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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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11
|2 Samuel 15:11|
Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter.
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12
|2 Samuel 15:12|
While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, to come from Giloh, his home town. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.
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13
|2 Samuel 15:13|
A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
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