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1 Samuel 27 8
Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites.( They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)
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1 Chronicles 3 1
These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;
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1 Samuel 25 3
The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.
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Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites( namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, which it retains to this very day.)
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2 Samuel 13 20-2 Samuel 13 28
Her brother Absalom said to her,“ Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry.But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.Then Absalom went to the king and said,“ My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me.”But the king said to Absalom,“ No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him.Then Absalom said,“ If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him,“ Why should he go with you?”But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.Absalom instructed his servants,“ Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you,‘ Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!”
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2 Samuel 13 37-2 Samuel 13 38
But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.
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1 Samuel 25 42
Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
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2 Samuel 2 2
So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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Joshua 13:13
But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.
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2 Samuel 17 1-2 Samuel 17 14
Ahithophel said to Absalom,“ Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the kingand will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed.”This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.But Absalom said,“ Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him,“ Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”Hushai replied to Absalom,“ Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.”Hushai went on to say,“ You know your father and his men– they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, whoever hears about it will say,‘ Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’If that happens even the bravest soldier– one who is lion-hearted– will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba– in number like the sand by the sea!– be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.We will come against him wherever he happens to be found. We will descend on him like the dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of the men who are with him will be spared alive– not one of them!If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“ The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the LORD had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18 33
( 19: 1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“ My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”
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2 Samuel 18 9-2 Samuel 18 18
Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying,“ I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.Joab replied to the man who was telling him this,“ What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a commemorative belt!”The man replied to Joab,“ Even if I were receiving a thousand pieces of silver, I would not strike the king’s son! In our very presence the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai,‘ Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’If I had acted at risk of my own life– and nothing is hidden from the king!– you would have abandoned me.”Joab replied,“ I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning“ I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.
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2 Samuel 14 24-2 Samuel 15 18
But the king said,“ Let him go over to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over to his own house; he did not see the king’s face.Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance.When he would shave his head– at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it– he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king’s weight.Absalom had three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman.Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face.Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.So he said to his servants,“ Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s portion of the field on fire.Then Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. He said to him,“ Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?”Absalom said to Joab,“ Look, I sent a message to you saying,‘ Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:“ Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him,“ What city are you from?” The person would answer,“ I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel.”Absalom would then say to him,“ Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”Absalom would then say,“ If only they would make me a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.After four years Absalom said to the king,“ Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the LORD while I was in Hebron.For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram:‘ If the LORD really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD.’”The king replied to him,“ Go in peace.” So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said,“ When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume that Absalom rules in Hebron.”Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning.While he was offering sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s adviser, to come from his city, Giloh. The conspiracy was gaining momentum, and the people were starting to side with Absalom.Then a messenger came to David and reported,“ The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“ Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”The king’s servants replied to the king,“ We will do whatever our lord the king decides.”So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace.The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites– some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king.
