Today, I am reading and commenting on 2 Samuel 18-19.

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When David learned that Absalom had been killed, he went into a room and wept.  As his warriors returned from battle and learned that he was in mourning for Absalom, they came into the city quietly rather than rejoicing over their victory.  Joab pointed out to David that by doing so David was communicating that those who had fought for him ought to be ashamed for being happy that they had lived.  Further, Joab told David that if his men had failed to defeat Absalom, the rest of David’s sons would have been killed, as would have David’s wives.  If Absalom had won everyone else David loved would have died.  David needed to put aside his personal feelings for the good of those who had supported him.  We need to be willing to do likewise.  We need to be willing to put aside our personal feelings for the good of others.

I had mentioned in yesterday’s study that what Ziba told David about Mephibosheth when David was fleeing Jerusalem was not consistent with what Mephibosheth said upon David’s return.  I misspoke partially when I said that we are not given any basis to know who was telling the true story.  In today’s passage the writer tells us that Mephibosheth had not taken care of himself from the time David had fled Jerusalem until he returned.  That suggests that Mephibosheth was genuinely distraught by Absalom’s coup and the danger which David was in.

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