Guiding Questions: II Samuel 16

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What words characterize David’s emotional disposition in this chapter?
  2. What is the Hebrew word the text uses for figs? Why does it use this particular word?
  3. Note I Kings 2:8 for David’s ultimate attitude towards Shimi.
  4. What was the nature of Achitophel’s counsel to Absalom? Why would this advice “strengthen” the hands of all that were with Achitophel?
  5. II Samuel 15:22 reads, “and Absalom lay with his father’s concubines with the full knowledge of all Israel.” How is this a fulfillment of Nathan’s prophesy? (See II Samuel 12:11.)

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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