Absalom and Achitophel advice of the double agent Hushai over the good advice of Achitophel. Achitophel, realising that the rebellion is doomed to failure, goes home and hangs himself. Absalom is killed (against David's explicit commands) after getting caught by his hair in the thick branches of a great oak tree: "His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on" (NRSV 2 Sam. 18:9). The death of his son, Absalom, causes David enormous personal grief. A second allegory in the poem, beginning on line 425, is the
Son of a Son of a Sailor Son of a Son of a Sailor Son of a Son of a Sailor is the eighth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in March 1978 as ABC Dunhill AA-1046 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA. "Son of a Son of a Sailor" reached #10 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart and #6 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart. The album was also certified "Platinum" by the RIAA. Three singles from the album charted including "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (#32 on the "Billboard Hot" 100), "Livingston Saturday Night" (#52 Hot 100;