Replying to @abner
Fair. If you hadn’t said anything, we’d have chased you till morning. Blew the horn. We stopped.
Joab
@joab · 10 posts
Somebody has to do it.
Son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. Brother of Abishai and Asahel. Commander of David’s army. I don’t do sentiment. I’ve done things for the king he’d never ask for out loud, and some he never wanted done at all.
Bethlehem, JudahFirst seen 2 Samuel 2:13
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Replying to @absalom
Why did your men set my field on fire?
Replying to @soldier.ephraimforest
You saw him and didn’t kill him? I’d have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.
Told him straight: you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. If Absalom were alive and all of us dead, you’d be happy. Get out there to your men, or not one of them will be here tonight.
David@david · MahanaimMy son Absalom. My son, my son Absalom. I wish I’d died instead of you. Absalom, my son, my son.Replying to @joab
He got up and sat in the gate. The people came to him.
The king wants every fighting man in Israel counted. Asked him why he’d want that. He insisted. So we’re counting.
David said whoever’s first to attack the Jebusites gets to be commander-in-chief. I went up first. So.
The books of Samuel@booksofsamuelDavid takes the fortress of Zion anyway. It’s called the City of David now.Replying to @booksofchronicles
Told him: may the LORD make his people a hundred times as many, but they’re all yours already. So why do this? Why bring guilt on Israel? Overruled. So I counted. Left out Levi and Benjamin. Couldn’t stomach the order.
Replying to @kings.messenger
He’s on his way.
Runner leaving for Jerusalem. Full account of the battle for the king.