Absalom Poems - Poems about Absalom

...Irksome: In a crusade for Christ The Awesome, Openly kissing a man who looked handsome Like king David’s charming Absalom, Evangelism describing as cumbersome And concerned brethrens as troublesome! And as though food Demons h......Read More

...DAVID’S LAMENT (FOR ABSALOM) What voice is that beneath the wild thorn trees, Where birds go up and broken branches swing? Ah, words......Read More

...nts in countenance. Above King David cutting gallantry That earns a subject panegyric commentary… The monarch by his Absalom was mortally scared; The barks of all trees are to their enemies bared. ......Read More

...muel 17:14 … For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel … to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. July 9, 2019 ......Read More

...s an anger of entangled wind caught among the twigs. It, too, was caught and trying to tear itself free, the wind, like Absalom. How cold the anemones looked, bobbing their naked white shoulders over crinoline skirts of green. But they stoo......Read More

...Through the gates of Absalom, steed and gate did ride, charging fast and furious o'er centuries gone by; peace did shout in vain, the Li......Read More

...late solace in that Field of Mine? If they nod will it She while on this turn, southbound daffodil urn? Are we fish Absalom? Crib conspirators he marshes in poison? Anachronic foils arsenic royales docile incomplete Iliad catacombs? ......Read More

...ion Isaiah prophesied the suffering of the Lord Jacob succeeded in prevailing with God Kidron brook where David from Absalom fled Luke the gospel writer and physician well read Matthew followed Jesus call to leave his tax Nehemiah sou......Read More

... Consumption now man’s all in all, Our value we would rather steal, Than substitutes for love resist? And thus with Absalom we crawl. How strong the Love that we ignore In gentle grace or servant’s smile? God give us strength to se......Read More

...s, Eternal must the pledge be, or Risk betrayal's scourge sinuous. It is at the pit, against the fiery horde That Absalom dulls the finest sword This is what it takes to stand at my side Antagony to injustice is my cause Knell my......Read More

...what it means to live by God’s Word’s lamp. King David to, trusted in the provision of the Lord while running from Absalom, his son, David also came to Mahanaim and found restoration, healing, and the battle now won. Now, in these......Read More

... King David and Absalom… From King David, his son Absalom was named. He lived under the rule of his father’s reign. He grew up lo......Read More

...illed by his enemies’ hands.. The consequences of his sin was later explained. His first born died, and his son Absalom was slain. Once his sin was conceived, it brought heartache and death. Sin is always this way-- until you......Read More

... Absalom’s Rebellion After Amnon raped Tamar, who was Absalom’s beautiful sister, Absalom plotted to kill His inces......Read More

...eba's husband to be killed. The consequences of his sin was later explained. His first born died, and his son Absalom was slain. Once his sin was conceived, it brought lust and soon death. Sin is always this way-- until you......Read More