Why doesn’t David stop Shimei? He says at the end of verse 11: ‘The LORD has told him to do it’. By that David recognises that it’s part of the consequences of his sin in committing adultery with Bathsheba and murdering Uriah. David knows that God is a God of justice who is fulfilling his word. But he also knows […]

Shimei openly curses David. Just as many openly curse the Lord Jesus in our own day – and nothing seems to happen to them. That’s exactly the situation here. David could easily have stopped Shimei’s cursing. Abishai offers to do it for him. He says: ‘Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and […]

Ziba is the servant of Mephibosheth, who is a son of David’s friend Jonathan, and a grandson of Saul. Jonathan was killed along with his father Saul at the end of 1st Samuel. But when David became king, rather than wipe out anyone associated with the previous king, he shows kindness to Mephibosheth. And here comes Mephibosheth’s servant Ziba to […]