Dissatisfaction in Israel towards David’s Administration during Absalom’s Revolt (2 Samuel 13: 1-20: 1-49): A Comparative Discourse with Ghana’s Political Affairs

The current study investigates how Absalom’s revolt unveiled challenges that the David administration faced to juxtapose these indices with similar crises facing Ghanaian political administration since it obtained self-governance. The study adopts a comparative approach proposed for studying the Bible by Brent A. Strawn. The paper reveals that both events that occurred under David’s administration during the revolt and events that have been reported in Ghana’s politics, though different in context, share similar incidents. Such events include indiscipline issues, delays in the adjudication process, imbalanced concentration of government activities among urban and rural areas, unhealthy partisan practices and finally, the incidence of ethnocentric tendencies. The paper suggests that such issues, when not handled properly, lead to dissatisfaction with the leadership of the nation. The study recommends that all political leaders must thoroughly deal with corrupt officials in case they abuse their office or misconduct themselves. Also, the judicial service must expedite their adjudication processes and give quick verdicts within a reasonable time frame to avoid thwarting justice, national resources must be fairly distributed and Ethnocentric tendencies should not colour our political appointments and alliances. The paper pinpoints loopholes in the Ghanaian political system since it obtained independence and offers what to consider as the way forward in a comparative study involving issues concerning Absalom’s revolt. Keywords: Administration, Arbitration, Revolt, Politics, Ethnicity, Tribalism, Indiscipline and Crisis.