Person
Talmai
king of Geshur
King of Geshur whose daughter Maacah became David's wife and the mother of Absalom, to whom Absalom fled after killing Amnon.
Who or what is this?
was the king of , a small Aramean kingdom northeast of the Sea of . formed an alliance with him by marrying his daughter , who became one of David's wives in . Maacah bore David a son named and a daughter named Tamar. When Absalom killed his half-brother , he fled to his maternal grandfather Talmai in Geshur and remained there three years before arranged his return to . Talmai thus stands in the background of the Absalom crisis, one of the most turbulent periods of David's reign.
People, places, and events in this story
These connections are explicitly linked in this entity's source description.
Places in this story
Places explicitly linked from this entity's description. Select a marker to open its page.
Where this appears in Scripture
Start with the key scenes, then open the complete evidence by book or reference type.