Psalm 3 - Trouble in the family
A psalm of David.David | Background Context David was Israel's golden boy, their mighty warrior. His trouble started 'in the spring, at the time when kings go off to war' (2 Samuel 11:1). David's comander Joab, and David's men and the whole Israelite army went off to fight the Philistines but David remained in Jerusalem.
David loves Absalom, and rather than face him in battle he abandons Jerusalem. As David runs away:- Ahithophel, David's Chief advisor (and Bathsheba's granddad) defects to Absalom's side. Then, he is told that Mephibosheth has also defected, (Mephibosheth is his best friend Jonathan's son - whom he adopted as his own after Jonathan's death). Then, Abishai one of Saul's family pelts him with stones and dung calling him a murder and saying that The Lord has done this to him. There is betrayal on every side. 2 Samuel 13-16 |

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