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ABSALOM WAS KILLED IN BATTLE
LORD’S DAY, SEPTEMBER 6
2 Samuel 18

Proverbs 7:1-4

 

“Keep my commandments,
and live; and my law as

the apple of thine eye.”

 

ABSALOM WAS KILLED IN BATTLE
 
At the initial stage, a large number of soldiers was killed on the side of Absalom. The counsellors of Absalom defied divine will in supporting the son of David whom the Lord had not appointed. Needless to say, they were destitute of communion with God.
 
Absalom did not protect himself from the men of war. Kings in ancient days led their armies in the war front, but they took care to ensure their own safety. Lack of experience allowed Absalom to be exposed and endanger his own life. He rode upon a mule without personal security. He did not know how to escape in the woods. He was the son of a king and perhaps he had not bothered to learn the basics about military operations. He was caught in a branch of an oak tree as he rode the mule in the forest of Ephraim. The mule ran away and he was left hanging on that branch. He was too ambitious and did not pay attention to the precautions needed in war.
 
When Absalom was caught in the tree branch, he could not free himself. One of the men of David saw Absalom hanging and informed Joab. The chief captain of David’s army was determined to see Absalom dead for he saw that this would lead to the end of the conflict. Joab told the man who reported about Absalom that he should have killed him. The man protested that they all heard the king charging the captains not to touch Absalom. Joab and his men then slew Absalom, and blew the trumpet to announce the end of the war. He defied the king’s order!
 
THOUGHT: The higher law of God overrides the lower law of man.

PRAYER: Father, show me what to do in matters of life and death.

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