2 Samuel 15:7

World English Bible (2000)

It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

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  • 1 Sam 16:1-2 : 1 Yahweh said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons." 2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." Yahweh said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.
  • 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
  • 2 Sam 13:24-27 : 24 Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant." 25 The king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him. 26 Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?" 27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
  • 2 Sam 13:38 : 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
  • Isa 58:4 : 4 Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
  • Matt 2:8 : 8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

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  • 2 Sam 15:8-13
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    85%

    8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'"

    9 The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron.

    10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'"

    11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.

    12 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

    13 A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom."

  • 2 Sam 13:23-27
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    23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

    24 Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

    25 The king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.

    26 Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

    27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

  • 2 Sam 14:28-33
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    28 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.

    29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

    30 Therefore he said to his servants, "Behold, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

    31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

    32 Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent to you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me."'"

    33 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 his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 15:1-6
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    1 It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

    2 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?" He said, "Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel."

    3 Absalom said to him, "Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you."

    4 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, and I would do him justice!"

    5 It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

    6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
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    21 The king said to Joab, "Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back."

  • 2 Sam 13:36-39
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    36 It happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

    37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.

    38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

    39 [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

  • 2 Sam 14:23-24
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    23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

    24 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 didn't see the king's face.

  • 2 Sam 18:33
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    33 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, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!"

  • 2 Sam 17:4-5
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    4 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

    5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
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    5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom." All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 15:34
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    34 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 in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.'

  • 2 Sam 18:18
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    18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    71%

    1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 16:20
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    20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."

  • 2 Sam 19:4
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    4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"

  • 2 Sam 16:17
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    17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

  • 2 Sam 16:15
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    15 Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

  • 2 Sam 15:15
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    15 The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

  • 2 Sam 17:1
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    1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30 The king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." He turned aside, and stood still.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
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    22 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
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    7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

  • 2 Sam 19:10
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    10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing the king back?"

  • 2 Sam 2:1
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    1 It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" Yahweh said to him, "Go up." David said, "Where shall I go up?" He said, "To Hebron."

  • 2 Sam 13:34
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    34 But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.