While the Bible says many other things about suicide, now that we’ve covered all seven the the Bible directly mentions, we’re going to return to the main subject, that of the life of David. After Ahithophel leaves Absalom, the focus of the narrative returns to David, who numbers the people and sets up three generals: Joab, Abishai, and Ittai the Gittite. David is determined to lead the whole army in battle, but the people talk him out of it. This whole mess started with David staying away from the war; now David is reminded of that by staying away from the war.
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