October 29, 2019: Day 45 – II Samuel 14

King David often seems to find himself in situations where people accuse him of wrongdoings but they do so in parable form.  Here an ally of Absalom lines up a woman to ask for a ruling from King David, which in turn would actually be a ruling against him.  David is once against convicted of his sin just as he was in regards to Bathsheba and with the census later on.  As a result Absalom is allowed to return back into the fold.  But as soon as he returns into the fold, or at least two years after he returns to the fold, he starts up trouble.

He burns the fields of the person who got him accepted by David, Joab, because he refused to answer when he called him.  As a result it actually worked!  Absalom is called before David and David kisses him as sign of being accepted.  If you look at vs.25 it is a bit curious that he is described as “beautiful… from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.”  Don’t forget Absalom’s daughter Tamar.  She will come into the story a little later on.