2 Samuel has all been leading to this…. The tragic, irreversible, and avoidable end of David’s insurrectionist son, Absalom. In many ways, the in-fighting between King David and his son were ‘the perfect storm’… a confluence of details that caused an impossibly difficult scenario that, SPOILER ALERT, will end in tragedy. What can we learn from this? How can we avoid situations like this in our lives?