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Page 19
Blessed... That is, and gave thanks to the king.
14:23. Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to
Jerusalem.
14:24. But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king's
face.
14:25. But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so
exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown
of his head there was no blemish in him.
14:26. And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year,
because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head
at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.
14:27. And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter,
whose name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful.
14:28. And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's
face.
14:29. He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would
not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not
come to him,
14:30. He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my
field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the
servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants coming
with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of
the field on fire.
14:31. Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why
have thy servants set my corn on fire?
14:32. And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come
to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I
come from Gessur? it had been better for me to be there: I beseech thee
therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of
my iniquity, let him kill me.
14:33. So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was
called for, and, he went in to the king: and prostrated himself on the
ground before him: and the king kissed Absalom.
2 Kings Chapter 15
Absalom's policy and conspiracy. David is obliged to flee.
15:1. Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and
horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
15:2. And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and
when any man had business to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called
him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy
servant is of such tribe of Israel.
15:3. And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But
there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:
15:4. O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have
business might come to me, that I might do them justice.
15:5. Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his
hand, and took him, and kissed him.
15:6. And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard
by the king, and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.
15:7. And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and
pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.
15:8. For thy servant made a vow, when he was in Gessur of Syria,
saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem, I will offer
sacrifice to the Lord.
15:9. And king David said to him: Go in peace. And he arose, and went to
Hebron.
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