Absalom stole Israel and drove King David, weeping and barefoot, out of his own city. His once-trusted counselor, Ahitophel, turned traitor and told him to go into David's tent. And in the tangled woods of Ephraim, Absalom found himself caught and hanging between heaven and earth from a tree.
In this verse-by-verse Messianic Bible study through 2 Samuel 15–19 with Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky, we walk through David's flight, the loyalty of Ittai the Gittite, the betrayal of Ahitophel, and the rebellion and death of Absalom. We uncover the shocking thread that connects Ahitophel, Absalom, and even Judas: each one hung from a tree, cursed by God. But there was another who hung on a tree who willingly became the curse for you and me: Yeshua.
