Skip to main content

Sons of the Flaming Throne 3 – Ch. 4 | KT OLLA

THE newborn cry came at last. And there it was—a pretty child, a son, a prince.

King David and Bathsheba broke down in tears. It was the tears of a surprised joy.

Now Bathsheba loved her child more. But David loved him so much more.

It was peace that the monarch and his wife felt. Everything happening then was peace.

Then, to crown the ruler’s rest, David gained dominion over the last territory to be controlled on Israel’s soil. It was a gentile nation called Ammon.

The king had ordered Joab his commander to lay siege on Rabbah the capital of Ammon.

The siege was laid and had lasted quite a while; the water source captured and its supply cut off.

With this progress then, Joab sent message to David to come down and take the city himself.

Then that time when David’s prince was born, the ruler hurried down to Rabbah and conquered Ammon himself.

That time was the end of war for David’s men, the beginning of peace for his reign...

So the ruler looked back and recalled that God had foretold that day.

He remembered the words:

Indeed, you shall have a son, who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from all his enemies all around.

His name shall be Peaceful, for I will give Israel peace and quietness in his days.

Again, the promise came dropping from the lips of Nathan the prophet of God. It was before the beginning of these beginnings.

Now, David returned home after the conquest of Ammon, fully convinced the prince had come, the son of peace.

So he named him Solomon, which is to say, Peaceful. And the speakers of Jerusalem’s dialect would say, Salemon.

Even still, peace wasn’t the only thing the child brought. For when Nathan later went with greetings, he called the prince, Beloved.

For he told them: ‘I heard my God call him this today!’

Yes, that statement floored everybody. It was the sort of graciousness which David and Bathsheba hadn’t ever seen of God.

They’d never heard He could love what they loved, even far more than they wanted it.

That week the monarch surprised everyone, too, as he chose to copy this.

For David pronounced Bathsheba the queen consort. And he was no longer shy to make her lead.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sons of the Flaming Throne 2 – Ch. 20 | KT OLLA

DAVID had been reigning for about forty years already. And in those years of his reign in Israel, soldiers have stood and fallen for him. The warlord had conquered lands, conquered nations. He’d taken territories, subdued enemies. Yet as the monarch grew older and nations bowed to him, there remained no wars to fight; and so his valiant men had nothing doing. His soldiers settled in families and kept livestock. They became shepherds and keepers of vines. The great ones among them got involved in public duties and administration. Still, there were a few who didn’t change with the changing tide. And chief among them was Joab, commander of the army. No, it wasn’t that the man didn’t settle down with family or other civil matters. But Joab wasn’t quite settled enough when it came to his heart and attitude. The old man had been quite loyal to David through the long years. But ever since the time that wars were done with, he had lost his sense of purpose. Joab wasn’t all that interested in n...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sons Of The Flaming Throne – Ch.50 (Final Episode) | KT OLLA

PRINCE S’alom was beaten once; and then a second time. It was by two things that baffle the mind. For not only was he shocked that his men kept running for their lives. As they fled when they were chased past; and he wished they could stop to help. But now he was even more dazed when he saw that his father’s men left him hanging. He realized that those boys weren’t sent to kill him. Yes, the Third One knew this from the start. That if David had wanted him dead, he’d have been long dead and buried. Now it was clear that he’d been taking advantage of the just man’s goodwill. And this he knew himself. The prince faced this truth; so it knocked him off that David was still being kind. No, he’d so taken things for granted. Therefore, it happened that one of the chasers who ran past returned to find Joab when he saw the prince hanging. He told the captain what he saw and assured him the prince wasn’t dead. Now when the general saw that the boy didn’t kill him, he went all mad and furious. ‘W...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sons of the Flaming Throne 2 – Ch. 9 | KT OLLA

ABISHUM wasn’t done speaking. So she picked up on the matter as things were bound to change. She spoke: ‘See, it was a bedroom cry for Aleph. But not until the day things were shoved in her face… ‘And that day she gave up on hoping! ‘Well, what Aleph thought was the reason why Beth couldn’t marry, was different from what it was with people. ‘She used to think it was because there was no man in her house to ask the daughter from. As is our customary practice in Israel.  ‘But when a drunken man shoved it in her face one night, it hurt her too much what people say. ‘“No one will marry your daughter, woman! Why will anyone do? When death hides in her bosom like it hid in yours. Or why did your husband die? ‘“Look, if you don’t know it – your family is cursed! You only have one child in a nation of plenty. ‘“God has prospered Israel with many children like the sea sand. But what do your family bear? Only one! ‘“So, who will want your cursed daughter for his son to love? You really don’t...
Post a Comment
Read more