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Absalom in Wikipedia

According to the Bible, Absalom or Avshalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָלוֹם, Modern Avshalom Tiberian ʼAḇšālôm ; "Father/Leader of/is peace" or "Salem is my Father") was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur. (1 Chronicles 3:2 , 2 Samuel 3:3 ) 2 Samuel 14:25 describes him as the most handsome man in the ki...

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Absalom Scripture - 2 Samuel 16:8

The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man....

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Absalom Scripture - 2 Chronicles 11:21

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)...

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Absalom Scripture - 2 Samuel 15:34

But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel....

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Absalom Scripture - 1 Kings 2:28

Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar....

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Absalom in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ab'-sa-lom ('abhshalom, "father is peace," written also Abishalom, 1 Ki 15:2,10): David's third son by Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, a small territory between Hermon and Bashan. 1. A General Favorite: Absalom was born at Hebron (2 Sam 3:3), and moved at an early age, with the transfer of the capital, to Jerusalem, where he...

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Absalom in Naves Topical Bible

Also called ABISHALOM -Son of David by Maacah 2Sa 3:3; 1Ch 3:2 -Beauty of 2Sa 14:25 -Kills Amnon 2Sa 13:22-29 -Flees to Geshur 2Sa 13:37,38 -Is permitted by David to return to Jerusalem 2Sa 14:1-24 -His demagogism 2Sa 15:2-6,13 -Conspiracy 2Sa 15:17 -Death and burial 2Sa 18:9-17 -David's mourning for 2Sa 18:33; 19:1-8 -Children o...

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Absalom in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(father of peace),third son of David by Maachah, daughter of Tamai king of Geshur, a Syrian district adjoining the northeast frontier of the Holy Land. (Born B.C. 1050.) Absalom had a sister, Tamar, who was violated by her half- brother Amnon. The natural avenger of such an outrage would be Tamar's full brother Absalom. He brooded over the wron...

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Absalom in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("father of peace".) Third son of David, by Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, a Syrian region N.E. of Israel, near lake Merom. Polygamy bore its fatal fruits in engendering jealousies among the families by different wives, each with a separate, establishment (2 Samuel 13:8; 2 Samuel 14:24), and in fostering David's own lust, which ...

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Absalom in Easton's Bible Dictionary

father of peace; i.e., "peaceful" David's son by Maacah (2 Sam. 3:3; comp. 1 Kings 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the extra-ordinary profusion of the hair of his head (2 Sam. 14:25,26). The first public act of his life was the blood-revenge he executed against Amnon, David's eldest son, who had basely wronged Absalom's...

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