2 Sa 15:13-18

Then a messenger came to David, saying,
“The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem,
“Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom.
Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

Then the king’s servants said to the king,
“Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”

So the king went out and all his household with him.
But the king left ten concubines to keep the house.

The king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Now all his servants passed on beside him, all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king.

What was David’s response?
He prepared and fled.
He ran.

The great David.
The great Warrior.
The Victor over Goliath.
The Victor over the enemies of Israel.

This David, now ran in advance of his own son.

David feared.
He feared that Absalom would not allow any of them to escape.
They would die.

David feared that Absalom would quickly over take them and bring calamity upon the city.
He would strike the city with the edge of the sword.

Where are David’s mighty men?
Where is the army?
Where is David’s trust in the Lord?
Where is David’s seeking of the Lord?

David packed up all his household, even the 600 men that had done great things with him, and they left.

David only left ten concubines behind.
This would be an interesting thing soon…

David was scared.
He fled.
Unusual…

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