Sunday Sermonette: They don ' t teach this in Sunday school

And you aren ' t likely to hear a sermon preached on it either. Before we get to the really weird shit, a reminder that Mephibosheth is Jonathan ' s son and Saul ' s grandson, who was dropped by his nurse and made lame. David brought him to Jerusalem and gave him an estate. Mephibosheth ' s son is Micah, and apparently that ' s who David inquires after; but why Micah ' s defection to Absalom costs Mephibosheth is estate is not explained.The second incident is also a bit mysterious. David decides to put up with a guy cursing him and throwing rocks at his party. Basically, David says " Who cares, that ' s the least of our worries. " Fair enough I suppose. But it ' s the finale that keeps this out of the Children ' s Book of Bible Stories. Ahithophel, a counselor renowned for his sagacity, has deserted David and gone over to Absalom. He advises Absalom to  set up a tent and put on a live sex show for the people of Jerusalem by raping all ten of David ' s concubines. The point of this is to humiliate David. It also sort kinda fulfills Nathan ' s curse from Ch. 12, as punishment for raping Bathsheba and getting Uriah killed, but not exactly. Remember:11 Thus says theLord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.12 For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. ...
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