King David’s family was very
dysfunctional and it was only the grace of God that the throne of
Israel was not removed from the family. David was a tremendous man
of war and skilled in leading his armed forces but he failed
completely when it came to his own family. His great mistake was
that he married seven women, and as his wives aged, he added ten
concubines with whom he also had children. Each wife was given her
own living quarters but he was limited to the amount of time he
could spend with each wife and the children he fathered. Trouble
soon manifested itself in the form of incest but David let it slide
and the result was that Absalom executed his half-brother. David saw
that his family was falling apart and did not take any decisive
action but let it deteriorate. He was played the fool multiple times
and showed his weakness in family matters by doing nothing and the
result was self-inflicted soul damage. |
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