2 Samuel 13:38

13:38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.

2 Samuel 16:15

The Advice of Ahithophel

16:15 Now when Absalom and all the men ¹  of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, ²  Ahithophel was with him.

2 Samuel 13:37

13:37 But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David ³  grieved over his son every day.

2 Samuel 19:10

19:10 But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, ⁴  has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?” ⁵ 

2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ⁶  mule, it ⁷  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ⁸  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

¹ tn Heb “and all the people, the men of Israel.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹ tc The Hebrew text leaves the word “David” to be inferred. The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate add the word “David.” Most of the Greek tradition includes the words “King David” here.

¹ tn Heb “over us.”

² tc The LXX includes the following words at the end of v. 11: “And what all Israel was saying came to the king’s attention.” The words are misplaced in the LXX from v. 12 (although the same statement appears there in the LXX as well).

¹ tn Heb “the.”

² tn Heb “the donkey.”

³ tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”