David’s friend Hushai gives Absalom some ‘helpful’ counsel. Only it is helpful for David, not Absalom. Ahithophel’s counsel would have helped Absalom better. Thank God he didn’t listen! Now that Absalom has raped David’s concubines he wants to know what to do next. He turns again to the two counselors with him; Ahithophel and Hushai. […]
David is running from his son Absalom. Meanwhile, back in Jerusalem, Absalom makes his entrance. He seeks counsel on how best to twist the knife in David’s heart. Absalom worked for four years getting the people of Israel to like him better than his father, David. As David was leaving he sent one of his […]
David is fleeing Jerusalem with his ‘family’ because Absalom is taking the kingdom. On the way to safety, one of Saul’s servants rains curses down on David’s head. We have med several people with David as he flees the city. All the previous encounters were positive. Ittai the Gittite threw his lot in with David […]
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 […]