Wednesday Bible Study: The Return of the King

But unlike Tolkein, it ' s not the triumph of good over evil. I wouldn ' t want any of these assholes for a king. This chapter is confusing, and it has a couple of sub-plots of no particular relevance. As usual, the scribe has evidently cobbled together material from various sources without much concern for continuity. This begins with David mourning Absalom and quite evidently not giving a shit about the army that brought him victory. So Joab sets him straight and tells him to stop his whining and accept his responsibility. 19 It was told Jo ′ab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Ab′salom.”2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”3 And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Ab′salom, O Ab′salom, my son, my son!”5 Then Jo ′ab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives and your concubines,6 because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you; for today I perceive that if Ab ′salom were alive and all of us were...
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