“Trembling, the king went up to the room over the gate, weeping and crying, ‘Oh, my son Avshalom! My son! My son Avshalom! If only I had died instead of you! Oh, Avshalom, my son, my son!’”-2 Samuel 19:1 One famous rabbi has pointed out an interesting aspect of the word “trembling” that begins verse […]

Today, we begin 2nd Samuel Chapter 19. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “Trembling, the king went up to the room over the gate, weeping and crying, ‘Oh, my son Avshalom! My son! My son Avshalom! If only I had died instead of you! Oh, Avshalom, my […]

“Then Achima‘atz the son of Tzadok said, ‘Let me run now and bring news to the king that Adonai has judged in his favor by releasing him from his enemies.’”-2 Samuel 18:19 In verse 19, the High Priest’s son, Achima’atz, was so excited that the war was over and David had won. He wants to […]

“In his own lifetime, Avshalom had taken and raised for himself the pillar which stands in the King’s Valley; because he said, ‘I don’t have a son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he named the pillar after himself, and it’s called Avshalom’s Monument to this day.“-2 Samuel 18:18 People say the monument […]

“In his own lifetime, Avshalom had taken and raised for himself the pillar which stands in the King’s Valley, because he said, ‘I don’t have a son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he named the pillar after himself, and it’s called Avshalom’s Monument to this day.“-2 Samuel 18:18 There’s another reason rooted […]