Reading for May 20th

Read 2 Samuel 15.1-12
In 15.1-12: The revolt begins.
In verse 1: The chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead were trappings of kingship (1 Kings 1.5).
The fifty men were probably royal bodyguard.
In verse 5: Absalom would not allow anyone to bow or do obeisance to him but fashioned himself as a "man of the people."
In verse 6: Stole the hearts is translated "deceived" in Gen 31.20 and its appropriate here also.
In verses 7-10: Hebron was the capital of Judah, where David had been made king of both Judah and Israel and had rule Judah for seven years.
Absalom was mirroring his father's rise by declaring himself king in Hebron.
His revolt, however, was not limited to Judah but spread throughout all the tribes of Israel (v. 10).
In verse 8: Geshurwas the Aramean city-state where Absalom fled after killing Amnon (13.37-39.
In verse 12: On the great wisdom of David's counselor, Ahithophel, see 16.15-23.
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