O Absolom my son! My son, my son Absolom!

14 Jun


I’ve was struck by the David and Absolom narrative. King David’s guilt in Uriah’s death had not only immediate consequences in the death of his child born by Bathsheba, but also had reverberations throughout his entire family.

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One Response to “O Absolom my son! My son, my son Absolom!”

  1. Harold 06/16/2011 at 12:58 pm #

    You’ve worked out this father son relationship in a wonderfully surreal meeting of mournfulness and regret between follicles and fear.

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