V.1-5 David makes his plans.
V.6-18 The climax arrives. Absalom who was such a tricky, vain and wicked man, dies by hanging on a tree; his head (his intelligence) caught in the branches. We might be wondering why God gives us all these details. What do they mean? If you will look on your chart (“C, D, E”) you will see the period of time called the “tribulation.” It takes place just after all the believers in the Lord Jesus will be caught up suddenly to heaven (maybe today!). Then a man will appear on earth in Israel who will claim to be the “Messiah” (2 Thess. 2:7-10). He will be allowed by God to “steal” the hearts of millions of people by deceiving them into thinking that he is the promised One. Then he will suddenly change and announce he is against God. He is the “Antichrist” (1 John 2:18; 4:318Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? (John 2:18)
3He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. (John 4:3)) the Lord Jesus will cast him alive into hell (Rev. 19:2020And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20)). There he is called the “false prophet.” “E” on chart.
So now we can better understand that Absalom is a picture of this man.
V.33 Whether David should have felt the way he did, is doubtful. The Lord had brought punishment on Absalom, and probably he should have been thinking God’s thoughts more. Nevertheless, it shows us David’s tenderness.