Absalom's Demise

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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# 201 - Absalom's Demise - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, As rebellion boils over, King David’s son Absalom rides toward ruin, tangled in pride, betrayal, and the forest that swallows his fate. In this gripping chapter of 2 Samuel 17–18, justice crashes into heartbreak, and mercy hangs in the balance between a father's love and a warrior's spear.Episode 201 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 5:18, “Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(02:07) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:56) Absalom's Demise(27:01) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:02.8	The elderly general slowly approached,
0:06.3	his white beard glowing orange from the firelight.
0:10.0	He was a regal-looking man, sturdy and stately.
0:14.7	Ahithafel, the grandfather of Bathsheba.
0:19.0	What do you want, Absalom?
0:21.2	The same thing you want, Ahithelphel, David off the throne.
0:28.2	My king, arise! They're coming for you!
0:31.4	What is the meaning of this?
0:33.0	Absalom, the people have turned. They chant his name in the streets.
0:37.0	He has declared himself king.
0:40.6	Are you going to fight them?
0:42.6	No. I'll not see Jerusalem become a field of civil war. That's what Absalom wants.
0:49.5	We flee now. Where's Joab?
0:53.0	Under the hush of twilight, King David stood at the edge of the
0:58.3	brook Kedron. Its course was steady, gentle, and tranquil. David looked out over the brook. The olive
1:08.1	groves and tall trees lay before him, the place that would one day be known as Gethsemini.
1:15.9	David then looked behind him, where his betrayers hoarded and conspired to kill him.
1:22.9	He was fleeing for his life, but it didn't feel right.
1:29.3	Who's trying?
1:31.3	Is that you?
1:32.3	I could never serve that snake while you still draw breath.
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