7After four years of this, Absalom spoke to the king, "Let me go to Hebron to pay a vow that I made to GOD.
8Your servant made a vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram saying, "If GOD will bring me back to Jerusalem, I''ll serve him with my life.''"
2 Samuel 15 marks the pivot point of Absalom's rebellion against his father David. The chapter traces the carefully orchestrated conspiracy from Absalom's chariot-and-horses display at the city gate to his stealthy coronation in Hebron. David, caught off guard, chooses flight ove
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