Describe The Relationship Between David And Abaslom

Over the course of this semester, I was reminded of different characters from the Bible that I remember learning about from religion class growing up. I was reintroduced to Samuel, Saul, David, Jonathan, and Absalom. Learning about these characters now was different then learning about them when I was younger because I have developed more as a person and now see things differently than before. I was able to make new connections for these biblical characters as well as learn new things from analyzing these characters during our class discussions.
Samuel is considered a “miracle child” because his mother Hannah was unable to have children but God answered her prayers and opened her womb and giving birth to Samuel. From a young age, Samuel always was able to hear …show more content…
Abaslom was very fortunate to have David as a father because he enjoyed the riches that came with having a father that was a king. The relationship between David and Abaslom wasn’t the best after Absalom’s half brother Amnon raped his sister Tamar. After this incident, Abaslom grew very angry and his anger led to him killing Amnon two years down the line. Abaslom then fled to Geshur where his hate towards David grew more because of how David never protected his sister from Amnon. The reason I believe David didn’t really protect Tamar was because David committed a sexual sin himself with the case of Bathsheba. Abaslom then declared himself a king and wanted to overthrow his own father as a result of this hatred that built inside of him. In comparison to the father son relationship of Saul and Jonathan, David wasn’t as harsh as Saul was towards Jonathan. David loved his son with all his heart and didn’t want Abaslom to be hurt from the counterattack. When David heard that Abaslom had died as a result, he had a great amount of grief and mourned his son’s death. I felt that David blamed himself for what happened and he wished he could’ve done things differently with his