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Unethical Leadership of David Produced Ineffective Followership of Joab

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The primary purpose of this chapter was to examine both the unethical leadership of King David in his sin with Bathsheba and the response of ineffective followership of Joab, the captain of the Armies of Israel. A historical-grammatical hermeneutical analysis from the text from 2 Samuel 11:14–25 was done as Osborne (The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Downers Grove, IL/New York: InterVarsity Press/Harper Collins, 2006) outlined the hermeneutical process. An examination of the pericope revealed the ethical leadership crisis of King David in his adultery with Bathsheba and orders sent to Joab to have her husband, Uriah, killed on the front lines along with other Israeli soldiers. The ineffective response of the followership of Joab revealed a lack of courage and ethics for the purposefully killing of Uriah without cause or understanding. Finally, the link between unethical leadership and unethical ineffective followership was demonstrated from the analysis of the text.

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Oates, A. (2020). Unethical Leadership of David Produced Ineffective Followership of Joab. In: Winston, B.E. (eds) Leadership Growth Through Crisis. Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25439-1_11

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