“Thrice Speared"

October 5, 2018

“Thrice Speared"

Blessings folk!

Twenty-thousand men died in the battle that day.
The forest killed more than died by the hand of man.

It was sad, serious bloodshed.

Remember David’s commandment
Read what happened to Absalom.

2 Sa 18:9-15

Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David.
For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going.

When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

Then Joab said to the man who had told him, “Now behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

The man said to Joab, “Even if I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect for me the young man Absalom!’

“Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life
(and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”

Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor gathered around
and struck Absalom and killed him.

Absalom encountered the servants of David.
He encountered the battle.
Apparently he fled.
We see who was in charge - the mule.
The mule fled into the woods.
Absalom’s pride cost him his life - his hair.

2 Sa 14:25-26

Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.


And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it;
when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head,
two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.

His thick, strong hair was suspending him from an oak.

You saw what happened.

A man saw Absalom.
He reported to Joab.
Joab berated the man for not killing Absalom.
The man boldly stood his ground on the truth.
David had requested that they be careful with Absalom - not kill him.
The commanders heard it.
The people heard it.
The man refused to harm the son of the King…by the word of the King.
The man also knew…and said…that if he had harmed Absalom, Joab would have left the man hanging…stood aloof.

The man was more righteous than Joab.

Joab took care of the matter.
He speared Absalom three times.
Then the ten men who carried Joab’s armor…really?…lot’s of armor…the ten men mutilated Absalom.

All against the direct word of the King.

Wonder how this will go…

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