if he says, well, what did you get so

close to the wall for? Then say to him, well,

Uriah the Hittite died and everything will be

fine. Joab recognizes that David is a results

guy. So Joab is going to go try to get the job

done. They go after Betri, after Sheba the son

of Betri. When they were at the large stone,

which is Gibeon, a mass came to meet them. He

killed him, left him laying under a cover in

the road. First he was wallowing around in his

own blood while they were still trying to recruit

the army. That's just terrible. Rated R, basically.

Yeah. Alright, so now we're at... So he's removed

from the highway. All the men passed on after

Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Betri. He went

through all the tribes of Israel to Abel. Even

Beth -Makah. Okay, so there's a place called

Abel -Beth -Makah. Abel's a region. Beth -Makah

is the city in the regions to capital, basically,

of that small area. And all the Berites, and

they were gathered together and also went after

him. They came and besieged him in Abel -Beth

-Makah. And they cast up a siege ramp against

the city. Does everybody know what a siege ramp

is? So basically, one of the many ways that you

overcome a walled city, there's several, in this

day it was the most popular way, is to build

a ramp up to the wall. So literally you just

keep dumping dirt or rock or whatever you can

get closer and closer and closer. You keep hauling

it up and dumping it closer until you have a

ramp up to the wall. Then if the ramp goes to

the top of the wall, then when you're ready,

all the men charge up the ramp, go over the wall,

take the city. If it doesn't go to the top of

the wall, use the ramp for protection and the

men charge up and bust up the wall so that they

can get in. So a siege ramp is a relatively common

method of overcoming a siege. And the city's

locked up. They won't let them in. So it says,

they came and besieged him in Abel Beth -Makah.

And they cast up a siege ramp against the city.

It stood by the ramparts. In other words, it

went all the way up to the top, pretty much.

And all the people who were with Joab were wreaking

destruction in order to topple the wall. So they

were busting up the city's walls. Then a wise

woman called from the city, Here! Hear, that's

H -E -A -R as in hear me. Hear, hear. Please

tell Joab, come here that I may speak with you.

So he approached her and the woman said, are

you Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said

to him, listen to the words of your maidservant.

And he answered, I am listening. Then she spoke

saying, formerly they used to say they will surely

ask advice at Abel. And thus they ended the dispute.

In other words, they used to come here all the

time seeking wisdom. They always came to us for

wisdom. I am of those who are peaceable and faithful

in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city,

even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow

up the inheritance of the Lord? Joab replied,

Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow

up or destroy. Such is not the case. But a man

from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son

of Betri by name, has lifted up his hand against

King David. Only hand him over and I will depart

from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold,

his head will be thrown to you over the wall.

Then the woman wisely came to all the people,

they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Betri,

and they threw it to Joab. So he blew the trumpet,

and they were dispersed from the city each to

his tent. And Joab also returned to the king

at Jerusalem. Listen to number 23. Now Joab was

over the whole army of Israel. And Benaiah, the

son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and

the Pelethites. And Adarim was over the forced

labor. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahalud, was

the recorder. Sheba was the scribe. Zadok and

Abiathar were the priests. And Ira, the Jerite,

was also a priest to David. Okay? So he got it

back, didn't he? Because he realized one very

key important thing about David, which was, not

on the paper, but I said it. David was a king

who what? Who expected results. He was looking

for results. And Joab got results. But he knows

he killed Amasa, right? But he also knows he

killed Abner. Did he do anything about that?

Okay, so here we go. After Amasa winds up, right

there, after he winds up his body on the side

of the road under a cover, the next J is Joab.

And Joab what? It's a verb, but it's kind of

a big verb. Kind of a long one. Starts with an

N. What did he do? Him and the lady entered into

a discussion. He negotiated. Yep. He negotiated.

Joab negotiated. He didn't kill. He didn't destroy

the city. He was close. He proved that he could

do it, but he didn't do it. He negotiated for

the head of Sheba, of Betri. Don't confuse that

Sheba. There are more than one. We did discuss

one before. It's not the same Sheba, obviously.

Okay? So Joab negotiated for the head of Sheba,

which showed tact. The killing of Amasa did not

show tact. That's not tact. But this shows tact,

okay? All right, we're moving over to number

three. Before we go to number three, we're going

to take a little vacation. If you look right

up above there on the A and the B, look in the

circle of the A. You see a little sketch in there.

Does that look familiar? Inside the A, in the

circle or oval. What does it look like? Yeah,

it looks like a map. That's right. So what we've

got here is a map and we're going to learn something

about our little study that we just did. All

right. So that you see the number one, the big

blob on the bottom. If you look on the right

side over here in the B, you can match them up.

So what is that number one on the bottom? Oh,

yeah, I got it right. What is that number one

on the bottom in the map of the promised land?

What's the big blob on the bottom? Come on. Oh,

no, it's water. What water is it? It's the Dead

Sea. Right? So L. One is L, the Dead Sea. Okay?

Now, go to number two, right up there to the

left. I even gave you a J for it, but that's

not the letter for the right side. But if it

starts with a J and it's right there by the Dead

Sea, what is it? It is Jerusalem. That is correct.

Okay? So that gives you an idea of where we're

at on the map. Then the line going up there is

the Jordan River. You don't have to get that

one. Then the body of water at the top up there

is the Sea of Galilee. And if you look way at

the top of the map, you'll see a dot with a little

arrow pointing to it. And it says ABM above it.

And that is what? That is correct. Good job,

sir. That is Abel. I forgot how you say it. Beth

McCaw. Abel Beth McCaw. That is O. So it's L,

M, and O, right in order. I did them right in

order. Okay. All right. So now we're done with

our little vacation to the map, and we're going

back to number three, and we're over halfway

done. The story's going to get even darker for

Joab. It already got really dark. Okay. Number

three. So we've got a new thing going on. In

fact, We've got a new book of the Bible. If I'm

leaving 2 Samuel and I'm going to the new book

of the Bible, where will I be? 1 Kings. That's

correct. Good job. Okay, 1 Kings is next, and

we're in chapter 1. If you'll look in the parentheses

in the middle of the paragraph there, you'll

see that's where that 1 goes. So the question

here is about kingship again, but we're getting

late on in David's life. So during this period

of time, David's got him a hot babe to keep himself

warm. It's absolutely literal. It's absolutely

literal. So he was having trouble staying warm,

even they put him under all the covers. Even

the bed warmers don't help. So they search the

kingdom and they find him a hot chick, a hot

young woman, as they literally describe that

way in the text. And she will now sleep with

him every night to keep him warm. No sex. There's

no sex. It very specifically says that. But she

will be his bed warmer. So we're now in the time

of David's life at which he requires a woman

in his bed to keep him warm. He's old. He's past

his prime. He's not fighting anymore. He hasn't

gone out with the army in a long time. In fact,

the last time he went out, he ran into a descendant

of a guy who was a Gittite, which means he was

from where? If you're a Gittite, you're from

where? Starts with a G. Gath. Nailed it. Well

done, sir. And who was from Gath? Goliath. And

so David ran into one of Goliath's sons a whole

generation later. On the battlefield. And guess

what happened? He almost got killed. David almost

got killed. In fact, he was on the verge of being

killed. Guess who saved him? Not Joab. But close.

Somebody else we just mentioned. Abiathar. Abiathar

saved him. Interesting how it all comes together,

right? Okay, so here we go. We're on number three,

and we've got an aged king. So if you've got

an aged king, that means you probably need what?

Well, yeah, definitely. But right after an aged

king comes a dead king. If you've got a dead

king, you need a new king, a successor. You need

an heir, right? Okay, so that's what we're going

to talk about is who's going to be the heir.

So there's this problem. There's this woman that

David... fell in love with when he saw her bathing,

and then later took her as his wife. The first

baby died, but the second baby lived. And he

becomes a very famous man, Solomon. Now you and

I know that Solomon is supposed to be the heir.

He's the guy who becomes king. But at this part

of the story, we don't have that yet. And so

remember the prophet Nathan? How's the prophet

Nathan famous? What did he do? Yeah, he's the

one who confronted David for having the affair

and getting Uriah the Hittite killed. Right?

Yeah, right. Okay, so now you got Nathan, and

he spoke to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon.

That's in verse 11. So basically what's happening

is Bathsheba's worried that Solomon's not going

to get to be king, but David promised her that

he would be king, and so they're having this

little powwow. Nathan spoke to Bathsheba, the

mother of Solomon, saying, have you not heard

that Adonijah, the son of Haggath, has become

king? And David, our Lord, does not know it.

So now come, please let me give you counsel and

save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

So Nathan, the prophet, is advising Bathsheba

on how to save herself and Solomon because Adonijah

is going to be king. And if Adonijah is going

to be king, he's surely going to kill Solomon

and Bathsheba because they have a rightful claim

to the throne. And so Nathan's saying, protect

yourself. He says, Go at once to King David and

say to him, Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn

to your maidservant, saying, Surely Solomon your

son shall be king after me, and he shall sit

on my throne? Which he had promised that, by

the way. Why then has Adonijah become king? Behold,

while you are still there speaking with the king,

I will come in after you and confirm your words.

So Nathan's going to back her up. So Bathsheba

went into the king in the bedroom. Now the king

was very old. It doesn't say whether, oh yes

it does. And Abishag the Shunammite was ministering

to the king. So there's the woman sleeping with,

so this is Bathsheba's husband, David. She's

not keeping him warm. The hot chick is keeping

David warm. when Bathsheba comes in there to

entreat him, right? Bathsheba bowed and prostrated

herself before the king, and the king said, what

do you wish? And she said to him, my lord, you

swore to your maidservant by the lord your god,

saying, surely your son Solomon shall be king

after me, and he shall sit on my throne. Now

behold, Adonijah is king, and now my lord the

king, you do not know it. He has sacrificed oxen

and fatlings and sheep in abundance and has invited

all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest

and Joab the commander of the army. but he has

not invited Solomon your servant. As for you

now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel

are on you to tell them who shall sit on the

throne of my lord the king after him. Otherwise

it will come about as soon as my lord the king

sleeps with his fathers that I and my son Solomon

will be considered offenders. Behold, while she

was still speaking with the king, Nathan the

prophet came in. They told the king, saying,

Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came

in before the king, he prostrated himself before

the king with his face to the ground. Nathan

said, My lord, the king, have you said Adonijah

shall be king after me? And he shall sit on my

throne? For he's gone down today and has sacrificed

oxen, fatling, sheep in abundance, has invited

all the king's son and the commander of the army.

There's Joab again. He's in there. He's definitely

getting credit. And Abiathar the priest. And

behold, they are eating and drinking before him.

And they say, Long live King Adonijah. But me,

even me, your servant, and Zadok the priest,

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant

Solomon, he has not invited. So basically he's

saying he's not invited anybody that's loyal

to you. Has this thing been done by my lord the

king, and you have not shown to your servants

who should sit on the throne of my lord the king

after him? Then King David said, Call Bathsheba

to me. And she came into the king's presence

and stood before the king. The king bowed and

said, As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my

life from all distress, surely as I bow to you

by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Your

son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall

sit on my throne in my place, I will indeed do

this day. I will indeed do so this day. Then

Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground,

prostrated herself before the king and said,

May my Lord, the king David, live forever. King

David said, Call me Zadok the priest, Nathan

the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.

They came into the king's presence. The king

said to them, take with you. I'm going to skip

ahead for expediency. The priest, Nathan, they

take Solomon. They blow the trumpet and they

say, long live King Solomon. That's what David

tells them to do. They tell everyone that David

has appointed Solomon to rule over Israel and

Judah. Benaiah, verse 36, Benaiah, the son of

Jehoiada, answered the king and said, amen. Thus

may the Lord, the God of my Lord, the king say.

As the Lord has been with my Lord the King, so

may he be with Solomon and make his throne greater

than the throne of his father, greater than the

throne of my Lord King David. Zadok the priest,

Nathan, Benaiah, they take him down. The Cherethites,

the Pelethites went down. They had Solomon ride

on King David's mule and brought him to Gihon.

Zadok took the horn of oil from the tent that

anointed, and then anointed Solomon. They blew

the trumpet. All the people said, Long live King

Solomon. All the people went out after him, and

the people were playing on flutes, rejoicing

with great joy, so that the earth shook at their

noise. Here we go. This is where it gets to be

Joab in trouble. Now Adonijah and all the guests

were with him, heard it as they finished eating.

When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he

said, Why is the city making such an uproar?

While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan

the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah

said, Come in, for you are a valiant man, and

bring good news. But Jonathan replied to Adonijah,

No, our lord king David has made Solomon king.

The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest,

Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,

the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and they have

made him ride on the king's mule. Zadok the priest

and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king

in Gihon, and they have come up with their rejoicing

so that the city is an uproar. This is the noise

which you have heard. Besides, Solomon has even

taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.

Okay, so that was a lot, I know, but here we

go. The question is, will Adonijah or Solomon

be king? Very good. And J. Joab. Was with Adonijah.

Perfect. Okay. And the, I'll give you the T -H

-E, the, the men were, you have the D, you don't

have anything on the last blank, but you shouldn't

need it. What were the men doing? All around,

what were they doing? Go ahead. No, they were

drinking, but that's not the D. They were declaring,

it's not Solomon. It's Adonijah. They were declaring

Adonijah king. The men were declaring Adonijah

king. And who was there when all of the men were

declaring Adonijah king? It's not on your paper,

but I read it. Who was there? Joab. The person

in charge of all the armies standing by while

they're declaring Adonijah king. Not so loyal

to David now, huh? I'll try to break it down

to help you understand. Okay, so Adonijah wants

to be king. He has a claim. He's another son

of David. He has a claim. But David had said

Solomon would be king. Alright? The men were

declaring Adonijah king. While they were doing

that, capital D, David chose Solomon. David chose

Solomon. Okay, so... This is a long kind of run

-on sentence, not kind of two run together. All

right. That capital A is probably Adonijah. So

it says, those with Adonijah knew or know. I

guess it would be know. What? Want to finish

it? The next word starts with a T. Those with

Adonijah knew they. Say it again. They are in

trouble. Okay. Knowing that they are in trouble.

What? All. Okay. So let me go ahead and let me

read it for you because I think I stopped at

46 anyway. So here we go. The king's servants

came to bless our Lord the king. That's 47. The

king has also said this. Blessed be the Lord,

the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit

on my throne today while my own eyes see it.

Then 49. Then all the guests of Adonijah were

terrified and they arose. And each went on his

way. In other words, they went home, basically.

They went to wherever they're doing their business.

So it's all go home in fear. They're terrified.

Now the scene is set. I submit to you at this

point in time, Joab's public career as a leader

is over. Because what does David care about?

We already said, David's the kind of king who

cares about what? Results. Who got results today?

In this day, who got the results? David. Nathan,

Zadok, right? They all got through. Not Joab.

He's on the losing side today. Adonijah will

not be king. In fact, Adonijah's in big trouble.

What happens is, and we don't have to study that

because we're not studying Adonijah, what happens

is he runs, takes hold of the horns of the temple,

and he says, I don't want to die. I won't leave

here unless Solomon promises me I won't die.

And they make a pact, and Solomon doesn't kill

him, at least not then. He's done. His goose

is cooked. Alright, now we're on number four.

And we go to another chapter. We're all the way

into 1 Kings chapter 2. That's a 2 at the top.

1 Kings 2 · chapter mention

It's Kings 2. And verses 5 and 6. So now, in

this part, we already had him really old. He

couldn't keep himself warm, right? So now we're

at the very end of his life. And so the top of

that is David is dying. He's actually dying.

And then watch what happens. He says in verse

5, Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah

did to me, what he did to the two commanders

of the army of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner,

and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed.

He also shed the blood of war in peace about

his waist and on his sandals on his feet. This

is what David is saying to Solomon. He says,

So act according to your wisdom, and do not let

his gray hair go down to Sheol. in peace. So

David gives this entreaty to his son. All right.

So the first thing, David is dying. We're under

first Kings two, five to six, the number four.

We'll go back over, make sure we understand what

happened. Okay. David is dying. And he, what

he recites, that's a word you might not normally

use. He recites Joab's apostrophe S Joab's M

murders. His martyrs. He recites Joab's murders.

Remember, in his lifetime, he didn't punish him

for Abner. Yeah, so basically he just tells Solomon,

those were murders. That's not in the war, right?

And he goes, we're not going to go on and read

it, but David goes on to make an argument that

when Solomon does this, he'll be doing it because

everyone needs to know that David did not order

Abner's death. David did not want Amasa dead,

right? He didn't do that for David. Because it

looks kind of like that, right? Joab murdered

them and then came back and got to be king of

the army. It kind of looks like David supported

him doing that. But you'll remember the one time

when he murdered Abner, he even made Joab mourn.

And they walked behind the funeral pyre, you

know, or funeral byre, which is like where they

were... It's a thing that men carry with poles

on it. They carry the body. Okay? Anyway, so

he recites Joab's murders. And then what? That

was a little blunt here. This is a verb that

means he asks him. You could use encourage, but

it's a little more than that. It's entreats.

Did you hear that word before? To entreat someone

is to basically strongly push them to do what

you want or to answer your question. Yep, Solomon.

Perfect. He entreats Solomon to end Joab. Okay,

so we are really at the end now for Joab, aren't

we? He doesn't have much left. So later in that

same chapter of the Bible, in verses 28 to 34,

We could play funeral music or something sorrowful.

Here we go. Now the news came to Joab, for Joab

had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed

Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the Lord,

and he took hold of the horns of the altar. It

was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the

tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the

altar. Now I just gave you a little hint there,

right? Remember what I said Adonijah did? He

did the same thing. And he said, I'm not coming

out of here unless Solomon promises me I can

live. And it worked. He lived, at least for a

while. He gets in trouble again later, right?

But for a while, he's allowed to live. So Joab's

trying the same stunt. He's told King Solomon

that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord. And

behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon

sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, go

fall upon him. So Benaiah came to the tent of

the Lord and said to him, thus the king has said,

come out. But he said, No, for I will die here.

And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying,

Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me. The

king said to him, Do as he has spoken, and fall

upon him and bury him, that you may remove from

me and from my father's house the blood which

Joab shed without cause. He goes on to say, The

Lord will return his blood on his own head, because

he fell upon two men more righteous and better

than he, and killed them with the sword. While

my father David did not know it, Abner the son

of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel,

and Amasa the son of Jethro, the commander of

the army of Judah, so shall their blood return

on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants

forever. But to David and his descendants and

his house and his throne, may there be peace

from the Lord forever. Then Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him

to death, and he was buried at his own house

in the wilderness. Interestingly enough, I hadn't

planned on reading this, but I'm going to anyway.

The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada

over the army in his place, and the king appointed

Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. Interesting,

isn't it? Okay, here we go. Joab ran or runs

to the tent. Solomon sends Benaiah. Benaiah is

B -E -N -A -I -A -H. Benaiah. B -E -N. A -I -A

-H. He is an interesting character, but he is

not in our time period. Joab. What did he do?

Starts with an R. He refuses to come out. And

then the last one, the very end of Joab. Perfect.

Solomon sends Benaiah to kill Joab. And that

is what happened. So we're going to go back and

just recap it briefly just so you understand.

Because as Sola was pointing out, the many names

involved can be kind of confusing. So we've got

Amasa. Under Absalom, Amasa was named the leader

of the army. So when Absalom took over, pretty

boy, built like a tank. When he's ruling, David's

across the river in Ephraim. He puts Amasa in

charge of the armies of Judah. in the surrounding

area. Then when David comes back, and Absalom

is killed by Joab in the tree, and now David's

probably not too happy with Joab. We know that

there was sorrow involved with that. David says,

okay, Amasa stays. Then he gets a request to

go out and get an army together for David, and

he basically fails to get it back in time. He

fails to show up in time. And then Joab takes

that initiative to murder him. I don't use the

word kill. He murdered him. No doubt about it.

He killed him in cold blood. No reason to kill

him. The results of which is Joab is in charge

of the army again. He negotiates to deal with

the guy, Sheba of Betri. And that's how he becomes

in charge of the army again. That's a huge victory.

They didn't have to destroy the city. They didn't

have to finish tearing down the wall. The guy

got what he deserved. Tens of thousands of men

didn't die. So that really shows Joab still knows

his stuff. He's still, as we said before, good

at his job. And so David lets him be in charge

again. As David gets old, he's going to have

to name a successor. He's been delaying in doing

so. Now, he's privately done so. He's told people

it's going to be Solomon, but he's not publicly

done so. Adonijah has a claim to the throne,

and he makes it. And maybe he would have been

a good king in some ways. The betrayal makes

you think maybe not morally, but militarily and

bureaucratically maybe, right? He's got good

connections. And Abiathar goes with them, one

of the acting high priests at the time. Joab

goes with them in charge of all the armies at

the time. So he's got good backing, got all the

political connections he really needs to pull

it off. Except David acts quickly. He assigns

the kingship to Solomon, which he does because

he is entreated by two very interesting characters.

Bathsheba, his wife that he stole, right? And

Nathan, the prophet who confronted him over stealing

her. And David is brought to the point of naming

Solomon as king. Then when David is dying, he's

got some unfinished business. There are some

other unfinished business in there that needed

to be taken care of, but we only looked at Joab

today because he's our guy. Essentially, yes.

Yeah, you could call him, what do they call that?

Serial killer. Yeah, you can call him a serial

killer. But only for his purposes. Only when

it benefits him. Okay? Politically. Yeah. Okay?

So then he gives him some other things that he

needs to do, one of which is building the temple.

Right? So he gives Solomon the job of building

the temple. But he tells him he needs to deal

with Joab. And Joab is dealt with. That's the

end of it. So that sorts out your bad guys. So

the good guys in the story... Give me somebody's

name in this that never goes wrong. Can you come

up with one? In this whole mess, can you come

up with somebody that we don't see them ever

go wrong? Nathan the prophet. He doesn't go wrong.

He doesn't betray David. He doesn't betray God.

So that's a good one. Benaiah doesn't go wrong.

Zadok doesn't go wrong. It's starting to sound

like a certain list. So all the guys that don't

go wrong, where do they wind up? Not priests.

Zadok's a priest. They get the jobs. They get

all the top jobs in the kingdom. Solomon uses

the people that never went wrong to be his cabinet,

if you will. right in modern terms and he's wise

and that's a wise thing to do you got you take

people who show over the track record over the

time right yeah so yeah because there's a whole

encounter where god asks solomon you're going

to leave my people what do you want and instead

of asking for wealth he asks for wisdom and god

says because you chose wisdom to rule my people

i'll give you the greatest wisdom and of course

we believe that he wrote proverbs right and probably

ecclesiastes and of course song of solomon Okay,

good stuff. All right, we're going to ask some

questions real quick, and I'll throw some candy,

and then we'll be through. Does anybody have

any questions of me before I ask you questions?

Okay, my questions will be from both today's

worksheet and last week's worksheet, because

we're going to be questions on Joanne. Yes, sir,

go ahead. Uh -oh, well, you'll have to go back.

I don't know. I did most of what I'm going to

ask. I think I covered today. I don't know if

you can do it or not. Give it a shot. You were

teaching last week, so we certainly won't hold

it against you. Because we appreciate teachers

in this room very much. Okay? All right. So here

we go. Name two leaders in charge of the armies

of Judah. Hard and go. Joe Evan Amasa. Is that

what you were going to say? All right. I'm going

to give you candy because you had it. Oh, right

over his head, I think. Okay, very good. Okay,

here we go. Ready for this one? Tell me the location

of Abner's wound that killed him. Caleb. No,

that was the location of Amass's wound. You stole

my next question. Go ahead. Nope, that's Absalom.

Okay, nope. Abner. Yep, it's on the paper, isn't

it? Let me see. No, it's not. We studied it,

but it's not on the paper. Which means there's

a tiny chance I got it wrong. If I say it, will

you know it? In his fifth rib? Does that sound

familiar? Okay, we're just going to go with that.

I don't eat candy, so you're not in any danger.

Okay. After Joab murdered this person, he was

forced to mourn him. Solo. First hand I saw.

Go. Correct. Okay. Also, this one is not on the

paper. Okay. Joab was very successfully politically

in David's court because he understood that David

desired this. Results is the correct answer.

If you don't eat them, you can share them. Okay.

Alright. Okay. When David was old and dying,

this was... prescribed for his inability to stay

warm. Caleb, go. Another girl? Okay, I'll give

you that. Yes, a young woman for his bed. You're

right. Okay. All right. So when David came back

after Absalom and took over, He made Amasa, or

Masa, the boss of the army. This was part of

a larger plan, which would lead to all of the

people doing what? Caleb? Going once? Okay, so

he made Amasa in charge of the army, which was

part of a larger plan, which would lead to all

of the people doing what? It is on your paper.

Say it again. Nope. They were devoted. They would

become devoted. That's correct. Sorry. Pretty

bad toss there. Okay. These two people asked

David to make good on his promise to make Solomon

king. And you have to get both people to get

the answer correct. Solo, you got it? Yes. Yes.

And the other was? Going once. Going twice. Finish

it, Caleb. That's correct. Sorry, Solo. Bathsheba,

Solomon's mother. The one that David fell in

love with while she was bathing on the roof.

Well, that's a certain kind of love. Not a really

biblical love, but... That's not my fault. I'm

supposed to catch him. If it's going behind the

garbage can, it's close enough you can catch

it. Alright. Okay. This is how David felt with

regards to Joab and the sons of Zariah. Hold

on, I'm going to see if somebody else... Go ahead,

Chris. Intimidated. Good word. I like that word.

I think I killed it. Both in the area. Okay.

Early on in our study of Joab, Joab became a

victim exactly one time. Name the crime that

was perpetrated against him. He became a victim

one time. Name the crime that was perpetrated

against him. It's on the paper. Say it again.

No, it's not murder. If murder was perpetrated

against him, he'd be dead. You're close. I need

the crime that was perpetrated against him. He

was a victim of... No. Also probably not a crime

in his day, I'm thinking. You got it, Caleb?

Nope. Wrong answer. I'll give you one clue and

you'll nail it. What's that? Okay, I'll repeat

the question. Raya's death. Nope. He did arrange

Raya's death, but we're looking for the crime

that was perpetrated against him. Early in our

studies of Joab, a crime was perpetrated against

him. What was the crime? The clue is it was used

to get his attention so that he would bring Absalom

to David. One wants. Tim? That crime is called

what? Arson. That's the crime we were looking

for. Very good, Mr. Tim. Come on. Action. All

right. Yeah, he set his field on fire to get

his attention so he'd bring him back to David.

Yes, it is. It is. Oh, it's on last week's paper.

Sorry. If you're looking at last week's paper,

it is on there. It is under where it says two

years. 2 Samuel 14, 28 to 33 is the reference.

Okay. Last question. Anybody could get this if

you were paying attention. The story of Joab.

as we studied it, because it can appear elsewhere,

occurs across two books of the Bible.