What is it that helps David look to the LORD in all this? It’s because he knows that Absalom, with all his scheming, isn’t sovereign. Only God is sovereign. David didn’t just know the truth of that in a general way, but specifically. After his sin with Bathsheba, the LORD had told him through Nathan the prophet: ‘Behold I will […]

David is the Lord’s anointed. Even when David knew it was God’s will for him to be king one day, he refused to put out his hand and touch Saul. Because Saul was still the Lord’s anointed. But Absalom has no such qualms. And now David has to leave the city of David. He’s a fugitive once again. He knows […]

The final string to Absalom’s bow in v5 is to pretend to be a man of the people. Whenever someone comes near to him to pay homage, to bow down before him perhaps, Absalom instead reaches out and hugs and kisses him. He doesn’t have any airs or graces. It’s easy for Absalom to do. He doesn’t have any other […]