Tuesday, April 12, 2011  Ancient Israeli politics......
Douglas said...  I've wondered about Joab from time to time. It
should be noted that he pretty much saved the Kingdom for David
after Absalom's rebellion. That should count for something. But
getting away with murder? It should also be noted that David
instructed Solomon to execute Joab. I'm unclear as to why David
didn't execute Joab. Was it buck-passing to have Solomon do it?
Bike Bubba said...  My guess is family again, but then again,
yours is as good as mine. David needed full support of his
family to keep power, and it was only late in his reign that he
had enough support from outside to eliminate Joab.  And a man,
who, being 40 years younger than Joab, had nothing to fear,
physically, from him anymore.  Bike Bubba said...  Doug, dunno
if you're still following this, but I read this morning perhaps
why Solomon was told to deal with Joab; Joab had taken sides
with Adonijah to try to set up Solomon's brother as king instead
of Solomon.  It sug