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Analysis of 2 Samuel 18 — A Forest That Eats Men, a Prince Hanging in Midair, and a Father’s Cry Beyond the Gate: When Victory Sounds Like Grief

Pr Enos Mwakalindile
Jan 10
1 min read

Chapters feel like a battle hymn.

2 Samuel 18 feels like a funeral bell hiding inside a trumpet.

A king stands at a gate like a man guarding his own heart.

A forest opens its mouth.

A mule runs on.

A son is left between sky and soil—

and a kingdom learns that you can win a war

and still weep like you lost everything.

Analysis of 2 Samuel 18 — A Forest That Eats Men, a Prince Hanging in Midair, and a Father’s Cry Beyond the Gate. Warriors on horses race through a forest. One grabs a branch, wide-eyed. Dust swirls as they charge forward, conveying urgency and chaos.

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