and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

次子基利押是作过迦密人拿八的妻亚比该所生的；三子押沙龙是基述王达买的女儿玛迦所生的；

次子基利押是作过迦密人拿八的妻子亚比该所生的；三子押沙龙是基述王达买的女儿玛迦所生的；

次子基利押是作过迦密人拿八的妻子亚比该所生的；三子押沙龙是基述王达买的女儿玛迦所生的；

迦密人拿八的遗孀亚比该所生的次子基利押，基述王达买的女儿玛迦所生的三子押沙龙，

次子基利押，是作过迦密人拿八的妻子亚比该所生的。三子押沙龙，是基述王达买的女儿玛迦所生的。

次子基利押是作過迦密人拿八的妻亞比該所生的；三子押沙龍是基述王達買的女兒瑪迦所生的；

次子基利押是作過迦密人拿八的妻子亞比該所生的；三子押沙龍是基述王達買的女兒瑪迦所生的；

次子基利押是作過迦密人拿八的妻子亞比該所生的；三子押沙龍是基述王達買的女兒瑪迦所生的；

迦密人拿八的遺孀亞比該所生的次子基利押，基述王達買的女兒瑪迦所生的三子押沙龍，

次子基利押，是作過迦密人拿八的妻子亞比該所生的。三子押沙龍，是基述王達買的女兒瑪迦所生的。

他的第二個兒子基利押、是那作過迦密人拿八的妻子亞比該生的；第三的押沙龍、是基述王達買的女兒瑪迦生的；

次子基利押，是納巴爾的遺孀迦密人婭比蓋所生；三子押沙龍，是基述王塔爾邁的女兒瑪迦的兒子；

次基利押、乃曾適迦密人拿八之亞比該所出、三押沙龍、乃基述王達買女瑪迦之子、

次基利押、乃曾適拿八加密地之女亞庇該所出。三押沙龍、乃基述王達買女馬迦所出。

次子基利押、乃曾適拿八迦密女亞比該所出、三子押沙龍、乃基述王達買女瑪迦所出、

his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

His second son was Kileab. Kileab’s mother was Abigail. She was Nabal’s widow from Carmel. The third son was Absalom. His mother was Maakah. She was the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.

and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

The second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.

his second was Chileab, by Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third was Absalom, son of Maacah the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

his second was Chileab, by Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third was Absalom, son of Maacah the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)

Absalom her brother said to her,“ Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.Absalom came to the king, and said,“ See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”The king said to Absalom,“ No, my son, let’s not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.Then Absalom said,“ If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him,“ Why should he go with you?”But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.Absalom commanded his servants, saying,“ Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you,‘ Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Nevertheless the children of Israel didn’t drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom,“ Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.Then Absalom said,“ Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying,“ Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”Hushai said to Absalom,“ The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”Hushai said moreover,“ You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say,‘ There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“ The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said,“ My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said,“ Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”Joab said to the man who told him,“ Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash.”The man said to Joab,“ Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying,‘ Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life( and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”Then Joab said,“ I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said,“ I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.

The king said,“ Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t see the king’s face.Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.When he cut the hair of his head( now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but he would not come.Therefore he said to his servants,“ Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him,“ Why have your servants set my field on fire?”Absalom answered Joab,“ Behold, I sent to you, saying,‘ Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say,“ Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said,“ What city are you from?” He said,“ Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”Absalom said to him,“ Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”Absalom said moreover,“ Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king,“ Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying,‘ If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’”The king said to him,“ Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,“ As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,‘ Absalom is king in Hebron!’”Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.A messenger came to David, saying,“ The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem,“ Arise! Let’s flee; or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”The king’s servants said to the king,“ Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.