Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.This man has gone gone from being exiled, to allowed to return home but estranged from his father, to just having been allowed into his father's presence. Now, having just been through all that, he's decided that he's going to make a big display of himself. Not content to return things to how they were, he now starts acting like a ruler himself.
I can understand why he would think David isn't fit to rule, if he was supposed to have punished Amnon but didn't. However, he's just had a brush with ignominy. He should either be dead, or at least exiled for life. He's brought back by his father's grace, and now he's making a play for the throne. He has learned nothing from all that has transpired, especially about mercy.
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