Day 126 – February 13, 2024: I Chronicles 16-20 and Psalm 29

We continue to look at the life and times of David and his kingdom. We see that David is a bit perplexed that he is able to live in a beautiful house made of cedar, but God, in the ark of the covenant, is still living in a box with a moveable tent. He beseeches God that he be allowed to make him a house worthy of who he was. But God says no, you will not build a house for me. But you will have a son and he will be the one who will build a house for me. David continues to defend the kingdom. He has a close friend in a fellow king who dies. He sends consolation to his son, but the son listens to his advisors who tell him that David wasn’t actually sending condolensces, but rather checking out the strength of their kingdom. That wasn’t the case, but they were determined to teach David a lesson. They humiliated the messengers of David.

Well, David wasn’t excited about that and wiped them out. Yeah, so that happened, and another chronicle takes place. Don’t sleep on Psalm 29. Powerful.