Positivity Successor - Episode 283 - Positivity Successor (2 Samuel 18-19)

Episode Date: April 4, 2026

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Hey, positive people. Welcome to positivity successor. Schedule us from Monday through Sunday, including holidays, every season, every year, according to leap year. Thanks for tuning to the light changing podcast. God bless. Amen. Have a positive day. Welcome to positivity successor episode 283. Continuing on with the Bible. Let's get into it. Absalom's death, 18. David Mustard, the men who were with them,

and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. David sent the troops out, a third under the command of Jeweb, a third under Jeweb's brother Abbas Chai, son of Zerulia, and a third, under Ty, the Gidite. The king told the troops, I and myself will surely march out with you. But the men said, you must not go out.

If we are forced to flee, they won't care about us. Even if half of us die, they won't care, but you are worth 10,000 of us. It would be better now for you to give us support from the city. The king answered, I will do whatever seems best to you.

So the king stood beside the gate while all the men marched out and units of hundreds and of thousands. The king commanded Joab Abashai and Etai, Be gentle with the young man, Absalom, for my sake. And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders. The army marched into the field to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

There the army of Israel was defeated by David's men And the casualties that day were great 20,000 men The battle spread out over the whole countryside And the forest claimed more lives That day by then sword Now Absalom happened To meet David's men

It was right in his meal and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in mid-air, while the mule he was riding kept on going. While when one of the men saw this, he told Joab, I just saw Asselaam hanging in an oak tree. Joab said to the man who had told him this.

What? You saw him? Why didn't you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels. I was silver in a warrior's belt. But the man replied, even if a thousand shekels weighed out were weighed out into my hands, I would not lift my hand again. the king's son, in our hearing the king commanded you in Abashai and Etai,

protect the young man Absalom for my sake, and if I had put my life in jeopardy and nothing is hidden from the king, he would have kept your distance from me. Joab said, I'm not going to wait like this for you, so he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom's heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree. And ten of Joab's armor bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him. Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel before Joab halted them. They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest, and piled. up a large heap of rocks over him.

Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes. During his lifetime, his Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the Kings Valley, has a monument to himself, for he thought, I have no son to carry on the memory of my name. he named the pillar after himself and it is called Absalom's monument to this day. David mourns.

Now Ahemaz, son of Zadok, said, let me run and take the news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies. You are not the one to take the news today, Joab told him. You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today because the king's son is dead. Then Joab said to a Kushite,

Go, tell the king what he have seen. The Kushite bowed down before Job and ran off. Hamas son of Zadok again said to Jabab, Come, what may. Please let me run behind the Kushite. But Joab replied, my son why do you want to go you don't have any news that will bring you a reward he said come what may i want to run so toub said run then a hemaz ran by the way by way of the plane not ran the kushite while day was seen between the inner and hour gates the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall.

As he looked out, he saw a man running alone. The watchman called out to the king and reported it. The king said, if he is alone, he must have good news. And the man came closer and closer. Then the watchman saw another gate running. And he called down to the gatekeeper. Look, another man running alone. The king said,

He must be bringing good news too. The watchman said, It seems to me that the first one runs like Hamas, son of Zadak. He's a good man, the king said. He comes with good news.

The name is called out to the king, all is well. He bowed down before the king with his face to ground and said, Praise be to the Lord your God. He has delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord the king. The king asked, is the young man, Absula, safe?

Ahemaz answered, I saw a great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king's servant. And me, your servant, but I don't know what it was. The king said, stand aside and wait here. So he stepped aside and stood there. Then the Kushite arrived and said, My lord the king, hear the good news. The Lord has delivered you today from all who rose up against you. The king asked the Kashite.

Is the young man, Absalom, safe? The Kushite replied, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man. The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway, and wept. As he went, he said,

Oh, my son, Absalom, my son, my son, my son, if only I had died instead of you, Oh, Absalom, my son, my son. That's where we're going to stop. We'll pay back up with 19. Life in Bible times. The city gate.

Doors or gates in the walls of the city were very heavy. Some were made of stealth. several inches thick and were as high as 10 feet tall. Others were made of thick wood strengthened with strips of iron. In Bible Times, the men of the city met at the city gates. They're talking to do business with each other. And judges 16, pages 286,

he can read about a strong man who carried a city gate 30 miles. Thanks for tuning to our interesting Bowery. Marks with back of the reflections at yourself in the mirror to all the beautiful and handsome people out there because you're a work in progress and we'll get to where you want to

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