CHARACTER NEEDED – BIBLE SKETCHES
Character Needed,
by Robert Allen, published by Regular Baptist Press, includes 33 skits
illustrating the truths of each of the verses in Proverbs 15. These Character
Needed – Bible Sketches are designed to accompany those contemporary plays,
illustrating the same character traits by use of a Bible story.
CHARACTER NEEDED
ABSALOM’S FOLLY
Proverbs 15:21
II Samuel 15:1-6;
18:9-18
Character Trait: Wisdom
Cast of Characters
Shuah
Isabel
Narrator
Servant
Benjamin
Absalom
Joab
SHUAH: Look! There he is!
There’s Absalom!
ISABEL: I
see him.
SHUAH: Isn’t
he handsome? Look at that long, wavy
hair.
ISABEL: Yes,
and beautiful too.
SHUAH: Where do you suppose he is
going? It looks like he’s going to stop
right here in the gate. Look,
Isabel. He’s sitting down right in the gate
of the city. Let’s move closer so we can
get a better look.
NARRATOR: Dozens of men and women crowded
near the gate of the city of Jerusalem
when they saw that the king’s son Absalom was there. He was one of the princes and the king’s sons
didn’t usually spend their days sitting in the gate. But it wasn’t long before they found out what
was going on.
SERVANT: Ladies and Gentlemen.
SHUAH: Does he mean us?
SERVANT: Ladies and Gentlemen. Prince Absalom is going to be your judge
today.
ISABEL: Oh, isn’t that
exciting. The king’s own son is going to
listen to all our problems and tell us what to do about them. I’ll have to think of something that is wrong
just so I can go up and talk to him.
SERVANT: Come on, now. Sir, you first. Where are you from?
BENJAMIN: I’m from Israel,
sir. From the northern tribes.
SERVANT: Prince Absalom, will you judge
his case?
ABSALOM: Definitely. It’s too bad King David doesn’t have anyone
assigned to judge the northern tribes.
He really seems to favor Judah
over you men from Israel,
doesn’t he? It’s too bad that I’m not
the judge over the entire land. Then I
would see that you men from Israel
got what was coming to you.
ISABEL: Oh, he’s so intelligent.
SHUAH; Yeah, and smart too.
SERVANT: All right. Who’s next?
ISABEL: Oh, I am! I am!
SERVANT: Where are you from?
ISABEL: I’m from Israel.
ABSALOM: Then I’m happy to hear your
case. King David had really neglected
you northerners. What is your problem?
ISABEL: Just a minute, I’ll think
of something.
NARRATOR: So Absalom stole the hearts of the
people from the northern ten tribes.
Eventually he led them into a rebellion against King David. Absalom thought he was really smart to get
all those people to follow him. But he
didn’t know how foolish it was to fight against the man God had chosen to be
king. Right in the middle of the battle
between the army of Absalom and the army of David the prince was riding through
the forest and got his hair caught fast in one of the branches.
ABSALOM: Help! Somebody help me!
NARRATOR: There he was, hanging off the
ground by his hair. He couldn’t get up
and he couldn’t get down. Finally he saw
some men approaching.
ABSALOM: Help me! Get me down from here.
JOAB: Well, well. If it isn’t the king’s son Absalom. The young man who thinks he’s smarter than
the king.
ABSALOM: Joab?
JOAB: That’s right. Your father’s general. Who did you expect to see out here in the
middle of the battlefield? Absalom, your
tricks are over. You might have thought
you were tricking the king, but you are about to find out how foolish you were.
NARRATOR; While Absalom was hanging there in
the tree, Joab pulled out some darts and thrust them through Absalom’s
heart. Then the men took him down out of
the tree and buried him. With the death
of Absalom, the rebellion was over and the people followed King David
again. They had learned that it doesn’t
pay to follow a foolish man.
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