CHAPTER XXIII.
_ ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH._
2 Samuel 18:1.
WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit
across David's soul between his flight from Jerusalem and the battle
in the wood of Ephraim, it is plain both from his actions and from his
songs that his habitual frame w... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXIV.
_ DAVID'S GRIEF FOR ABSALOM._
2 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 19:1.
''NEXT to the calamity of losing a battle," a great general used to
say, "is that of gaining a victory." The battle in the wood of Ephraim
left twenty thousand of King David's subjects dead or dying on the
field. It is rem... [ Continue Reading ]