{"id":962,"date":"2012-04-24T05:42:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T12:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=962"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:33:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:33:45","slug":"2-samuel-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/24\/2-samuel-14\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Samuel 14<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Depending on how the preposition\u00a0in verse one is rendered, this chapter takes two differing views. If the preposition\u00a0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc is translated\u00a0“toward,” which is contextually difficult, the meaning is that David desired to have Absalom in his presence. However, is refusal to\u00a0meet with him when he returned to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14.24). The preposition most likely should be\u00a0translated “against,” which better fits the passage. For the rest of Absalom\u2019s life, he and David were at odds with each other. He would not allow Absalom into his presence, Absalom rebelled against David (see our study of 2 Samuel 15), and Absalom died tragically in rebellion to David (see our study to come on 2 Samuel 18 and The Consequences of Sin [study to come]). Through the deceit and duplicity of Joab in this chapter, David granted Absalom\u2019s return. There was not repentance on Absalom\u2019s part and not reconciliation on either part. Absalom was next in line to be\u00a0king, Joab was playing both sides of the field and was not above deception to obtain favor in the eyes of both David and Absalom. In using this woman, he played on David\u2019s emotions and upon a real experience David had. Nathan was a prophet through whom God spoke to convict David of his sin (see our study of 2 Samuel 12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). The woman of Tekoa was used to play on this real experience in David\u2019s life. She told him things that would get his emotions playing on who his son was and the need to see him no matter the cost. It would cost Absalom his life, David\u2019s relationship was never restored with Absalom because they never sought reconciliation. They did not discuss the sins nor seek forgiveness for them.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Even though Absalom goes before David with obeisance, there is no repentance. Nothing biblical occurs.<\/p>\n

Absalom\u2019s character surfaces at the close of the chapter (25\u201333). He is good looking, charismatic (in the true sense of the word-drawing people to him), deceptive, and cruel.<\/p>\n

There are times when people play on our emotions and on our real experiences in order to manipulate us into doing something which seems right in our eyes (Read Judges<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>) but in the end it is destruction (<\/span>Proverbs 14.12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). This is syncretism at its peak. Be careful of things that you want to hear (<\/span>2 Timothy 4.1-5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>) that do not align with Scripture. This is Satan\u2019s number one ploy. In this chapter David\u2019s trusted nephew was the source.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are times when people play on our emotions and on our real experiences in order to manipulate us into doing something which seems right in our eyes (Read Judges) but in the end it is destruction (Proverbs 14.12). This is syncretism at its peak. Be careful of things that you want to hear (2 Timothy 4.1-5) that do not align with Scripture. This is Satan\u2019s number one ploy. In this chapter David\u2019s trusted nephew was the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,5],"tags":[244,36,238,336,339,247,246,19,105],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2-samuel","category-daily-studies","tag-absalom","tag-david","tag-forgiveness","tag-judges","tag-proverbs","tag-reconciliation","tag-repentance","tag-syncretism","tag-timothy","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}