Interesting thing happens with Absalom. He was left hanging in midair after his hair got caught in the tree. In 2 Samuel 14:11 a woman from Takoa tells the King David a story about her sons. David says to her, “not one hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
Seems prophetic on the part of David. Not one hair of David’s son Absalom falls to the ground.

Notice when David sends out troops, he doesn’t inquire of the Lord. He only says to his men “I will do whatever seems best to you.”

He was listening to the advice of men and not asking the will of God. How often do we do that as well?