About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

2 Samuel 12:1-31 David’s Consequence for Killing Uriah

 

David’s Consequence for Killing Uriah

2 Samuel 12:1-31       The Book of 2 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord sent Nathan, [the prophet,] to David & he [went] to [David] & said, There were 2 men in 1 city: the one rich & the other poor. 

The rich man had [exceedingly large] flocks & herds, but the poor man had nothing, [except for] 1 little [female] lamb, [that] he bought & nourished [it] up & it grew up together with him & his children. 

It [ate] of his own [food] & drank [from] his own cup & [slept in his arms] & was [like] a daughter to him. A traveler came to the rich man & he [refused] to take [a lamb from] his own flock & herd to [prepare] for the [traveling man who had] come to him. 

[Instead, he] took the poor man’s lamb & [prepared] it for the man [who had] come to him. 

And David’s anger grew [strong] against the man & he said to Nathan, As the Lord lives, the man [who] has done this thing shall surely die & he shall restore the lamb 4 [times over,] because he did this & had no pity.

And. Nathan said to David, You [are] the man. The Lord God of Israel says [this,] I anointed you king over Israel & I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. And I gave you your master’s house & [his] wives into your [arms] & gave you the house of Israel & Judah. 

If that [wasn’t enough for you,] I would’ve given you [much more.] [Why] have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do this evil in His sight? 

[2 Samuel 11:2-3 And David sent & [inquired about] the woman. 

And [someone] said, Isn’t this BathSheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite? And David sent messengers & took her to him & he [was intimate] with her; for she was purified from her [monthly] uncleanness & she returned to her house.]

You have killed Uriah, the Hittite, with the sword & have taken his wife to be your wife & have killed him [by] the sword of the children [people] of Ammon. [2 Samuel 11:15 And he wrote in the letter saying, [Put] Uriah in the front of the hottest battle & [withdraw] from him, [so] he may be struck down & die.]

Therefore, now the sword shall never [leave] from your house, because you have despised Me & have taken the wife of Uriah, the Hittite to be your wife. The Lord says [this, Watch,] I will raise up [calamity] against you out of your own house. 

I will take your wives before your own eyes & give them to your neighbor & he shall lie with your wives in [broad daylight.] For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel & before the sun. And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. 

And Nathan said to David, The Lord has also put away your sin & you shall not die. [However,] because you have given [many reasons for] the enemies of the Lord to [disrespect & blaspheme Him.] Also, the child that is to be born to you, shall surely die. 

And Nathan [returned] to his house & the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife [bore] to David & it was very sick. Therefore, David [pleaded with] God for the child. David fasted & went in & lay all night on the [ground.] 

The elders of his house arose & went to him to [get] him up from the [ground,] but he wouldn’t [get up] & neither did he eat bread with them. It [happened] on the 7th day, the child died.

[David’s] servants [were afraid] to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, [See,] when the child was [still] alive, [David] wouldn’t [listen] to our voice when we [spoke] to him. 

Will he [harm] himself if we tell him the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, [he realized] that the child was dead & said to his servants, Is the child dead? They said, He is dead. 

Then, David [got up] from the [ground] & washed, anointed himself & changed his [clothes] & came into the house of the Lord & worshiped. Then, [David went] to his own house & when he [requested] they set bread [in front of] him & he [ate.] 

Then, his servants [asked David,] What is this thing that you have done? You [fasted & cried] for the child while it was alive, but you [rose up & ate] bread when the child was dead. [David] said, While the child was [still] alive, I fasted & [cried, because] I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me & the child may live? 

But now, he is dead, [why] shall I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him [in death,] but he shall not return to me. And David comforted BathSheba, his wife & [was intimate] with her. 

She [bore] a son & [named him] Solomon & the Lord loved him. [David sent word at] the hand of Nathan, the prophet, to [name him,] Jedidiah, [that means: Beloved of the Lord,] because of the Lord.

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the [Ammonites] & took the royal city. And Joab sent messengers to David & said, I have fought against Rabbah & have [captured the city’s water supply.] 

Therefore, now gather the rest of the people together & [set up camp] against the city & [capture] it: lest I [capture] the city & they [name it after me.] And David gathered all the people together & went to Rabbah & [attacked & captured] it.

[David] took their king’s crown off of his head. [Its] weight was a talent of gold & it had precious [gems.] [The site: julianspriggs.co.uk says a talent of gold weighs about 75 pounds.] 

It was [put upon] David’s head. He brought the [plunder out] of the city in great abundance. He brought [out] the people [who were in there] & put them [to work] with saws, iron [picks] & iron axes & made them [cross over to] the brick kiln.

[David] did the [same to] all the cities of the children [people] of Ammon. So, David & all the people returned to Jerusalem.