Absalom then killed Amnon and fled.
Absalom's defeat and death(1-18).
Absalom says that he still wants to marry his girlfriend.
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
But Absalom's physical beauty masked an inner ugliness:
He was vain, ambitious, and ruthless.
Absalom's rise to power
and his subsequent fall serve as a lesson for us.
So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
If Absalom had lived and all of us had died, you would be pleased.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
How did Absalom prove disloyal to David, and what did that expose about him?
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.
Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel,
came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
Absalom said to Hushai,"Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't
you go with your friend?
At the end of every year, Absalom cut the hair from his head and weighed it.
But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also,
and let us hear likewise what he saith.
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said,"Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
Absalom conspires against his own father and proclaims himself king in Hebron.
David is forced to flee Jerusalem.
Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad;
for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king,
but Joab was unwilling to come.
David returns to his kingship only after Absalom is killed.
A revolt by the Benjaminite Sheba ends in Sheba's death.
And Absalom said to him:“Is this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”.
It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king,
but Joab refused to come to him.
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited,
and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.
It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.