🔥 2 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 14 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”” 2 Samuel 14 opens with these words: “Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.” The line to keep is 2 Samuel 14:20: “to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that…” Carry the word “change” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is 2 Samuel 14:20: “to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in 2 Samuel 14? Then try this: Read “to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.