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ABSALOM KILLED THE END OF AN UNFILIAL SON

Absalom Killed The End Of An Unfilial Son. Joab said, “I will not waste time with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive [and caught] in the midst of the tree. And ten young men, Joab’s armor bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him.

THE HELPERS OF THE KING

The Helpers Of The King. After they left, Jonathan and Ahimaaz came up out of the well and went and informed King David, and said to David, “Arise and cross over the Jordan River quickly, for Ahithophel has advised [an attack] against you.”

ABSALOM RETURNS TO JERUSALEM THOUGH UNREPENTANT

Absalom Returns To Jerusalem Though Unrepentant. So Joab came to the king and told him. Then David called for Absalom, and he came to the king and bowed his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom

JOAB’S PLEA FOR THE FUGITIVE ABSALOM

Joab’s Plea For The Fugitive Absalom. Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

DAVID’S CHILD DIES HE ACCEPTING THE LORD’S JUDGMENT

David’s Child Dies he Accepting The Lord’s Judgment. David said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, ‘Who knows, the LORD may be gracious to me and the child may live.’But now he is dead; why should I [continue to] fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him [when I die], but he will not return to me.”

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, ADDING BLOOD-GUILTINESS TO ADULTERY

David And Bathsheba, Adding Blood-Guiltiness To Adultery. In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. He wrote in the letter, “Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and leave him, so that he may be struck down and die.”

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, GIVING REIN TO SELF-INDULGENCE

David And Bathsheba, Giving Rein To Self-Indulgence. David sent word and inquired about the woman. Someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And when she was purified from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

DAVID DEFEATS AMMON AND SYRIA

David Defeats Ammon and Syria. But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.

JOAB MURDERS ABNER A TREACHEROUS REVENGE

Joab Murders Abner A Treacherous Revenge. So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he struck Abner in the abdomen so that he died, to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

SHALL THE SWORD DEVOUR FOR EVER?

Shall The Sword Devour For Ever? Then Abner called to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long [will it be] before you tell the people to stop pursuing their brothers?”