A Woman Saves the Day in Absalom

In 2 Samuel 8, 15 through 18, we have a list similar to the list we're about to look at of the people who were put over various aspects of David's government. And Joab was on that list as were some of these new names as well. But the reason this is significant here is it's sort of a bookend. This is said to be kind of the, the true end of the narrative. Then what we have in chapters 21, 22, 23 and 24, it's often referred to as a, an appendix, if you will, to, to the book. So this is sort of, if you think consecutively of David's reign, this is