1. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25

2. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 C. H. Spurgeon ~ "These men came to David when his fortunes were at the lowest ebb, and he himself was regarded as a rebel and an outlaw, and they remained faithful to him throughout their lives. Happy are they who can follow a good cause in its worst estate, for theirs is true glory."

3. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25

4. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Eleazar (God is my help) son of Dodo (beloved or his uncle)

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6. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Three ~ probably thirty (as in NIV margin)

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8. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 He moved David NASB ~ and it (God's anger) incited NIV ~ and he incited 1 Chron. 21:1 ~ Now Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to take a census of Israel.

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10. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Ex. 30:11-12 ~ 11 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 12 "When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them."

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12. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Ps. 20:7 ~ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

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14. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Seven years of famine ~ should be three years (as in NIV)

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16. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Araunah ~ Ornan (1 Chron. 21)

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18. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Wiersbe ~ "A cheap sacrifice is worse than no sacrifice at all." Adam Clarke ~ "He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing: nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing."

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20. 2 Samuel 23:8- 24:25 Jebus (the City of David) Present walls of the “Old City” Mt. Moriah Calvary Temple Mount area

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