2 Samuel 15:6-8

New International Version

⁶ Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts^(A) of the people of Israel.

⁷ At the end of four^[a] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord. ⁸ While your servant was living at Geshur^(B) in Aram, I made this vow:^(C) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.^[b]’”