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David is about to receive some of the worst news of his life, that Absalom is dead. But, in one of the more interesting passages in Second Samuel, there is a bit of a competition as to who will carry these sad tidings. On this week’s podcast, we explore possible motivations for Ahimaaz to want…

As we go back to Second Samuel 18, we return to the issue at hand. In the apparently very thick and treacherous wood of Ephraim on the eastern side of the Jordan in the land of Gilead, Absalom meets his end.

David is now sidelined in his running from Absalom, and this gives him an opportunity to write psalms. Today we look at Psalm 3, and relate what David says (and sings!) with what happened in Western North Carolina last year, the disaster called Helene.

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:…

The last of the suicides recorded in the Bible is that or Judas Iscariot. This week we study this aspect of Judas in depth.

Perhaps the most obscure of the seven suicides in the Bible is the one of short-lived king Zimri of the northern kingdom of Israel. Zimri was only king seven days, but he fully undid all that Elah and Elah’s father Baasha had done, even to destroying the elaborate palace Baasha had built in Tirzah. This…