2 Samuel 3:3 mention
and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daught
2 Samuel 13:1 mention
After this, Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2 Samuel 13:4 mention
He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Ta
2 Samuel 13:20 event
Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your b
2 Samuel 13:22 event
Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:23 mention
After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the kin
2 Samuel 13:24 event
Absalom came to the king, and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go w
2 Samuel 13:25 event
The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he woul
2 Samuel 13:26 event
Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”
2 Samuel 13:27 mention
But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
2 Samuel 13:28 event
Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike A
2 Samuel 13:29 event
The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man got up on h
2 Samuel 13:30 event
While they were on the way, the news came to David, saying, “Absalom has slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one
2 Samuel 13:32 mention
Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young m
2 Samuel 13:34 event
But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming b
2 Samuel 13:37 mention
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel 13:38 event
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
2 Samuel 13:39 mention
King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
2 Samuel 14:1 mention
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
2 Samuel 14:21 event
The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
2 Samuel 14:23 event
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:24 event
The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and
2 Samuel 14:25 mention
Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to th
2 Samuel 14:27 event
Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
2 Samuel 14:28 event
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.
2 Samuel 14:29 event
Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but
2 Samuel 14:30 event
Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.”
2 Samuel 14:31 event
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
2 Samuel 14:32 event
Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I
2 Samuel 14:33 event
So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on hi
2 Samuel 15:1 mention
After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Samuel 15:2 event
Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for j
2 Samuel 15:3 event
Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
2 Samuel 15:4 event
Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me
2 Samuel 15:6 event
Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men o
2 Samuel 15:7 event
At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in
2 Samuel 15:10 event
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then
2 Samuel 15:11 event
Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know
2 Samuel 15:12 event
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the s
2 Samuel 15:13 event
A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
2 Samuel 15:14 event
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; or else none of us will escape f
2 Samuel 15:31 event
Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the co
2 Samuel 15:34 mention
but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant i
2 Samuel 15:37 event
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 16:8 event
Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the king
2 Samuel 16:15 event
Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
2 Samuel 16:16 event
When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the
2 Samuel 16:17 event
Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
2 Samuel 16:18 event
Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be,
2 Samuel 16:20 event
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”
2 Samuel 16:21 event
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will
2 Samuel 16:22 event
So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight o
2 Samuel 16:23 event
The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. So was a
2 Samuel 17:1 event
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David ton
2 Samuel 17:4 mention
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:5 event
Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.”
2 Samuel 17:6 event
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he say
2 Samuel 17:7 event
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
2 Samuel 17:9 mention
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first
2 Samuel 17:14 event
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” Fo
2 Samuel 17:15 event
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way;
2 Samuel 17:18 mention
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who h
2 Samuel 17:20 event
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to th
2 Samuel 17:24 event
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
2 Samuel 17:25 mention
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who
2 Samuel 17:26 mention
Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
2 Samuel 18:5 event
The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.”
2 Samuel 18:9 event
Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a
2 Samuel 18:10 event
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
2 Samuel 18:12 event
The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my h
2 Samuel 18:14 event
Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the
2 Samuel 18:15 event
Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
2 Samuel 18:17 event
They took Absalom and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then a
2 Samuel 18:18 event
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “
2 Samuel 18:29 event
The king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me yo
2 Samuel 18:32 event
The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord
2 Samuel 18:33 event
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son,
2 Samuel 19:1 mention
Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
2 Samuel 19:4 event
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 19:6 event
in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared today, that princes and servants