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- 2 Samuel 13:25
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“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.
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- 2 Samuel 13:26
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“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.
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- 2 Samuel 13:28
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Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
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- 2 Samuel 13:30
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While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
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- 2 Samuel 13:32
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But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
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- 2 Samuel 13:33
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So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
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- 2 Samuel 13:35
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So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:2
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So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
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- 2 Samuel 14:4
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When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
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- 2 Samuel 14:5
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“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
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- 2 Samuel 14:7
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Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:8
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“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:9
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But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:10
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“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
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- 2 Samuel 14:11
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“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:12
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Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
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- 2 Samuel 14:13
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The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
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- 2 Samuel 14:15
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Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
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- 2 Samuel 14:17
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And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
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- 2 Samuel 14:18
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Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
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- 2 Samuel 14:19
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So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
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- 2 Samuel 14:21
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Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:22
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Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:24
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But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
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- 2 Samuel 14:30
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Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
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- 2 Samuel 14:31
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Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
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- 2 Samuel 14:32
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“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:2
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He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
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- 2 Samuel 15:3
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Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:4
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And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:7
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After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
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- 2 Samuel 15:8
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For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
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- 2 Samuel 15:9
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“Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
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- 2 Samuel 15:10
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Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
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- 2 Samuel 15:13
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Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:14
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And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:15
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The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:19
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Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
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- 2 Samuel 15:21
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But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
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- 2 Samuel 15:22
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“March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
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- 2 Samuel 15:25
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Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
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- 2 Samuel 15:26
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But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:27
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The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
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- 2 Samuel 15:31
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Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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- 2 Samuel 15:33
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David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
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- 2 Samuel 15:34
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But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
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- 2 Samuel 16:2
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“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
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- 2 Samuel 16:3
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“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
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- 2 Samuel 16:4
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So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
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- 2 Samuel 16:7
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And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
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