Thematic Bible: Exile
Thematic Bible
Exile » Absalom
The woman said: Have you been hurting God's people? Your own son had to leave the country. When you judged in my favor, it was the same as admitting that you should have let him come back. We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God does not take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.
The king said: Absalom should return to his own house. Do not let him see me. So Absalom returned to his house. He did not see the king.
Verse Concepts
Exile » Ittai
The king asked Ittai from Gath: Why should you go with us? Go back, and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland.