2 Samuel 14
It sounds like David wished (perhaps in the presence of Joab) that Absalom could return home but did not dare declare that he would protect Absalom from any who would want to Gage revenge upon him for Amnon.
I’m confident that Absalom thought five years of not seeing the king a light sentence for being able to revenge his wronged sister by killing his wicked half-brother.
I find the description of Absalom’s beauty to be interesting as emphasis is placed on how heavy and full his hair is such that he has to cut it yearly (apparently that was quite often).
After his role in bribing Absalom home it is interesting that Joab would ignore Absaloms requests to be visited until Absalom finally had his servants set Joab’s barley field on fire.
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