1After this, Absalom prepared him charets and horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.

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1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:5, 2 Samuel 12:11, 1 Samuel 8:11, Psalms 20:7

2And Absalom rose vp early, and stoode hard by the entring in of the gate: and euery man that had any matter, and came to the King for iudgement, him did Absalom call vnto him, and sayde, Of what citie art thou? And he answered, Thy seruant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Proverbs 4:16, Job 24:14, Exodus 18:26, 1 Kings 3:16, 1 Kings 3:28

3Then Absalom said vnto him, See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the King to heare thee.

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Exodus 20:12, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 30:11, Matthew 15:4, 1 Peter 2:17

4Absalom sayd moreouer, Oh that I were made Iudge in the lande, that euery man which hath any matter of controuersie, might come to me, that I might do him iustice.

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Judges 9:29, Judges 9:29, Luke 14:8, Luke 14:11, Judges 9:1

5And when any man came neere to him, and did him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and tooke him, and kissed him.

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2 Samuel 14:33, 2 Samuel 14:33, Psalms 55:21, Proverbs 26:25, Psalms 10:9

6And on this maner did Absalom to al Israel, that came to the King for iudgement: so Absalom stale the hearts of the men of Israel.

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Romans 16:18, Romans 16:18, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:3, Proverbs 11:9

7And after fourtie yeeres, Absalom sayd vnto the King, I pray thee, let me go to Hebron, and render my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lord.

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Isaiah 58:4, Isaiah 58:4, 2 Samuel 13:24, 2 Samuel 13:27, Matthew 2:8

8For thy seruant vowed a vowe when I remayned at Geshur, in Aram, saying, If the Lord shall bring me againe in deede to Ierusalem, I will serue the Lord.

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Genesis 28:20, Genesis 28:21, 2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, Genesis 28:20

9And the King sayd vnto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

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10Then Absalom sent spyes throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When yee heare the sound of the trumpet, Ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

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1 Chronicles 11:3, 2 Samuel 2:11, 1 Chronicles 12:38, 2 Samuel 13:28, 1 Kings 1:34

11And with Absalom went two hundreth men out of Ierusalem, that were called: and they went in their simplicitie, knowing nothing.

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1 Samuel 9:13, 1 Samuel 9:13, 1 Samuel 22:15, 1 Samuel 22:15, Matthew 10:16

12Also Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite Dauids counseller, from his citie Giloh, while he offred sacrifices: and the treason was great: for the people encreased still with Absalom.

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Psalms 41:9, 2 Samuel 15:31, Psalms 41:9, 2 Samuel 15:31, Joshua 15:51

13Then came a messenger to Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

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Judges 9:3, Judges 9:3, Matthew 27:22, 2 Samuel 15:6, Matthew 27:22

14Then Dauid sayd vnto all his seruants that were with him at Ierusalem, Vp, and let vs flee: for we shall not escape from Absalom: make speede to depart, lest he come suddenly and take vs, and bring euill vpon vs, and smite the citie with the edge of the sworde.

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2 Samuel 19:9, 2 Samuel 19:9, 2 Samuel 12:11, Psalms 55:3, Psalms 55:11

15And the Kings seruants sayd vnto him, Behold, thy seruants are ready to do according to all that my lord the King shall appoynt.

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Luke 22:28, Luke 22:29, John 6:66, John 6:69, Proverbs 18:24

16So the King departed and all his houshold after him, and the King left ten concubines to keepe the house.

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2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 20:3

17And the King went forth and all the people after him, and taried in a place farre off.

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Psalms 3:1, Psalms 3:2, Psalms 66:12, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Psalms 3:1

18And all his seruants went about him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, euen sixe hudreth men which were come after him from Gath, went before the King.

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2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Samuel 30:14, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Chronicles 18:17

19Then sayde the King to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore commest thou also with vs? Returne aud abide with the King, for thou art a stranger: depart thou therefore to thy place.

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2 Samuel 18:2, 2 Samuel 18:2, Ruth 1:11, Ruth 1:13, Ruth 1:11

20Thou camest yesterday, and should I cause thee to wander to day and go with vs? I will goe whither I can: therefore returne thou and cary againe thy brethren: mercy and trueth be with thee.

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1 Samuel 23:13, 1 Samuel 23:13, 2 Samuel 2:6, 2 Samuel 2:6, John 1:17

21And Ittai answered the King, and sayde, As the Lord liueth, and as my lord the King liueth, in what place my lord the King shalbe, whether in death or life, euen there surely will thy seruant bee.

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Ruth 1:16, Ruth 1:17, Ruth 1:16, Ruth 1:17, Proverbs 17:17

22Then Dauid sayd to Ittai, Come, and go forward. And Ittai the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.

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23And all the countrey wept with a loude voyce, and all the people went forward, but the King passed ouer the brooke Kidron: and all the people went ouer toward the way of ye wildernes.

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2 Samuel 16:2, 2 Samuel 16:2, 1 Kings 2:37, John 18:1, 1 Kings 2:37

24And lo, Zadok also was there, and all the Leuites with him, bearing the Arke of the couenant of God: and they set downe the Arke of God, and Abiathar went vp vntill the people were all come out of the citie.

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Numbers 4:15, 2 Samuel 8:17, Numbers 4:15, 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25

25Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof.

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Jeremiah 25:30, Jeremiah 25:30, Psalms 43:3, Psalms 43:4, Psalms 84:10

26But if he thus say, I haue no delite in thee, behold, here am I, let him doe to me as seemeth good in his eyes.

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1 Samuel 3:18, 1 Samuel 3:18, 1 Kings 10:9, 2 Samuel 22:20, 1 Kings 10:9

27The King sayde againe vnto Zadok the Priest, Art not thou a Seer? returne into the citie in peace, and your two sonnes with you: to wit, Ahimaaz thy sonne, and Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar.

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1 Samuel 9:9, 2 Samuel 17:17, 1 Samuel 9:9, 2 Samuel 17:17, 1 Chronicles 25:5

28Behold, I wil tarie in the fieldes of the wildernesse, vntill there come some worde from you to be tolde me.

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2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Samuel 15:23, 2 Samuel 15:23, 2 Samuel 17:1

29Zadok therefore and Abiathar caried the Arke of God againe to Ierusalem, and they taried there.

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30And Dauid went vp the mount of oliues and wept as he went vp, and had his head couered, and went barefooted: and al the people that was with him, had euery man his head couered, and as they went vp, they wept.

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Esther 6:12, Esther 6:12, 2 Samuel 19:4, 2 Samuel 19:4, Ezekiel 24:17

31Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is one of them that haue cospired with Absalom: and Dauid sayde, O Lord, I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.

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2 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 17:14, Psalms 41:9

32Then Dauid came to the toppe of the mount where he worshipped God: and beholde, Hushai the Archite came against him with his coate torne, and hauing earth vpon his head.

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Joshua 16:2, Joshua 16:2, 2 Samuel 1:2, Psalms 3:3, Psalms 3:5

33Vnto whom Dauid sayd, If thou goe with me, thou shalt be a burthen vnto me.

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2 Samuel 19:35, 2 Samuel 19:35

34But if thou returne to the citie, and say vnto Absalom, I wil be thy seruant, O King, (as I haue bene in time past thy fathers seruant, so will I now be thy seruant) then thou mayest bring me the counsell of Ahithophel to nought.

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2 Samuel 15:20, 2 Samuel 17:5, 2 Samuel 17:14, Matthew 10:16, Joshua 8:2

35And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the Priests? therefore what so euer thou shalt heare out of the Kings house, thou shalt shew to Zadok and Abiathar the Priests.

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2 Samuel 17:15, 2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Samuel 17:15, 2 Samuel 17:16

36Beholde, there are with them their two sonnes: Ahimaaz Zadoks sonne, and Ionathan Abiathars sonne: by them also shall ye send me euery thing that ye can heare.

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2 Samuel 17:17, 2 Samuel 17:17, 2 Samuel 15:27, 2 Samuel 15:27, 2 Samuel 18:19

37So Hushai Dauids friend went into the citie: and Absalom came into Ierusalem.

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2 Samuel 16:15, 2 Samuel 16:16, 1 Chronicles 27:33, 2 Samuel 16:15, 2 Samuel 16:16