A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.3; son of: David (H1732) and Maacah (H4601I); half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416), Solomon (H8010), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N); father of: Tamar (H8559I); also called Abishalom at 1Ki.15.2,10; § Absalom or Abishalom = "my father is peace" 1) father-in-law of Rehoboam 2) third son of David, killer of first-born son Amnon, also leader of revolt against his father-David
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H53 — אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
a.vi.sha.lom · Absalom · Hebrew/Aramaic
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2 Samuel 3:3 · אַבְשָׁל֣וֹםand his second is Chileab, of Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite, and the third is Absalom son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur,2 Samuel 13:1 · וּלְאַבְשָׁל֧וֹםAnd it cometh to pass afterwards that Absalom son of David hath a fair sister, and her name is Tamar, and Amnon son of David loveth her.2 Samuel 13:4 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֥םand saith to him, ‘Wherefore art thou thus lean, O king’s son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?’ And Amnon saith to him, ‘Tamar—sister of Absalom my brother—I am loving.’2 Samuel 13:20 · אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם · אַבְשָׁל֥וֹםand Absalom her brother saith unto her, ‘Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, keep silent, he is thy brother; set not thy heart to this thing;’ and Tamar dwelleth—but desolate—in the house of Absalom her brother.2 Samuel 13:22 · אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister.2 Samuel 13:23 · לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king.2 Samuel 13:24 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, ‘Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.’2 Samuel 13:25 · אַבְשָׁל֗וֹםAnd the king saith unto Absalom, ‘Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;’ and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him.2 Samuel 13:26 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAnd Absalom saith, ‘If not—let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;’ and the king saith to him, ‘Why doth he go with thee?’2 Samuel 13:27 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםand Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king.2 Samuel 13:28 · אַבְשָׁל֨וֹםAnd Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, ‘See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.’2 Samuel 13:29 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee.2 Samuel 13:30 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And it cometh to pass—they are in the way—and the report hath come unto David, saying, ‘Absalom hath smitten all the sons of the king, and there is not left of them one;’2 Samuel 13:32 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answereth and saith, ‘Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone is dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister;2 Samuel 13:34 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd Absalom fleeth, and the young man who is watching lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, much people are coming by the way behind him, on the side of the hill.2 Samuel 13:37 · וְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹםAnd Absalom hath fled, and goeth unto Talmai, son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, and David mourneth for his son all the days.2 Samuel 13:38 · וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹםAnd Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years;2 Samuel 13:39 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםand the soul of king David determineth to go out unto Absalom, for he hath been comforted for Amnon, for he is dead.2 Samuel 14:1 · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃And Joab son of Zeruial knoweth that the heart of the king is on Absalom,2 Samuel 14:21 · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃And the king saith unto Joab, ‘Lo, I pray thee, thou hast done this thing; and go, bring back the young man Absalom.’2 Samuel 14:23 · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,2 Samuel 14:24 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙and the king saith, ‘Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he doth not see.’ And Absalom turneth round unto his house, and the face of the king he hath not seen.2 Samuel 14:25 · וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹםAnd like Absalom there was no man so fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him;2 Samuel 14:27 · לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name is Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.2 Samuel 14:28 · אַבְשָׁל֛וֹםAnd Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;2 Samuel 14:29 · אַבְשָׁל֜וֹםand Absalom sendeth unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he hath not been willing to come unto him; and he sendeth again a second time, and he hath not been willing to come.2 Samuel 14:30 · אַבְשָׁל֛וֹםAnd he saith unto his servants, ‘See, the portion of Joab is by the side of mine, and he hath barley there; go, and burn it with fire;’ and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with fire.2 Samuel 14:31 · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd Joab riseth and cometh unto Absalom in the house, and saith unto him, ‘Why have thy servants burned the portion that I have with fire?’2 Samuel 14:32 · אַבְשָׁל֣וֹםAnd Absalom saith unto Joab, ‘Lo, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and I send thee unto the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur?—good for me while I am there—and now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is in me iniquity then thou hast put me to death.’2 Samuel 14:33 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · לְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ פAnd Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth it to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.2 Samuel 15:1 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAnd it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;2 Samuel 15:2 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · אַבְשָׁל֤וֹםand Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, ‘Of what city art thou?’ and he saith, ‘Of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant.’2 Samuel 15:3 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAnd Absalom saith unto him, ‘See, thy matters are good and straightforward—and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.’2 Samuel 15:4 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAnd Absalom saith, ‘Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment?—then I have declared him righteous.’2 Samuel 15:6 · אַבְשָׁל֜וֹם · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםand Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 15:7 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, ‘Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron,2 Samuel 15:10 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםand Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, ‘At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.’2 Samuel 15:11 · אַבְשָׁל֗וֹםAnd with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;2 Samuel 15:12 · אַ֠בְשָׁלוֹם · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.2 Samuel 15:13 · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, ‘The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.’2 Samuel 15:14 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd David saith to all his servants who are with him in Jerusalem, ‘Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.’2 Samuel 15:31 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםand David declared, saying, ‘Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;’ and David saith, ‘Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.’2 Samuel 15:34 · לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I am also hitherto, and now, I am also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;2 Samuel 15:37 · וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔םAnd Hushai, David’s friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 16:8 · אַבְשָׁל֣וֹםJehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou art in thine evil, for a man of blood thou art.’2 Samuel 16:15 · וְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹםAnd Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,2 Samuel 16:16 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םand it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, ‘Let the king live! let the king live!’2 Samuel 16:17 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And Absalom saith unto Hushai, ‘This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?’2 Samuel 16:18 · אַבְשָׁלֹם֒And Hushai saith unto Absalom, ‘Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide;2 Samuel 16:20 · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, ‘Give for you counsel what we do.’2 Samuel 16:21 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םAnd Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, ‘Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who are with thee have been strong.’2 Samuel 16:22 · לְאַבְשָׁל֛וֹם · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.2 Samuel 16:23 · לְאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ סAnd the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days is as when one inquireth at the word of God; so is all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.2 Samuel 17:1 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֑םAnd Ahithophel said unto Absalom, ‘Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,2 Samuel 17:4 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֑םAnd the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.2 Samuel 17:5 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAnd Absalom saith, ‘Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what is in his mouth—even he.’2 Samuel 17:6 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ · אַבְשָׁל֨וֹםAnd Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, ‘According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou—speak thou.’2 Samuel 17:7 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd Hushai saith unto Absalom, ‘Not good is the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.’2 Samuel 17:9 · אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who are after Absalom;2 Samuel 17:14 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd Absalom saith—and all the men of Israel—‘Better is the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;’ and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah’s bringing unto Absalom the evil.2 Samuel 17:15 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םAnd Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, ‘Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;2 Samuel 17:18 · לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑םAnd a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,2 Samuel 17:20 · אַבְשָׁל֨וֹםAnd the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, ‘Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?’ and the woman saith to them, ‘They passed over the brook of water;’ and they seek, and have not found, and turn back to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 17:24 · וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֗םAnd David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;2 Samuel 17:25 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֛םand Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa is a man’s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;2 Samuel 17:26 · וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔םand Israel encampeth with Absalom in the land of Gilead.2 Samuel 18:5 · לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Gently—for me, for the youth, for Absalom;’ and all the people heard in the king’s charging all the heads concerning Absalom.2 Samuel 18:9 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹםAnd Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that is under him hath passed on.2 Samuel 18:10 · אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םAnd one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, ‘Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.’2 Samuel 18:12 · בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃And the man saith unto Joab, ‘Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who is against the youth—against Absalom;2 Samuel 18:14 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAnd Joab saith, ‘Not right—I tarry before thee;’ and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he is alive, in the midst of the oak.2 Samuel 18:15 · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd they go round—ten youths bearing weapons of Joab—and smite Absalom, and put him to death.2 Samuel 18:17 · אַבְשָׁל֗וֹםand they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled—each to his tent.2 Samuel 18:18 · וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם · אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םAnd Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that is in the king’s valley, for he said, ‘I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;’ and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called ‘The monument of Absalom’ unto this day.2 Samuel 18:29 · לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd the king saith, ‘Peace to the youth—to Absalom?’ And Ahimaaz saith, ‘I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant by Joab, and I have not known what it is.’2 Samuel 18:32 · לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd the king saith unto the Cushite, ‘Peace to the youth—to Absalom?’ And the Cushite saith, ‘Let them be—as the youth—the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against thee for evil.’2 Samuel 18:33 · אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, ‘My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.’2 Samuel 19:1 · אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃And it is declared to Joab, ‘Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;’2 Samuel 19:4 · אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםand the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth—a loud voice—‘My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.’2 Samuel 19:6 · אַבְשָׁל֥וֹםto love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom were alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.2 Samuel 19:9 · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃And it cometh to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, ‘The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, yea, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he hath fled out of the land because of Absalom,2 Samuel 19:10 · וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙and Absalom whom we anointed over us is dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent—to bring back the king?’2 Samuel 20:6 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםand David saith unto Abishai, ‘Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself from our eye.’1 Kings 1:6 · אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃and his father hath not grieved him all his days, saying, ‘Wherefore thus hast thou done?’ and he also is of a very good form, and his mother bare him after Absalom.1 Kings 2:7 · אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם‘And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou dost do kindness, and they have been among those eating at thy table, for so they drew near unto me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother.1 Kings 2:28 · אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםAnd the report hath come unto Joab—for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside—and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.1 Kings 15:2 · אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Maachah daughter of Abishalom;1 Kings 15:10 · אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Maachah daughter of Abishalom.1 Chronicles 3:2 · לְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹםthe third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith;2 Chronicles 11:20 · אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAnd after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.2 Chronicles 11:21 · אַבְשָׁל֗וֹםAnd Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines—for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines—and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.