The Reconciliation

Allowing himself to be prevailed upon to recall Absalom, David instructed Joab to bring him again. But the king would not admit him into his presence. "Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face." Such was the mandate. "So Absalom re­turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face." Let us understand this word of the king. Let us grasp its implications for Absalom. Allowing himself to be prevailed upon to recall Absalom, David instructed Joab to bring him again. But the...