And David built there an altar to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.

- 2 Samuel 24:25

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 24

04:50 - Thoughts on the Reading

24:24 – Commentary on 2 Samuel 24 by Matthew Henry – Blue Letter Bible

40:26 - The Pendragon Cycle – IMDb

43:40 - Stephen R. Lawhead – Goodreads

46:18 - The Pendragon Cycle Series – Goodreads

1:19:38 – David’s Song of Deliverance, 2 Samuel 22

“The Spirit of Yahweh speaks by me;

his word is on my tongue.

The God of Israel has spoken;

the Rock of Israel has said to me:

When one rules justly over men,

ruling in the fear of God,

he dawns on them like the morning light,

like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,

like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

- 2 Samuel 23:2-4

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 23

06:07 - Thoughts on the Reading

32:04 - Here are two terror attacks that made international headlines over the weekend – Edward Teach, NTB

39:54 - Sky News Host Abruptly Ends Interview After IDF Spokesman Clocks Him – Hank Berrien, DW

43:55 - Fox News studio audience gasps as Greg Gutfeld slams own network while defending Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk chimes in – Paul Sacca, The Blaze

46:57 - My Rejoinder to Kevin DeYoung – Douglas Wilson, Blog & Mablog;

My Rejoinder to Kevin De Young | Doug Wilson – Blog & Mablog, YouTube

“For this I will praise you, O Yahweh, among the nations,

and sing praises to your name.

 Great salvation he brings to his king,

and shows steadfast love to his anointed,

to David and his offspring forever.”

- 2 Samuel 22:50-51

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 22

05:48 - Thoughts on the Reading

54:11 - Left-Rated Outlets Publish Warnings of a Second Trump Administration – Headline Roundup, AllSides.com

1:12:37 - Fergus Mór - Wikipedia

David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father.

And they did all that the king commanded.

And after that God responded to the plea for the land.

- 2 Samuel 21:12-14

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 21

05:57 - Thoughts on the Reading

25:03 – Matthew Henry, Nonconformist (Protestantism) – Wikipedia

29:58 - Matthew Henry :: Commentary on 2 Samuel 21 – Blue Letter Bible

Then a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen!

- 2 Samuel 20:16-17

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 20

06:19 - Thoughts on the Reading

37:38 - Why Can't We Have a Populism That Builds? – Aaron M. Renn

57:56 - The Trump team posted this alternate version of Thursday night's governor's debate between Newsom and DeSantis and I can't help but laugh – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB

1:06:24 - DeSantis and Newsom Spar in Debate Hosted by Fox News’ Hannity – Headline Roundup, AllSides

1:09:39 - DeSantis vs Newsom face off on abortion, transgenderism, wokeness and more – Fox News

1:14:03 - Check out the highlights of the DeSantis-Newsom debate and decide for yourself who got absolutely clowned – Harris Rigby, NTB

2:01:58 - ‘We’re Done’: Newsom’s Wife Intervened To End Debate Against DeSantis, Report Says – Ryan Saavedra, DW

And the king said to him, “Why speak any more of your

- 2 Samuel 19:29-30

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 19

08:26 - Thoughts on the Reading

38:39 - What's Behind Americans' Negative Economic Outlook? – Headline Roundup, AllSides.com

1:04:38 - House committee says border crisis costs us nearly half a TRILLION yearly. NPR once said $11 billion for a wall was too much. – Harris Rigby, NTB

1:09:38 - It’s Now Often Cheaper To Rent Than Buy Property – Mairead Elordi, DW

1:18:13 - For just under $140,000 you could own one of these 661-square-foot "tiny homes" – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB

1:24:35 - California Will Spend $300 Million To Clear Homeless Encampments – Mairead Elordi, DW

1:33:50 - Damning study suggests pandemic lockdowns accelerated 'significant' memory and cognitive decline in seniors – Joseph MacKinnon, The Blaze

1:40:02 - Dozens Of NYC Seniors Evicted From Nursing Home Turned Into Migrant Shelter – Amanda Prestigiacomo, DW

But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king’s son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’ On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”

- 2 Samuel 18:12-13

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 18

06:13 – On Culture War, Doug Wilson, and the Moscow Mood – Kevin DeYoung, Clearly Reformed

1:23:39 - Thoughts on the Reading

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 17:23

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 17

05:30 – Thoughts on the Reading

26:23 – Jingle All The Way – IMDb

39:32 - Main Character Syndrome – Urban Dictionary

1:01:31 - Green Party politician pushes law restricting free speech 'for the common good' in resurfaced viral video from Ireland – Carlos Garcia, The Blaze

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?” Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

- 2 Samuel 16:20-21

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 16

04:20 – Thoughts on the Reading

45:40 - Trump to Meet Argentina President-elect Javier Milei in Buenos Aires – Aaron Pan, The Epoch Times

55:46 - Mika Brzezinski Warns Democrats They Have To Stop Invasion Of ‘Mini-Trumps’ – Virginia Kruta, DW

1:10:44 - ALL the major political betting oddsmakers have 1 person as the clear favorite to become the next President. Guess who it is. – Harris Rigby, NTB

1:15:49 – Concubinage - Wikipedia

After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,” Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.”

- 2 Samuel 15:1-3

This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:

00:24 – 2 Samuel 15

06:16 – Thoughts on the Reading

33:13 – Reflections on Our 17th Anniversary