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Podcast: Gilbert House Fellowship
Episode: O Absalom, My Son, My Son!
Description: DAVID WAS NOT a good father. That’s obvious from the way his own children treated each other—and him.Sometimes, kids turn out badly despite their parents’ best efforts. David seems to have been unable to discipline his sons. Amnon, his eldest, raped his half-sister, Tamar, and was murdered by David’s second son, Absalom. After a few years in exile, he returned to Jerusalem and began plotting to overthrow David, who, as we read last week, fled Jerusalem to spare the city the devastation of war. This week, we...