Absalom
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
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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(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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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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("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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