There are so many examples in these passages of misplaced priorities. And then also a God King David.
In 2 Samuel 1, there is the Amelekite who mistakenly thought David would reward him for killing Saul. Ironic, given David had opportunities to kill Saul himself and never did. His reverence for God precluded taking God's anointed King's life. You can not always or perhaps ever overcome evil by squashing/killing it -- at least not without God's permission. Saul was so evil, so demented, etc., that it must have seemed logical to kill him given the opportunity, but no so. And so, the Amelekite paid with his life.
In 2 Samuel 2, note Asahel, who chased Abner with single-mindedness and relentlessness. His obsession with his cause, and not with the Lord, led to his demise.
In 2 Samuel 3, Joab killed Abner in revenge for Abner's killing of Asahel.
In 2 Samuel 4, Ishbosheth was killed by two men, who proudly took his head to David in anticipation of gratitude. They could not have possibly been in attendance when the Amelekite issue was resolved, eh?
People are constantly trying to fight someone else's battles aren't they?
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