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So Joab went and repeated this to the king, and Absalom was summoned into the king’s presence. Low he bowed before him, with his face to the ground; but David greeted Absalom with a kiss. (2 Samuel 14, 33)
And now Absalom must drive in state, with chariots and outriders, and fifty men that ran before him. (2 Samuel 15, 1)
telling him, Thy pleadings seem to me well-founded and just, but the king has not appointed any judge to try thy cause. Ah, said Absalom, (2 Samuel 15, 3)
Then, in the fortieth year of the reign,✻ Absalom said to David, Grant me leave to go to Hebron and pay a vow I made to the Lord. (2 Samuel 15, 7)
and meanwhile he had sent agents of his throughout all the tribes of Israel, bidding them wait till they heard the trumpet sound, and then raise the cry, Absalom is king! Absalom reigns at Hebron! (2 Samuel 15, 10)
He also invited from Gilo Achitophel, the Gilonite that was David’s own counsellor. So Absalom began to offer his victims, and his conspiracy grew ever stronger, and the number ever greater that came to his support. (2 Samuel 15, 12)
Soon a messenger came and told David that the whole of Israel was giving its allegiance to Absalom; (2 Samuel 15, 13)
and he said to the servants he had with him at Jerusalem, Up, we must make our escape, or we are in Absalom’s hands! We must depart with all speed, or he will come and take us by surprise, overwhelm us and put the whole city to the sword! (2 Samuel 15, 14)
And now David was told that Achitophel had taken part in Absalom’s conspiracy; Lord, he prayed, do thou foil the designs of Achitophel. (2 Samuel 15, 31)
go back to the city, and tell Absalom, lord king, I am at thy command, I will be thy servant as I was thy father’s. So thou wilt be able to thwart the designs of Achitophel. (2 Samuel 15, 34)
So David’s friend Chusai went back, and Absalom was entering Jerusalem as he reached it. (2 Samuel 15, 37)
Now the Lord has avenged the blood of Saul’s race, by handing over the kingdom thou didst usurp to thy son Absalom; no wonder if calamity comes home to thee, murderer as thou art! (2 Samuel 16, 8)
