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15 And it happened after this that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and 50 men running to his face. 2 And Absalom would arise early, and he would stand at the hand of the way of the gate. And it happened, when any man to whom was a dispute came to the king for judgment, then Absalom would call to him, and he would say, “Where from this city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.” 3 Then Absalom would say to him, “See, your matter is good and right, but there is not a hearer for you from with the king.” 4 And Absalom would say, “Who will appoint me a judge in the land, that every person to whom was a dispute and a judgment would come to me, and I would do him justice?”
5 And it happened, when a man approached to prostrate himself to him, that he would stretch out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. 6 And Absalom acted according to this matter for all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. And Absalom stole the heart of the men of Israel.
7 And it happened at the end of 40 years that Absalom said to the king, “Please may I go, and may I fulfill in Hebron my vow that I vowed to Yahweh. 8 For your servant vowed a vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If bringing back, Yahweh brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.”
9 And the king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
10 Then Absalom sent spies among all of the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the shofar, then you shall say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’ ” 11 Now 200 men from Jerusalem had gone with Absalom, called and walking in their innocence, and they did not know any of the matter. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, the counselor of David, from his city, from Giloh, while he sacrificed the sacrifices. And it happened, the conspiracy became strong, and the people were going and many with Absalom.
13 And a declarer came to David, saying, “The heart of a man of Israel is behind Absalom.”
14 And David said to all of his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, for there will not be for us an escape from the face of Absalom. Hurry to go, lest he hurry and overtake us and bring harm upon us and strike the city to the mouth of the sword.”
15 And the servants of the king said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king chooses, behold your servants.”
16 And the king went out, and all of his house was at his feet. And the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house. 17 And the king went out, and all of the people were at his feet. And they stopped at the farthest house. 18 And all of his servants were passing by at his hand. And all of the Cherethites and all of the Pelethites and all of the Gittites, the 600 men who had come at his foot from Gath, were passing by to the face of the king.
19 But the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also going with us? Return and dwell with the king, for you are a foreigner and you are also an exile to your place. 20 Yesterday was your coming, and today shall I make you wander with us to go, when I am going upon where I am going? Return, and make your brothers return. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.”
21 But Ittai answered the king and said, “The life of Yahweh and the life of my lord the king, surely in the place where my lord the king will be there, whether to death, whether to life, that there your servant shall be.”
22 And David said to Ittai, “Go and pass by.” So Ittai the Gittite passed by, and all of his men and all of the little ones who were with him.
23 And all of the land was weeping with a great voice, and all of the people were crossing, and the king was crossing, over the Valley of Kidron, and all of the people were crossing to the face of the way of the wilderness.
24 And behold, Zadok and all of the Levites with him were also carrying the Box of the Covenant of God. And they set down the Box of God, but Abiathar went up until all of the people had finished passing from the city.
25 And the king said to Zadok, “Bring back the Box of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, then he will bring me back, and he will make me see it and his habitation. 26 But if he says thus, ‘I do not delight in you,’ behold me, may he do to me just as is good in his eyes.”
27 And the king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you seeing? Return to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons, with you. 28 See, I will be waiting at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to declare to me.” 29 So Zadok and Abiathar brought the Box of God back to Jerusalem, and they stayed there.
30 And David was going up onto the Mount of Olives, going up and weeping, and his head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all of the people who were with him covered, a man his head, and they went up, going up and weeping. 31 And to David one declared, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “Please, Yahweh, make foolish the counsel of Ahithophel.”
32 And it happened, David came to the top, where one would prostrate himself to God there, and behold, meeting him was Hushai the Archite. His robe was torn, and dirt was on his head. 33 And David said to him, “If you pass along with me, you will become a burden to me. 34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I am your servant, O king. I was the servant of your father, and as I was previously, and now, so I will be your servant,’ then you will break up the counsel of Ahithophel for me. 35 Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there? And may it be, every word that you hear from the house of the king, declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, with them there are the two of their sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok and Jonathan to Abiathar. And you shall send to me by their hand every word that you hear.”
37 So Hushai the friend of David came to the city. And Absalom came to Jerusalem.
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