2 Samuel 15:7-9

The Voice

⁷When four^[a] years had passed, Absalom went to his father the king.

Absalom: My king, please let me go to Hebron and satisfy the vow I made to the Eternal One. ⁸I made a promise when I lived at Geshur in Aram: “If ever the Eternal will bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will go and serve Him [in Hebron.]”^[b]

David: ⁹Go in peace.

So he got up and traveled to Hebron. But this was all part of Absalom’s plan to come to power.

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