Good and Evil From Genetics

Throughout the story of David, I noticed that many of the characters always to inherit good or evil from their fathers.

First of all, Saul's son, Ish-bosheth, is named as the king of Israel (after his father's death). But, he accuses Abner, the chief commander, for something that he didn't do. Later, Ish-bosheth is betrayed and killed by his own men. He was unfortunate, just like Saul.

Then, there's David's son, Absalom. He was successful: He turned into the king of Hebron, just like his dad was.

But, not everyone gets this inheritance. This is when Amnon, one of the sons of David, is in the act of trying to rape his own sister, Tamar.

"Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me." (Second Samuel 13:15)

Amnon, of course, is not such a good guy even though his father supposedly was. Tamar even directly mentions the word, "evil".

Anyway, my point was to show how humans don't seem to change much every new generation but sometimes they do when someone like Amnon appears. So yes, the books of Samuel were fun to read.