{"id":5989,"date":"2017-06-06T09:53:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=5989"},"modified":"2017-06-06T09:53:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:53:44","slug":"and-his-father-had-not-rebuked-him-at-any-time-by-saying-why-have-you-done-so-1-kings-16-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/and-his-father-had-not-rebuked-him-at-any-time-by-saying-why-have-you-done-so-1-kings-16-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, \u201cWhy have you done so?\u201d&#8217; (1 Kings 1:6 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"7b5bj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7b5bj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7b5bj-0-0\">When King David was old, his son Adonijah decided to make himself king. He followed the tactic of his rebellious older brother, Absalom, and started riding around Jerusalem in a chariot with fifty men running before him. As before, David was passive and did nothing to stop his son&#8217;s behavior. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"adfsu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"adfsu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"adfsu-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"k5vd-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"k5vd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"k5vd-0-0\">Fortunately, Nathan the prophet worked to remind David of his promise to make Solomon king after him. Following a carefully worked out strategy, Nathan and Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, went to David and helped move him to action. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"epati-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"epati-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"epati-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"boq3l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"boq3l-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"boq3l-0-0\">Great leaders and warriors don&#8217;t necessarily make great fathers. And they rarely do a good job at preparing their organizations for a smooth and successful succession. Yet, God gave David excellent counselors, such as Nathan, who helped make the transition from David to Solomon the most successful succession in all of Israel&#8217;s history.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"a2ie6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"a2ie6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"a2ie6-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"25r7j-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"25r7j-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"25r7j-0-0\">Starting well is good, but finishing well is even better.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fsln5\" data-offset-key=\"255ec-0-0\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When King David was old, his son Adonijah decided to make himself king. He followed the tactic of his rebellious older brother, Absalom, and started riding around Jerusalem in a chariot with fifty men running before him. As before, David was passive and did nothing to stop his son&#8217;s behavior. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Nathan the prophet worked to remind David of his promise to make Solomon king after him. Following a carefully worked out strategy, Nathan and Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, went to David and helped move him to action. <\/p>\n<p>Great leaders and warriors don&#8217;t necessarily make great fathers. And they rarely do a good job at preparing their organizations for a smooth and successful succession. Yet, God gave David excellent counselors, such as Nathan, who helped make the transition from David to Solomon the most successful succession in all of Israel&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Starting well is good, but finishing well is even better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1278],"scripture-chapter":[1334],"oyb_day":[1684],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5989","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-1-kings","scripture-chapter-1334","oyb_day-june-6"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/5989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}