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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 15:4
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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 15:6
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Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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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 15:14
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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 15:18
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and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
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- 2 Samuel 15:20
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In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
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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 15:26
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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 15:30
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But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
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- 2 Samuel 15:32
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When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
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- 2 Samuel 15:35
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Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
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- 2 Samuel 15:36
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Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
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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 16:8
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The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
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- 2 Samuel 16:11
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Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
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- 2 Samuel 16:14
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Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
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- 2 Samuel 16:16
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And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
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- 2 Samuel 16:18
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“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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- 2 Samuel 16:19
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Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
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- 2 Samuel 16:21
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Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
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- 2 Samuel 16:23
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Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
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- 2 Samuel 17:2
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I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
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- 2 Samuel 17:3
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and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:7
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Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:9
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Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
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- 2 Samuel 17:10
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Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
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- 2 Samuel 17:11
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Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
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- 2 Samuel 17:12
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Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
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- 2 Samuel 17:13
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If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:16
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Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
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- 2 Samuel 17:22
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So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25
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Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
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- 2 Samuel 17:29
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honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:1
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Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
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- 2 Samuel 18:4
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“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
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- 2 Samuel 18:8
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The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
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- 2 Samuel 18:9
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Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
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- 2 Samuel 18:18
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During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
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- 2 Samuel 18:21
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So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
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- 2 Samuel 18:28
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Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:32
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The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
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- 2 Samuel 19:3
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So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
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Source alternate reference: 19.4
- 2 Samuel 19:7
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Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
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Source alternate reference: 19.8
- 2 Samuel 19:10
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But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.11
- 2 Samuel 19:16
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Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
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Source alternate reference: 19.17
- 2 Samuel 19:19
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and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
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Source alternate reference: 19.20
- 2 Samuel 19:24
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Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
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Source alternate reference: 19.25