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JOAB INTERCEDED FOR ABSALOM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
2 SAMUEL 14

Ecclesiastes 3:10-14

“I know that,
whatsoever God doeth,

it shall be for ever…”

JOAB INTERCEDED FOR ABSALOM
 
Absalom had gone into self-exile after killing Amnon. He was guilty of shedding blood, thus he took refuge at Geshur. Joab was David’s captain of the hosts. It was after three years and the matter of Amnon was nearly forgotten. It was then that Joab perceived that the heart of David was towards Absalom. Thus, he planned to bring him back to Jerusalem. He used a wise woman to talk to the king in a parable to the effect that he might allow his son to return from exile. The king was persuaded, and he told Joab to fetch Absalom from Geshur. Absalom came but could not see the king. This was part of the disorder in David’s house. It was only after two years that Absalom was able to see the king.
 
Joab brought up the matter of Absalom in a parable through a wise woman. Joab was always busy with his duties as the head of the hosts. He talked with the king regularly about the affairs of the nation. The predicament of Absalom could not escape their attention as he was the king’s son; and in addition, he was the prospective king of the nation after his father. He had been in exile with his mother’s kin at Geshur.
 
Joab perceived that the king was concerned for his son. He sought a way for the king to allow his son to come back. He was not sure how the king would react to the suggestion, so he devised a parable. He then put it in the mouth of a wise woman. She came to the king as if she had a case that required his attention. She said that she was a widow and that she had two sons who strove in the field and in the end, one killed the other. The people and the law demanded that the murderer should also die. Then the woman would lose both sons. She was pressed to deliver him to be killed. That would mean there would be no heir in the woman’s family. But the woman had more to say.
 
THOUGHT: There is always hope because God is there.

PRAYER: Father, give me answers in all circumstances.

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