Again, Abishai sought David’s permission to kill him. However, when David was returning to Jerusalem, Shimei came to meet him and asked for forgiveness. He insulted David so much that one of his men, Abishai, sought David’s permission to kill him, but David objected. He never believed David would return to the throne. Unlike Barzillai, he had thrown stones at David and those with him and cursed David after his escape from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13). The third person David talked to Solomon about was Shimei. What consequences will your actions have on your children? Barzillai’s children reap the positive consequences of their father’s good deed. Therefore, he told Solomon, “But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother” (1 Kings 2:7 New King James Version).īe careful what you do to and for people there are consequences. He went with David.Īpparently, David wanted to reciprocate Barzillai’s kindness more after his death. Rather, he asked Chimham to go with David so that David could do whatever he wanted to do for him (2 Samuel 19:31-40). He wanted Barzillai to return with him to Jerusalem, but he refused because he was 80 years old. Barzillai had shown kindness to David, supplying him with provisions, after he had escaped from Jerusalem following the rebellion of his son, Absalom (2 Samuel 17:27-29).ĭavid never forgot Barzillai’s kindness, which he had tried to reciprocate while returning to Jerusalem after the rebellion had been put down. However, his action was positive, and so was the consequence. The second person David talked to Solomon about in 1 Kings 2:5-9 was Barzillai. Joab, who had also supported a wrong candidate for the kingship, Adonijah, instead of Solomon, was killed thereafter (1 Kings 2:28-34). Solomon did exactly as his father had said. However, Joab never escaped the consequence. There were no immediate consequences when Joab took those actions, which upset David at the time. Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace” (New King James Version). And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.
However, David never forgot his actions.ġ Kings 2:5-6 says, “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he killed. It seemed as if there would be no consequence. He appeared to have gotten away with these separate evil acts.
He had killed two army commanders in peacetime. David, in his last recorded action before he died, told Solomon, his son, who succeeded him, to visit on the identified people, the consequences of their actions. In 1 Kings 2:5-9, the Bible mentions three people who had taken three different actions in the past. If you want good consequences, be sure your actions are right. Whoever sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7). If you desire a good harvest, sow good seed. Once there is seedtime, there must be harvest as well (Genesis 8:22).īe careful about your actions.
Galatians 6:7b says whatsoever a man sows that he will reap. You cannot escape, or avoid the consequences of your actions, except by the mercy of God, in the case of negative consequences. The Bible makes the principle of actions and consequences very clear. The consequences will manifest at the appropriate time.Ĭonsequences can be positive or negative. If you don’t see the consequences immediately, or any time soon, don’t be deceived. They have results though, sometimes, they may not be evident immediately. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit” (Galatians 6:8 New Living Translation).Īll our actions have consequences. “Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful desires will harvest the consequences of decay and death. TOPIC: ALL YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES