2 Samuel 18
Were Joab’s actions in killing Absalom necessary? Would Absalom have died just hanging on the tree? On the other hand, killing him might have been more merciful than letting him hang. I wonder if Joab felt some remorse for having taken the initiative to bring Absalom back from exile in the first place.
I wonder why David mourned so much for Absalom. It can be explained away as simply the grieving of a tenderhearted parent but Joab apparently thought it excessive considering that Absalom had tried to overthrow David. I’m undecided as to how much Joab was right to curtail David in his mourning.
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