About this episode
Rev. James Wiles delivers a sermon based on 2 Samuel 21:5-14, discussing themes of sacrifice and mourning in the biblical narrative.
The weekly Sunday morning sermon delivered by Rev. James Wiles 2 Samuel 21:5-14 “They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.” But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest. Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of…
People in this episode
Host: Rev. James Wiles
Topics covered
- sermon
- faith
- sacrifice
- biblical narrative
- David and Jonathan
- Rizpah's mourning
Keywords
- sermon
- 2 Samuel
- Rizpah
- David
- sacrifice
- faith
- biblical story
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hunt’s Memorial Baptist Church
Places: Israel, Gibeah
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