seekeroftruth
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2 Samuel 20:1Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted,
“We have no share in David,
no part in Jesse’s son!
Every man to his tent, Israel!”
2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
“We have no share in David,
no part in Jesse’s son!
Every man to his tent, Israel!”
2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
This guy is going to cause a problem for all of Israel so I don't want to get past this too quickly.
This is from bibletrack.org.
This guy named Sheba (isn't that a girl's name) decides "It ain't over 'til it's over!" Verse 1 calls him a "man of Belial." While the KJV frequently transliterates the Hebrew word, Belial, as a proper name, in fact it is a general Hebrew word meaning worthless or wicked. Seeing it capitalized, one might get the impression that it was the name of a pagan god, but not so. Sheba decides to mount another rebellion against David, and remarkably, the men of Israel (the ten tribes) buy into it. They did so because of the fact that David seemed to be embracing Judah (who had been hesitant to bring him back as king) over the other ten tribes who had first accepted David's restored kingship.
This is from blueletterbible.org.
There happened to be a rebel: Sheba took advantage of David's weakened position after Absalom's failed rebellion and the conflict between Judah and the other ten tribes. He based his rebellion on three principles common to rebels:
G. Campbell Morgan sees the phrase "We have no share in David, nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse" as an effective slogan promoted by Sheba. "The story should teach us that popular and plausible catchwords ought to be received and acted upon with great caution."
Israel deserted David: Sheba succeeded in drawing away the ten northern tribes and David had another civil war to deal with.
In 2 Samuel 19:40-43 leaders from these same ten tribes argued with the tribe of Judah over who honored David more. Their response to Sheba's rebellion shows that their desire to honor David had nothing to do with honoring him, but in exalting self.
We have no share in David: Sheba denied the king's sovereignty. He claimed that David had no right to reign over him or the ten tribes of Israel
The son of Jesse: Sheba devalued the king's identity. Jesse was a humble farmer and Sheba wanted to emphasize David's humble beginning
Every man to his tents: Sheba decided to go his own way and drew others with him. He acted on his low opinion of David
The son of Jesse: Sheba devalued the king's identity. Jesse was a humble farmer and Sheba wanted to emphasize David's humble beginning
Every man to his tents: Sheba decided to go his own way and drew others with him. He acted on his low opinion of David
G. Campbell Morgan sees the phrase "We have no share in David, nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse" as an effective slogan promoted by Sheba. "The story should teach us that popular and plausible catchwords ought to be received and acted upon with great caution."
Israel deserted David: Sheba succeeded in drawing away the ten northern tribes and David had another civil war to deal with.
In 2 Samuel 19:40-43 leaders from these same ten tribes argued with the tribe of Judah over who honored David more. Their response to Sheba's rebellion shows that their desire to honor David had nothing to do with honoring him, but in exalting self.
This guy Sheba would make a great politician. Wait, didn't Absalom run a four year political campaign against David? It seems the Israelites are getting use to using political campaigns to cause change. Well, according to a google search, David was born around 1000BCE which make this roughly 3000 years ago. History has really been repeating itself recently.
