Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all th
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike A
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and dec
Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in acc
But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed
Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!”
Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered.
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Isra