2 Sam 1-3 - Altruism and Politics

The readings - Day 95 - 2 Samuel 1-3

When we last left Saul and Jonathan, they were dead.

They're still dead.

But what I wanted to bring up again was how that happened. At the end of 1 Sam, Saul's sons are killed in battle, and the enemy's coming for him, too, so he asks his armour bearer to kill him so that he's not killed by his enemies. His armour bearer declines, so Saul offs himself. His enemy, deprived of the opportunity to actually kill him, instead parades his bits all over their kingdom.