David ‘heard about all these things, and he was very angry’, v21. That’s good. But that was all he did, and that’s bad. David becomes the third father in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel to ignore the sin of his sons. The first was Eli, then Samuel, and now David. All believers. All saved men. Yet they had […]

Amnon has committed a crime for which he will be murdered before too long. Tamar’s hopes and dreams for the future are ruined. And who’s behind it all, humanly speaking? Who facilitated it all? Jonadab. He’s one of those snake-like characters who always come out of things unscathed. He does the whispering. He pulls the strings. But he doesn’t get […]

In a matter of minutes, Tamar’s whole life is in tatters. She went along to do a good deed, and she finds herself trapped, ignored, raped, despised, banished and ruined. For many who read these words, it will be painfully close to home, and perhaps bring back memories of a time when they experienced something very similar. Certainly, there are […]