2 Samuel 15:9-11

EasyEnglish Bible

⁹ The king said, ‘Yes, you may go.’ So Absalom left Jerusalem and he went to Hebron.

¹⁰ Then Absalom sent his men to go secretly to all the tribes of Israel. They took this message to the people: ‘When you hear the noise of trumpets, then you must shout, “Absalom has become king in Hebron.” ’

¹¹ 200 men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. He had asked them to go with him as his friends. They trusted him and they did not know about his ideas.