Abishai called out once more, softly this time. Admiration flashed across his face. “Good King, thank you.” “For what?” the puzzled king asked as he turned back in the doorway. “Not for what you have done, but for what you have not done. Thank you for not throwing spears, for not rebelling against kings, for not exposing a man in authority when he was so very vulnerable, for not dividing a kingdom, for not attacking young Absaloms who look like young Davids but are not.” He paused. “And thank you for suffering, for being willing to lose everything. Thank you for giving God a free hand to end,
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