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I was in exile from my father for quite a long time. Dad was surely devastated over the death of Amnon. To me that was unbelievable! I mean, sure, Dad is a very loving man and it is natural for a father to love his own children, but good grief, Amnon RAPED Dad's DAUGHTER and my SISTER! How could anyone love anyone like that? I knew Dad was angry that I killed Amnon and that I went behind his back and took the law into my own hands, but I also thought he should get over his anger and let bygones be bygones. After all, being angry with me wasn't going to bring Amnon back, and I wasn't the least bit sorry for standing up to my sister. Dad had already lost two sons--the first son he had conceived with Bathsheba (they now had another son, Solomon) and Amnon. Why should he cause himself any more grief and devastation? Why not just let me come back so I wouldn't be lost to him, either? After a time Dad's sorrow over Amnon was eased, and I thought to myself, "This is great! He will surely let me back into the palace now that the God he turns to has comforted him over losing Amnon!" (Dad served the God he served. I wasn't really much of a person who made my father's God a big priority in my life.)
Well, I talked to Joab, the commander of Dad's army, and told him I really wanted to go home. Joab said he would let my father know and went back to my dad. When Joab came back to me, he told me that Dad would let me come back but that he didn't want to see me. He's just mad, I told myself. I'll keep asking Joab to let me go home and see if persistence pays off. That's just what I did, but no matter how often I requested to go home, Joab would not give in. He was very loyal to obedience to my dad, and if Dad didn't want to see me, so be it, as far as Joab was concerned. I, however, was never a man to take no for an answer. "If I can't get Joab to do what I want by trying to use reason and persistence, I guess I'm just going to have to get a little tough," I told myself. I sent some guys out to set Joab's barley field on fire. As smoke rose in the air and flames engulfed my dad's army commander's barley field, Joab finally agreed to let me go back home to my dad.
Joab, however, never forgave me for what I did. I know that's why he's approaching this terebinth tree right now. He sees that he finally has me where he wants me, seeing that I am pretty much helpless because I am dangling from this tree by my hair.
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