2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
During the civil war between the house of David and the house of Ishbosheth for the throne of Israel, two servants of David snuck into Ishbosheth’s house and assassinated him in his sleep. Rechab and Baanah, the assassins, brought the head of Ishbosheth to David, expecting a reward. However, they were executed on the spot. The messenger that brought David the news of Saul’s death had been executed. Did they expect anything different?
One would have thought that in both instances David would have been glad that his enemy was dead. But no, instead of rejoicing in the defeat of his enemy, David was indignant that a righteous person was slain. Instead of a reward, the killers received the death penalty. The human mind cannot understand a believer with a heart for God. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, saith the Lord.” What seems right to a man are usually not the ways of God. “As for God, his way is perfect.”
Many times the exigencies of life appear to justify, or at least excuse, sin. But the response of David was that the Scripture cannot be broken, and he would see it from God’s point of view. May God grant us such a heart.