3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but did not lie with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.
Ok, I'm guessing he did this because his son slept with them publicly. Maybe he didn't like them so much, so that's why he left them behind when he left the palace. You'd think if they were important to him, he's have brought them with him?
Why put them under guard? Why confine them? If he doesn't like them anymore, why not let them go? I mean it's nice he provided their material needs, but what kind of a life was it, to be confined for something you really had no control over?
Then David sends Amasa out to generate an army and gives him 3 days, because they want to go after a dude named Sheba. But he takes too long, so David tells Abishai to go out with an army. Then at some point Amasa catches up to the other army and Joab assassinates him. Apparently Joab festered some resentment at Amasa being put in charge in Chapter 17. When people who are on the same team treat each other like this, what does that say about the team? We are all so flawed.
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