“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 […]

“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 Verse 18 tells us […]

“Yo’av sounded the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, because Yo’av held back the troops.  They took Avshalom and threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled a big heap of stones over him. All Israel fled, each one to his tent.“-2 Samuel 18:16-17 Yo’av was a smart general. As […]