Beautiful hair should tangle in the oak and Lead him a helpless prey

2 Samuel 18:1-15
So the king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands.
The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Be gentle with they young man Absalom for my sake.”
There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men and the casualties(killed or injured) that day were great - twenty thousand men.
The forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.
Joab killed Absalom in the oak tree. Even the first one of the men saw what had happened. He obeyed the command of David.
David’s defeat of Absalom is God’s victory. Joab’s Orders are to spare David’s son, but he is shrewd enough to see that only the death fo the pretender - or the king - can settle the issue. David did not forgive Joab for Absalom’s death. It was ironic that the young man’s beautiful hair should tangle in the oak and leave him a helpless prey.
Why?
David loved his son even he was multinational to him. But Joab did not care king’s command, he insisted to kill Absalom, to gain his own prophecy. Joab may capture Absalom and don’t have to kill him. This war will ended either.
Fighter in the forest let people died in the environment instead by the sword. This war is good to David’s troops.
David knew what is happened as the Lord knew what happened among us.
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Here shows David has ability to lead the army and reorganize his troops. David even like to fight with emend. But people like David should be a leader and stay in town. It shows the love from his followers.
Here is focus on how the Absalom died and how the reaction of Joab.
God uses forest to help David’s troops.
神使用環境成為我們的幫助，致勝的因素。神使用讓我們絕望的環境。
押撒龍的頭髮顯示他的生命力，他也以此為傲卻成為致命的原因。神賜我們恩賜，但是我們可以使用神賜的恩賜不能靠恩賜，我們可以使用神賜我們的外表，口才卻不能靠這些。我靠什麼東西，就會被這些東西擊敗。唯一可靠得是神自己。人想用方法解決問題，最後卻被自己的方法先解決掉。彼得用自己的方法來抵抗。  押撒龍靠魅力，外表，靠能力，靠地位來爭王位最後卻敗在自己的頭髮。
約押認為押撒龍不利國家。不殺押撒龍對君王的他不利，殺押沙龍對父親的他不忍，這是大衛犯罪後必須付出的代價，刀劍不離開你的家。我們每個人犯錯都要付出代價。求神當我們犯錯時所承擔的代價不超過我們所能承擔的的。
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How?
Don’t proud with any goodness or gift from the Lord, for we are the servant of the Lord.