Episode 58 - Solomon's Wisdom: Blessing or Bane

Episode Summary

This Podcast features a story in which King David allows his estranged son, Absalom, to return to Jerusalem. But the father and son relationship is so soured that the two have almost no contact. In time, Absalom does much more than refuse to speak to his father. Absalom begins to solicit support from Israelite citizens in an effort to undermine his father. The plot eventually works. King David is forced to flee Jerusalem, thus allowing Absalom to take over. What had begun has a conflict in a single family has now affected all of Israel. A divided family has given way to a divided Israel. This is narrated in 2 Samuel 13 and 14.

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