1It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run 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

2Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?" He said, "Your servant 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

3Absalom said to him, "Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you."

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

4Absalom said moreover, "Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!"

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

5It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of 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

6Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole 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

7It happened 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.

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

8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If the Lord shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.'"

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

9The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron.

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10But 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!'"

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

11Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they did not know anything.

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

12Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

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

13A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom."

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

14David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword."

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

15The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

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

16The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep 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

17The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

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

18All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on 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 the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.

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

20Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you."

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

21Ittai answered the king, and said, "As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall is, whether for death or for life, even there also will your servant be."

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

22David said to Ittai, "Go and pass over." Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.

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23All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

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

24Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people finished passing out of the city.

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

25The king said to Zadok, "Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation;

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

26but if he say thus, 'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him."

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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 said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son 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 will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform 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 carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they stayed there.

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30David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

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

31Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

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

32It happened that when David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.

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

33David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;

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2 Samuel 19:35, 2 Samuel 19:35

34but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.'

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

35Do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it 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

36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear."

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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, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

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