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"The sword shall not depart from your house... Behold I will raise up evil against you from your own household." -2 Sam. 12:10-11. Amnon and Tamar. King David ’ s Family Crisis. The People in the 2 nd Samuel 13. David - King of Israel. Amnon - eldest son and heir apparent.
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"The sword shall not depart from your house... Behold I will raise up evil against you from your own household."-2 Sam. 12:10-11
Amnon and Tamar King David’s Family Crisis
The People in the 2nd Samuel 13 • David - King of Israel. • Amnon - eldest son and heir apparent. • Jonadab - cousin of Amnon. • Tamar - daughter of David and half-sister to Amnon. • Absalom - son of David and full brother to Tamar.
David’s Dysfunctional Family • A polygamous family. • Confusion of roles • Fertile ground for jealousy and favoritism
David’s Dysfunctional Family • A polygamous family. • A family with a past. • David’s sin with Bathsheba • The effect on David as father.
David’s Dysfunctional Family • A polygamous family. • A family with a past. • A family lacking parental authority. • David’s authority undermined.
Lessons to Learn • Honor the sanctity of marriage. • Hebrews 13:4 - “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”
Lessons to Learn • Honor the sanctity of marriage. • Honor God given roles in marriage.
Ephesians 5:22-24 - “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.”
Lessons to Learn • Honor the sanctity of marriage. • Honor God given roles in marriage. • Discipline your children. Ephesians 6:4“And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”