“But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, ‘Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he his honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?'” (ESV – Read the chapter)
According to the wisdom of the world, the best way for a new leader to establish himself in his position and among his peers is with displays of power and strength. Hanun was convinced by his counselors that in order to show the world that he was a king not to be trifled with, he needed to respond to David’s offer of sympathy after the death of his father by treating the servants sent to bring the message poorly and humiliating them. The message was: This is what will happen to your whole kingdom if you mess with me. His counselors apparently didn’t know much about David. Read the rest…
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