אֲבִישָׁלוֹם

Absalom· Abishalom

1. 2 Samuel 15:31אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · Absalom
   Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
2. 2 Samuel 15:34לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · to Absalom
   But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
3. 2 Samuel 15:37וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם · just as Absalom
   So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
4. 2 Samuel 16:8אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם · Absalom
   The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
5. 2 Samuel 16:15וְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם · Then Absalom
   Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
6. 2 Samuel 16:16 (2×)אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · Absalom; אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם · [him]
   And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
7. 2 Samuel 16:17אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · Absalom
   “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
8. 2 Samuel 16:18אַבְשָׁלֹם֒
   “Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
9. 2 Samuel 16:20אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם · Then Absalom
   Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
10. 2 Samuel 16:21אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם
    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
11. 2 Samuel 16:22 (2×)לְאַבְשָׁל֛וֹם · for Absalom; אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · and he
    So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
12. 2 Samuel 16:23לְאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ס · Absalom
    Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
13. 2 Samuel 17:1אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם · Absalom
    Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
14. 2 Samuel 17:4אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם · to Absalom
    This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
15. 2 Samuel 17:5אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · Then Absalom
    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
16. 2 Samuel 17:6 (2×)אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ · Absalom; אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם · [who]
    So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
17. 2 Samuel 17:7אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
    Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
18. 2 Samuel 17:9אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ · Absalom
    Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
19. 2 Samuel 17:14 (2×)אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · Then Absalom; אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם · Absalom
    Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
20. 2 Samuel 17:15אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם · Absalom
    So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
21. 2 Samuel 17:18לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם · Absalom
    But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
22. 2 Samuel 17:20אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם · When Absalom’s
    When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
23. 2 Samuel 17:24וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֗ם · and Absalom
    Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
24. 2 Samuel 17:25אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם · Absalom
    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
25. 2 Samuel 17:26וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם · and Absalom
    So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
26. 2 Samuel 18:5 (2×)לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · Absalom; אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ · Absalom
    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
27. 2 Samuel 18:9 (2×)אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · Now Absalom; וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹם · when he
    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
28. 2 Samuel 18:10אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם · Absalom
    When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
29. 2 Samuel 18:12בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ · Absalom
    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
30. 2 Samuel 18:14אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · of Absalom
    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
31. 2 Samuel 18:15אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם · Absalom
    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
32. 2 Samuel 18:17אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם · Absalom
    They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
33. 2 Samuel 18:18 (2×)וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם · Absalom; אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם · Absalom’s
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
34. 2 Samuel 18:29לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · Absalom
    The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
35. 2 Samuel 18:32לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · Absalom
    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
36. 2 Samuel 18:33 (3×)אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · Absalom; אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · Absalom; אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם · O Absalom
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
37. 2 Samuel 19:1אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ · Absalom
    Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
38. 2 Samuel 19:4 (2×)אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · Absalom; אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם · O Absalom
    But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
39. 2 Samuel 19:6אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם · Absalom
    You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
40. 2 Samuel 19:9אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ · of Absalom
    And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.