September 6, 2013 – 1 Chronicles 19 – 21:13

What an odd strategy by the Aramians. They have a new king and were at peace with Israel. Then they take servants of David and disgrace them. Then when the realize that, oops, this offended David, they get their army and go out to attack David. Even if David had sent the servants to spy on the country, you should still wait for David to show his hand. They anticipate David is spying, so they act, then they believe David is upset, so they attack. And then they are soundly beaten, twice, and all because they were overeating to the actions or future actions of Israel. They couldn’t have acted any more like they wanted a fight, but if you pick a fight, you better be sure you can win, which they couldn’t.