2 Samuel 13:38

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Whan Absalom was fled and gone vnto Gesur, he was there thre yeare.

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  • 2 Sam 14:23 : 23 So Ioab gat him vp, and wente vnto Gesur, and broughte Absalom to Ierusalem.
  • 2 Sam 14:32 : 32 Absalo sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, I sent for the, and caused to saye vnto the: Come hither, that I maye sende the to the kynge, and to saye: Wherfore came I from Gesur? It were better for me that I were there yet. Let me therfore se the kynges face. But yf there be eny trespace in me, then put me to death.
  • 2 Sam 15:8 : 8 For thy seruaunt made a vowe, whan I dwelt at Gesur in Siria, and saide: Whan ye LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem, I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE.

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  • 2 Sam 13:36-37
    2 verses
    88%

    36And whan he had ended his talkynge, the kynges children came, and lifte vp their voyce, and wepte. The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte also very sore.

    37But Absalom fled, and wente vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge of Gesur. As for Dauid, he mourned for his sonne euery daye.

  • 2 Sam 14:27-29
    3 verses
    81%

    27And vnto Absalom there were borne thre sonnes and one doughter, whose name was Thamar, and she was a woman of a fayre bewtye:

    28So Absalom abode two yeare at Ierusalem, and sawe not the kynges face.

    29And Absalom sent for Ioab, that he mighte sende him to the kynge. And he wolde not come to him. But he sent the seconde tyme, yet wolde he not come.

  • 2 Sam 13:39
    79%

    39And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom, for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed.

  • 2 Sam 14:23-24
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    23So Ioab gat him vp, and wente vnto Gesur, and broughte Absalom to Ierusalem.

    24But the kinge sayde: Let him go againe in to his house, and not se my face. Thus Absalom came agayne to his house, and sawe not ye kynges face.

  • 2 Sam 13:23-27
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    76%

    23After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor, which lyeth by Ephraim. And Absalom called all the kynges children,

    24and came to the kynge, and sayde: Beholde, thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers, let it please ye kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte.

    25But the kynge sayde vnto Absalom: No my sonne, let vs not all go, lest we be to chargeable vnto the. And he wolde nedes haue had him to go, howbeit he wolde not, but blessed him.

    26Absalom sayde: Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then? The kynge sayde vnto him: Wherfore shall he go with the?

    27Then was Absalom so importune vpon him, that he let Ammon and all the kynges childre go with him.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24And Dauid came to Mahanaim, and Absalom wente ouer Iordane, & all the men of Israel wt him.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
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    34As for Absalom, he fled. And the yongeman that kepte the watch, lifte vp his eyes, and loked, and beholde, A greate people came in the waye one after another by the hill syde.

  • 2 Sam 13:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29So Absaloms yonge men dyd vnto Ammon, as Absalom had commaunded them. Then stode all the kynges children vp, and euery one gat him vp vpo his Mule, and fled.

    30And whyle they were yet on their waye, the rumoure came to kynge Dauid, that Absalom had slayne all the kynges children, so that not one of them was lefte.

  • 2 Sam 15:6-7
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    6After this maner dyd Absalom vnto all Israel whan they came to the lawe vnto the kynge, and so dyd he steale awaye the hert of ye men of Israel.

    7After fortye yeares sayde Absalom vnto the kynge: I wil go and perfourme my vowe at Hebron, which I made vnto the LORDE.

  • 2 Sam 14:32-33
    2 verses
    74%

    32Absalo sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, I sent for the, and caused to saye vnto the: Come hither, that I maye sende the to the kynge, and to saye: Wherfore came I from Gesur? It were better for me that I were there yet. Let me therfore se the kynges face. But yf there be eny trespace in me, then put me to death.

    33And Ioab wente in to the kynge, and tolde him. And he called Absalom, to come in to the kynge, and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounge before the kynge. And the kynge kyssed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 18:14
    73%

    14Ioab sayde: Not so, I wil vpon him before thy face. Then toke Ioab thre speares in his hande, and thrust Absalom thorow ye hert, while he was yet alyue vpon the Oke.

  • 2 Sam 18:32-33
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    73%

    32But the kynge sayde vnto Chusi: Goeth it well with the yonge man Absalom? Chusi sayde: Euen so go it wt all the enemyes of my lorde the kynge, and with all them that ryse vp agaynst the to do euell, as it goeth with the yonge man.

    33Then was the kynge soroufull, and wente vp in to the perler vpon the gate, and wepte, and as he wente, he sayde thus: O my sonne Absalo, my sonne, my sonne Absalom, wolde God yt I shulde dye for the. O Absalom my sonne, my sonne.

  • 2 Sam 17:26
    72%

    26But Israel and Absalom pitched in Gilead.

  • 2 Sam 15:11-14
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    72%

    11There wente with Absalom two hundreth men called from Ierusalem, but they wente on symply, and knewe not of the matter.

    12Absalom sent also for Achitophel (the Gilonyte) Dauids counceler, out of his cite Gilo. Now whan he did the sacrifice, the conspiracion was mightie and the people ranne together, and multyplied with Absalom.

    13Then came one which tolde Dauid, and sayde, that the hert of euery man in Israel folowed Absalom.

    14Dauid sayde vnto all his seruauntes that were with him at Ierusalem: Vp, let vs fle, for here shall be no escapynge for vs before Absalom. Make haist that we maye be goynge, lest he ouertake vs and catch vs, and dryue some mysfortune vpon vs, and smyte the cyte with the edge of the swerde.

  • 2 Sam 19:3-4
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    71%

    3And ye people stale awaye the same daye, so that they came not in to the cite: as a people that is put to shame, pycketh them selues awaye, whan they are fled in a battayll.

    4As for the kynge, he had couered his face, and cryed loude, and sayde: Oh my sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne, my sonne.

  • 1 Chr 3:2
    71%

    2the thirde, Absalom ye sonne of Maecha ye doughter of Thalmai kynge of Gesur: the fourth, Adonias the sonne of Hagith:

  • 2 Sam 18:17-18
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    17And they toke Absalom, and cast him in the wod in to a greate pytt, and layed a greate heape of stones vpon him. And all Israel fled, euery one vnto his tente.

    18Absalom had set him vp a piler whyle he was yet alyue, which stode in the kynges valley, for he sayde: I haue no sonne, therfore shall this be a remembraunce of my name: and he called the piler after his owne name. And vnto this daie it is yet called Absaloms place.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
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    9Beholde, he hath now peraduenture hyd hymselfe in some caue or in some place. Yf it came to passe then that it chaunced euell at the first, & there shulde come a rumor and saye: There is a slaughter done in the people that folowed Absalo:

  • 2 Sam 19:9-10
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    9And all the people stroue in all the trybes of Israel, and sayde: The kynge ryd vs from the hande of oure enemies, and delyuered vs from the hande of the Philistynes, and was fayne to fle out of the lode for Absalom.

    10So Absalom whom we had anoynted ouer vs, is deed in the battayll. Why are ye so styll now, that ye fetch not the kynge agayne?

  • 2 Sam 15:37
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    37So Chusai Dauids frende came in to the cite. And Absalom came to Ierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:1
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    1And it was tolde Ioab: beholde, ye kinge wepeth & mourneth for Absalom.

  • 1 Kgs 2:39
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    39But after thre yeare it fortuned that two seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath.And it was tolde Semei: beholde, thy seruauntes are at Gath.

  • 2 Sam 17:18
    70%

    18But a lad sawe them, and tolde Absalom. Neuertheles they wente on their waye, and came to a mans house at Bahurim, which had a well in his courte, and they wete downe in to it.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
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    15But Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and Achitophel with him.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30The kynge sayde: Go aboute, and stonde here. And he wente aboute and stode there.

  • 2 Sam 18:9
    69%

    9And Absalom met Dauids seruauntes, and rode vpon a Mule. And whan the Mule came vnder a greate thicke Oke tre, his heade toke holde on the Oke, and so hanged he betwene heauen and earth, but the Mule ranne awaye from vnder him.

  • 2 Sam 15:1
    69%

    1And after this it fortuned that Absalom caused to prepare himselfe chearettes and horses, and fyftye men, which were his fote me.

  • 2 Sam 17:20
    69%

    20Now whan Absaloms seruauntes came to the woman in to the house, they sayde: where is Ahimaaz and Ionathas? The woma sayde vnto them: They are gone ouer the litle water. And wha they soughte and founde them not, they wente agayne to Ierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 16:17
    69%

    17Absalom sayde vnto Chusai: Is this thy mercy vnto thy frende? Why art thou not gone with thy frende?

  • 2 Sam 13:20
    69%

    20And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto her: Hath thy brother Ammon bene with the? Now holde thy peace my sister, it is thy brother, and take not the matter so to hert. So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in brother Absaloms house.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    69%

    9The kynge sayde vnto him: Go thy waye in peace. And he gat him vp, and wente vnto Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 15:3
    69%

    3then sayde Absalom vnto him: Beholde, thy matter is righte and plaine: but there is noman appoynted ye of the kynge to heare the.