Absalom : The Second Son Of King David

The events that happened during Ashurbanipal’s lifetime are still questioned today; but there are some things that are absolutely true about him. At a glance, Ashurbanipal was just the last great Assyrian king. Well, there is more than what meets the eye. Briefly, Ashurbanipal was an advocate in literature, a soldier, and an intellectual learner. This meant that even though he was tough on his enemies, he was also interested in the literary side of the world.

As it would appear under the mans rule, Elam, which was considered an unconquerable enemy to Assryia was destoryed, and conquered along with Urartu. The Assyrian Empire was starting to crumble towards the end of his reign, because the empire had grown too large to defend and far to difficult to care for and with his death, it fell apart in the end. As it would appear, the man was level-headed and fair to those that the man believed were his equals, but to those that ruled in forgien empires that were later conquered, the man was considered a horrid villain. Esarhaddon employed the same tactics as his father and soon so would his son, Ashurbanipal as the last great king of the Assyrian Empire, who was successful in batte and laid waste to various

David’s personal strife continued when his son Amnon raped Tamar, Amnon’s half-sister. Absalom, who was David’s son and Tamar’s brother, then killed Amnon. Absalom fled, but David could not stop thinking about him. Finally, Joab convinced David to allow Absalom to return. Absalom was a handsome man and became popular with the people of Israel. Then, 40 years after Samuel had anointed David king, Absalom, along with 200 men,

In both Mesopotamia circa 2100 BCE and Israel circa 367 CE, two very different forms of religion were being practiced. However, key concepts in both religions remain strikingly similar, and in some cases, nearly identical. The relationship between people and their deities is a strong one based entirely on literature, whether that be oral or written. And while this relationship is characterized mainly by love and admiration, fear of and punishment by deities was not an uncommon practice in any religion. The Epic Of Gilgamesh and The David Story both work to prove that the relationship between a people and the divine is characterized by both love for and fear of deities. This relationship based on love and fear directly impacts both the decisions made with the guidance of deities and the punishments inflicted for decisions made without approval of these deities.

In 2 Samuel the narrative shifts to the reign of David as he rises above Saul’s son Ish-bosheth to become the king, first of Judah and then of all the tribes of Israel (5:1–4). The book records David’s wars of conquest including the capture of Jerusalem and the relocation of the ark of the covenant to the City of David (6:1–19). But the author also records David’s failures: his adultery with Bathsheba (11:1–26), Absalom’s rebellion (15:1–18:30), Sheba’s revolt (20:1–26), and the disastrous census (24:1–25). Like all the prophetic writers, the author presents a portrait of his historical figures from the perspective of their faithfulness to God’s covenant.

Hammurabi, King of Babylon, created 282 laws for his people for 42 years, 4,000 years ago. He had created these laws so he could make sure the strong do not hurt the weak, these set of laws are called “ Hammurabi’s Code”. He claims that he was inspired by the god of justice, Shamush, to create these laws. Shamush and Hammurabi were carved on a stele. This stele has all of Hammurabi’s Code inscribed on a seven-foot basalt on a vascular plant. The stele has three parts. Carving a, the top of the stele, is an inscribed picture of Hammurabi and Shamush who is sitting on this throne. Next, we have carving b, which is the middle of the stele with scribes of the Prologue. Finally, the last group of carvings were the 282 laws Hammurabi had written.

King David wrestled with sin, such as adultery, family disorder, and rebellion on a national level, however he also experienced great accomplishments as well. One great achievement was the unification of Israel. "Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, "We are all members of your family. For a long time, even while Saul was our King, you were the one who really led Israel. And the Lord has told you, "You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be their leader" (2 Samuel 5:3). It is here that David makes a covenant with the leaders and becomes anointed as the

The voyage to lingering wage can be loaded with disappointment, shamefulness, and things in life that pitilessly attempt and keep us from being awesome. Oh my goodness the uplifting story of David and how he at long last came to enormity.

In the essays David's details of his life claim much more reliable for someone reading his essay: a true story of the author's life allows the reader to relate to the facts. He claims that his mother struggles to stay afloat financially and can only afford fast food restaurants. As a result, he became a "clumsy thrash tallow" (392). Within his personal narrative, he uses the image making it easier for the reader to imagine what he is missing during his narrative, he writes that adolescents who live like he will never cross "under the golden arches for a probable fate of lifelong obesity "(392). he makes use of this image so that readers can imagine someone walking under the golden arches of McDonald's and leaving the other side overweight and

By 704 BC, Hezekiah’s opportunity came. The assassination of Sargon II, lead to Sennacherib becoming the leader in Assyria. Under his leadership, he attempted to hold the Empire together. Due to Hezekiah wanting to relinquish his tides with Assyria, he withheld tribute. This was an open signal of rebellion. Other states in the area joined the rebellion and Hezekiah, in brokering an alliance with Egypt over the objections of Isaiah became the leader of the revolt. It took Sennacherib until 701 BC to quiet the other provinces sufficiently to turn his attention to Hezekiah. However, the Bible records an invasion of Sennacherib king of Assyria, in the 14th year of Hezekiah king of Judah. Assyrian records also give the account of the invasion of

Moses was a leader of the Hebrews and probably the most important figure in Judaism. He led the Hebrew people out of Egypt and into the Promise Land. His story is told in the book of Exodus, and begins when he was first born during the time that the pharaoh of Egypt declared that all male Hebrew babies were to be drowned at birth. Moses’ mother Yocheved, hid Moses and placed him in a basket in the reeds of the Nile River, where he was then found by the pharaoh’s daughter, who kept Moses and raised him as her own. In the story of Moses, he grows up and stumbles upon an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave. Out of anger Moses murders the Egyptian, and flees to Midian to escape his crime (Hays, 2000). In Midian, Moses rests besides a well,

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

Bathsheba was married to man named Uriah which is known as “ the Hittie”. The story is about betrayal, adultery, sorrow and murder.Bathsheba was the daughter of Eliam. Bathsheba was bathing naked in the court yard when King David saw her. They began a relationship and she soon became pregrant. King David brought her husband home from the war hoping that they would make love to pass the baby off as his instead of the kings. When that didn’t work King David came up with a plan to have him killed. He sent Uriah with his death note to his captain Joab to have him excute his plan. The king wanted to put Uriah in the fiercest part of the battle and retreat from him. After he was dead the king married Bathsheba and she moved in with him. Their child was born and died within a week. King David mourned over the death of his child. Nathan the prophet brought King David to the realization of all the evil he has done. God forgave David

Scholarship written on David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11 contains plenty of perspectives on the (ON THE WHAT OR WHO’S CHARACTERIZATION MAYBE. FOR ALL I KNOW YOU COULD BE TALKING ABOUT HERE CHAR. IN “BATHSHEBA GETS GANGBANGED 12”) characterization of Bathsheba and also on the ambiguous, adulterous act between her and David. These views characterize Bathsheba in many lights. While some scholars claim that Bathsheba was passive, raped and not at fault, others land on the opposite end of the spectrum and claim Bathsheba was active and consensual with a responsibility to a portion of the blame.

I like to read stories that have good endings, but some of the finest lessons we can learn come from stories with unhappy endings.