Prayers against ancestral sin

Prayers against ancestral sin

Read 2 Samuel 21

1. The land of Israel experienced famine because Saul committed cold murder against the Gibeonites – vs.1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lordanswered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2. To appease the Gibeonites, David asked for their requirement for an atonement.
3. The Gibeonites requests for sevens sons of Saul. This request was granted, and the seven sons were eventually handed over to the Gibeonites, who put them to death by hanging.
4. This is an additional posthumous tragedy to Saul in addition to the earlier loss of Jonathan and Ishbosheth.
5. The lesson here is that sons can, at times, bear the sin of parents. You need to pray not to pay for the sins of your ancestors.