A Shepherd, a Thorn, and Jesus' Hometown (Paid Version)
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost- 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13
2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 1
This was David’s third anointing. The first was by Samuel, when David was just a young shepherd boy (1 Samuel 16). The second was by the elders of Judah, his home tribe when they wanted him to become their king at the age of thirty (2 Samuel 2:1-4). Now, finally, he is anointed by the elders of Israel. David is now officially the…