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And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Amnon. (2 Samuel 13, 38)
And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. (2 Samuel 14, 28)
And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron. (2 Samuel 15, 7)
Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify me. (2 Samuel 15, 28)
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him. (2 Samuel 17, 16)
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness. (2 Samuel 17, 29)
Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich. (2 Samuel 19, 32)
And Berzellai said to the king: How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? (2 Samuel 19, 34)
I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king? (2 Samuel 19, 35)
And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites. (2 Samuel 21, 1)
And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. (2 Samuel 24, 13)
Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes, he was not warm. (1 Kings 1, 1)
