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VI. DAVID'S TROUBLES chs. 9--20 >
C. David's Rejection and Return chs. 13-20 >
1. Events leading up to Absalom's rebellion chs. 13-14 >
Absalom's murder of Amnon 13:23-39 >
Amnon's murder 13:23-29
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Absalom patiently and carefully plotted revenge on Amnon.
". . . As the sheep of Absalom would lose their wool (vv. 23-24), so David's firstborn, the potential shepherd of Israel, would lose his life (vv. 28-29)."223
Absalom finally killed his brother at Baal-hazor 15 miles north-northeast of Jerusalem two years later (ca. 985 B.C.). As Amnon's rape of Tamar reprised David's adultery with Bathsheba, so Absalom's execution of Amnon mirrored David's murder of Uriah (cf. Gal. 6:7). David's sons were chips off the old block.224
