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He took the crown off Milcom's head; it weighed one talent of gold, and in it was set a precious stone which went on David's head instead. He carried off great quantities of booty from the town.' (2 Samuel 12, 30)
And he expelled its inhabitants, setting them to work with saws, iron picks and iron axes, employing them at brickmaking. He treated all the Ammonite towns in the same way. David and the whole army returned to Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 12, 31)
After this, the following events took place. Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar; Amnon son of David fell in love with her. (2 Samuel 13, 1)
But Amnon had a friend called Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab was a very shrewd man. (2 Samuel 13, 3)
David then sent word to Tamar at the palace, 'Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare some food for him.' (2 Samuel 13, 7)
When King David heard the whole story, he was very angry; but he had no wish to harm his son Amnon, whom he loved because he was his first-born. (2 Samuel 13, 21)
While they were on the road, word reached David, 'Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one of them is left.' (2 Samuel 13, 30)
Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, then spoke up and said, 'Do not let my lord take to heart the report that all the young men, the king's sons, have been killed, since only Amnon is dead: for Absalom has been promising himself to do this since the day when Amnon raped his sister Tamar. (2 Samuel 13, 32)
'Is not Joab's hand behind you in all this?' the king asked. The woman replied, 'As you live, my lord king, I cannot escape what my lord the king says, either to right or to left. Yes, it was your servant Joab who gave me my orders; he put all these words into your servant's mouth. (2 Samuel 14, 19)
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from Giloh his town, and had him with him while offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy grew in strength, since Absalom's supporters grew in number. (2 Samuel 15, 12)
A messenger came and told David, 'The men of Israel have shifted their allegiance to Absalom.' (2 Samuel 15, 13)
David said to all his retinue then with him in Jerusalem, 'Up, let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom! Leave as quickly as you can, in case he mounts a sudden attack, overcomes us and puts the city to the sword.' (2 Samuel 15, 14)
