The Bible Story - Civil War Threatens - Basil Wolverton - August 1967

Basil Wolverton

David was warned that Absalom, his son, was near and would probably try to attack Jerusalem in a violent effort to seize the government of Israel. King David and hundreds of his faithful subjects, soldiers and servants and their families hurriedly moved out of the city so that it wouldn't become a scarred site of battle, (II Samuel 15:13-23.) When David realized that the ark was being taken from its place in Jerusalem, he was very upset. King David's Secret Agent. "Don't bring the ark out of Jerusalem," David told the priests, Zadok and Abiathar. "Return it to where it was. It shouldn't be exposed to the uncertainty of travel. We should rely on God, not the ark." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library