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1
|2 Samuel 15:1|
In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.
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2
|2 Samuel 15:2|
He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
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3
|2 Samuel 15:3|
Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”
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4
|2 Samuel 15:4|
And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that he receives justice.”
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5
|2 Samuel 15:5|
Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.
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6
|2 Samuel 15:6|
Absalom behaved in this way towards all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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7
|2 Samuel 15:7|
At the end of four [Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfil a vow I made to the LORD.
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8
|2 Samuel 15:8|
While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: `If the LORD takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’“ [Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.]
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9
|2 Samuel 15:9|
The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.
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10
|2 Samuel 15:10|
Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, `Absalom is king in Hebron.’“
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