David and his ‘family’ are fleeing Jerusalem. Absalom has declared himself king. He is cunning and ruthless. In the midst of trouble help arrives for David and those traveling with him. Absalom plotted and schemed for four years to win the people’s hearts for himself. He used deceit and false promises. In other words, he […]
David is fleeing for his life again. Not from Saul but from his own son Absalom. Absalom has been working of stealing his father’s throne since coming back to Jerusalem. Without David’s approval or his knowledge, Absalom has been slowly turning the people to himself. “Things would be so much better if I were in […]
Absalom has killed Ammon. The intent to murder was two years old in Absalom’s heart; coinciding with the date Ammon raped Tamar. Now Absalom has to flee for his life. When we last left our story David had been told by a messenger that “all” his sons were dead. But Jonadab spoke up and told […]
Ammon receives judgement for the rape of Tamar. This is, without a doubt, first degree murder. He dies at the hand of Absalom. It has been two years since Ammon raped Tamar. Other than getting angry about the act we don’t see any other action out of David. We are told that Absalom never spoke […]
Nathan warned David that evil would rise up in his household for his sin with Bathsheba. We see the first of it as one of David’s sons, Ammon, rapes his half-sister, Tamar. Ammon, as far as I’m concerned, is a man with an evil heart. Sorry, I had to put that out there. Ammon is […]