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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, &#8220;What town are you from?&#8221; He would answer, &#8220;Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Absalom would say to him, &#8220;Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And Absalom would add, &#8220;If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.15.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.15.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">At the end of four</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:7 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">forty</span></span></span><span class="content"> years, Absalom said to the king, &#8220;Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: &#8216;If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Hebron.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">in Hebron.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.15.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The king said to him, &#8220;Go in peace.&#8221; So he went to Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.15.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, &#8220;As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, &#8216;Absalom is king in Hebron.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now Absalom happened to meet David&#8217;s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom&#8217;s hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.18.9"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The watchman called out to the king and reported it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.18.25"><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;If he is alone, he must have good news.&#8221; And the runner came closer and closer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.18.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the watchman saw another runner, and he called down to the gatekeeper, &#8220;Look, another man running alone!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.18.26"><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;He must be bringing good news, too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.18.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The watchman said, &#8220;It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.18.27"><span class="content">&#8220;He&#8217;s a good man,&#8221; the king said. &#8220;He comes with good news.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.18.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, &#8220;All is well!&#8221; He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, &#8220;Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God! He has delivered up those who lifted their hands against my lord the king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.18.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The king asked, &#8220;Is the young man Absalom safe?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.18.29"><span class="content">Ahimaaz answered, &#8220;I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king&#8217;s servant and me, your servant, but I don&#8217;t know what it was.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.18.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;Stand aside and wait here.&#8221; So he stepped aside and stood there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.18.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then the Cushite arrived and said, &#8220;My lord the king, hear the good news! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.18.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The king asked the Cushite, &#8220;Is the young man Absalom safe?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.18.32"><span class="content">The Cushite replied, &#8220;May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.18.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: &#8220;O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you&#8212;O Absalom, my son, my son!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:33 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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