Who were King David’s enemies? (2)

Who were King David’s enemies? Why did he have so many enemies? Why do these questions matter?

This is the second part of the series on King David. In the first article, I identified four of David's enemies. They were Goliath, Absalom, Saul, and Joab. These characters are real people in David’s life but also represent enemies of different kinds. The external enemy, Goliath, was easy to identify and fight. The rest were all so-called ‘enemies within,’ and how to handle them was unclear. Absalom was the one whom David loved the most, but he ended up betraying him by…