Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Samuel 14:14 (New International Version) Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him. In this verse, a “wise old woman” is speaking to King David. David’s […]

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2 Samuel 12:29-31 (New International Version) 29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. 30 He took the crown from the head of their king —its weight was a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took […]

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