2 Samuel 15:14
"And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword."
David faced many battles in his lifetime.
2 Samuel 13:3
"But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man."
The story of Amnon is a very tragic story.
2 Samuel 2:8
"But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;"
We often tell people, "Don't rush to judgment."
1 Samuel 31:9
"And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people."
One of the tragedies about Saul's fall from grace is that sin won.
1 Samuel 15:9
"But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly."
Sin is an every age and every person problem.
1 Samuel 3:3-4
"And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I."
Do you remember the first time the LORD spoke to your heart?
Judges 14:16
"And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?"
Samson's
marriage with this young lady started out wrong.
Judges 8:21
"Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks."
During the conquer of the Midianites, Gideon captured their princes and put them in prison until he finished the battle.
Joshua 13:1
"Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed."
They say that things get better with age, and most things should.
Joshua 4:4
"Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:"
It could be that one of the reasons Joshua was the most qualified to lead Israel after Moses went to Heaven was because he didn't wait until he was in a leadership role to train others.