@theaibibleofficial: Download the PRAY.COM app for all the Bible in a Year content 🙏 How did Absalom's rebellion end in one of the most haunting deaths in the Bible? Day 107 of Bible in a Year with Jack Graham | The King's Son HANGING from a Tree Experience the cinematic retelling of 2 Samuel 18-19 📖 In this episode, the battle between David's forces and Absalom's army finally arrives. David divides his men into three companies under Joab, Abishai, and Ittai. But before they march out, David gives one command above all others — deal gently with the young man Absalom for my sake. Even now, the father loves the son who betrayed him. The battle takes place in the forest of Ephraim, and the fighting is devastating. Twenty thousand men fall that day, and the forest itself swallows more than the sword. In the chaos, Absalom rides beneath a great oak tree, and his head catches in the thick branches. He is left hanging between heaven and earth — suspended, helpless, alive. When Joab hears, he does what David begged him not to do. He drives three spears into Absalom's heart while he still hangs in the tree. The rebellion is over. A messenger races to bring David the news. And when the king hears that his son is dead, he does not celebrate the victory. He climbs to the room above the gate and weeps — O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom. Would I had died instead of you. It is one of the rawest expressions of grief in all of Scripture. 2 Samuel 18-19 reminds us that victory and grief can exist in the same moment. Sin always carries a cost, and even when God's purposes prevail, the consequences of broken relationships leave scars that only He can heal.

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