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1
Now it came
about after
this
that Absalom
provided
for himself a chariot
and horses
and fifty
men
as runners
before
him.
2
Absalom
used to rise early
and stand
beside
the way
to the gate;
and when any
man
had
a suit
to come
to the king
for judgment,
Absalom
would call
to him and say,
"From what
city
are you?" And he would say,
"Your servant
is from one
of the tribes
of Israel."
3
Then Absalom
would say
to him, "See,
your claims
are good
and right,
but no
man listens
to you on the part
of the king."
4
Moreover, Absalom
would say,
"Oh
that one would appoint
me judge
in the land,
then every
man
who
has
any suit
or cause
could come
to me and I would give him justice."
5
And when a man
came near
to prostrate
himself before him, he would put
out his hand
and take hold
of him and kiss
him.
6
In this
manner
Absalom
dealt
with all
Israel
who
came
to the king
for judgment;
so
Absalom
stole away
the hearts
of the men
of
Israel
.
7
Now it came
about at the end
of forty
years
that Absalom
said
to the king,
"Please
let me go
and pay
my vow
which
I have vowed
to the LORD,
in Hebron.
8
"For your servant
vowed
a vow
while I was living
at Geshur
in Aram,
saying,
'
If
the LORD
shall indeed
bring me back
to Jerusalem,
then I will serve
the LORD
.'"
9
The king
said
to him, "Go
in peace."
So he arose
and went
to Hebron.
10
But
Absalom
sent
spies
throughout all
the tribes
of Israel,
saying,
"As soon as you hear
the sound
of the trumpet,
then you shall say,
'
Absalom
is king
in Hebron.'"
11
Then two hundred
men
went
with Absalom
from Jerusalem,
who were invited
and
went
innocently,
and they did not know
anything.
12
And Absalom
sent
for Ahithophel
the Gilonite,
David's
counselor,
from his city
Giloh,
while he was offering
the sacrifices.
And the conspiracy
was strong,
for the people
increased
continually
with Absalom.
13
Then a messenger
came
to David,
saying,
"The hearts
of the men
of Israel
are with Absalom."
14
David
said
to all
his servants
who
were with him at Jerusalem,
"Arise
and let us flee,
f
or
otherwise none
of us will escape
from Absalom.
Go
in haste,
or
he will overtake
us quickly
and bring down
calamity
on us and strike
the city
with the edge
of the sw
or
d."
15
Then
the king
's
servants
said
to
the king
,
"Behold,
your
servants
are ready to do whatever
my lord
the king
chooses."
16
So the king
went
out and all
his household
with him. But the king
left
ten
concubines
to keep
the house.
17
The king
went
out and all
the people
with him, and they stopped
at the last
house.
18
Now
all
his servants
passed
on beside
him,
all
the Cherethites,
all
the Pelethites
and
all
the Gittites,
six
hundred
men
who
had come
with him from Gath,
passed
on before
the king.
19
Then the king
said
to Ittai
the Gittite,
"Why
will you also
go
with us? Return
and remain
with the king,
for you are a foreigner
and also
an exile;
return to your own place.
20
"You came
only yesterday,
and shall I today
make you wander
with us, while I go
where
I will? Return
and take back
your brothers;
mercy
and truth
be with you."
21
But Ittai
answered
the king
and said,
"As the LORD
lives,
and as
my l
or
d
the king
lives,
surely
wherever
my l
or
d
the king
may be, whether
f
or
death
or
f
or
life,
there
also
your servant
will be."
22
Therefore David
said
to Ittai,
"Go
and pass
over."
So Ittai
the Gittite
passed over
with all
his men
and all
the little ones
who
were with him.
23
While
all
the country
was weeping
with a loud
voice,
all
the people
passed
over
.
The king
also
passed
over
the brook
Kidron,
and
all
the people
passed
over
toward
the way
of the wilderness.
24
Now behold,
Zadok
also
came
, and
all
the Levites
with him carrying
the ark
of the covenant
of God.
And they set down
the ark
of God,
and Abiathar
came
up until
all
the people
had finished
passing
from the city.
25
The king
said
to Zadok,
"Return
the ark
of God
to the city.
If
I find
favor
in the sight
of the LORD,
then He will bring me back
again and show
me both it and His habitation.
26
"But if
He should say
thus,
'
I have
no
delight
in you,' behold,
here I am, let Him do
to me as seems good
to Him."
27
The king
said
also to Zadok
the priest,
"Are you not a seer?
Return
to the city
in peace
and your two
sons
with you, your son
Ahimaaz
and Jonathan
the son
of Abiathar.
28
"See,
I am going to wait
at the fords
of the wilderness
until
word
comes
from you to inform
me."
29
Therefore Zadok
and Abiathar
returned
the ark
of God
to Jerusalem
and remained
there.
30
And David
went
up the ascent
of the Mount of Olives,
and wept
as he
went
,
and
his head
was
covered
and he walked
barefoot.
Then all
the people
who
were with him each
covered
his head
and
went
up weeping
as they
went
.
31
Now someone told
David,
saying,
"Ahithophel
is among the conspirators
with Absalom."
And David
said,
"O LORD,
I pray,
make
the counsel
of Ahithophel
foolishness."
32
It happened
as David
was coming
to the summit,
where
God
was worshiped,
that behold,
Hushai
the Archite
met
him with his coat
torn
and dust
on his head.
33
David
said
to him, "If
you pass over
with me, then you will be a burden
to me.
34
"But if
you return
to the city,
and say
to Absalom,
'I will be your
servant
,
O king;
as I have been
your father's
servant
in time
past,
so I will now
be your
servant
,'
then you can thwart
the counsel
of Ahithophel
for me.
35
"Are not Zadok
and Abiathar
the priests
with you there?
So it shall be that whatever
you hear
from the king's
house,
you shall report
to Zadok
and Abiathar
the priests
.
36
"Behold
their two
sons
are with them there,
Ahimaaz,
Zadok's
son and Jonathan,
Abiathar's
son; and by them you shall send
me everything
that you hear."
37
So Hushai,
David's
friend,
came
into the city,
and Absalom
came
into Jerusalem.
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