Joel M Bradshaw

1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.–1 Chronicles 20

1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 11)

1. These appear to be the start of the same event.
2. The 2 Samuel passage is the beginning of the infamous Bathsheba adultery episode.
3. The chronicler seems to just want to highlight David’s military victory.
4. Both episodes mention that kings usually go out to battle.
5. Both episodes mention that David stayed home, as if that was significant.
6. Discipline maintains healthy, repeatable habits and is often broken when those routines are broken.
7. What healthy routines do you maintain? Where in your life are you slipping with regards to discipline?–JMB