CONTENTS
The afflictions of David are not over, and therefore in this chapter
we are presented with the preliminary step leading to a new scourge.
By the ministry of Joab methods are adopted for a reconciliation
between David and his son Absalom. The king permits him to come back,
and after some li... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said
unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now
mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman
that had a long time mourned for the dead: (3) And come to the king,
and speak on this mann... [ Continue Reading ]
(12) Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one
word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. (13) And the woman
said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people
of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in
that the king doth not... [ Continue Reading ]
(18) Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me,
I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let
my lord the king now speak. (19) And the king said, Is not the hand of
Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy
soul liveth, my lord... [ Continue Reading ]
(21) В¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this
thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. (22) And Joab
fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the
king: and Joab said, Today thy servant knoweth that I have found grace
in thy sight, my lord, O k... [ Continue Reading ]
(24) And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the
king's face. (25) But in all Israel there was none to be so much
praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to
the crown of his head there... [ Continue Reading ]
(28) В¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not
the king's face. (29) Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent
him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again
the second time, he would not come. (30) Therefore he said unto his
servants, See, Joab's field... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
BLESSED Jesus! Let me find grace from thee, dearest Lord, in the
perusal of this chapter, to consider how very like to Absalom my heart
is, when by sin and shame I have been running away from thee. But how
superior, dearest Lord, art thou to the tenderness of the tenderest
parents, in c... [ Continue Reading ]