Reading for May 26th

Read 2 Samuel 18.1-18
In 18.1-1910: The defeat and death of Absalom.
In verses 1-8:By following Hushai's advice to delay in Jerusalem, Absalom gave David the opportunity to regroup his forces and to choose a battle site.
David and his men used the rugged forest of Ephraim to counter the large numbers of Absalom's army.
In verse 9: The mule was the royal mount for King David and his sons.
Thus, Absalom's unseating from the mule symbolizes his loss of the kingdom.
his predicament, being caught by the head, reminds on of his glorious hair (14.26) and suggests that his pride was his downfall.
In verse 14: Spears may also be translated "sticks."
Apparently, Joab stabbed or struck Absalom with them in order to dislodge him from the tree and finish him off (v. 15).
In verse 17: Burial under a heap of stones was a sign of a cursed person (Josh 7.26).
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