H0053–אֲבִישָׁלוֹם–a.vi.sha.lom

Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all who are with you be strong.

אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

לְאַבְשָׁל֛וֹם (אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ 'av.sha.lOm “Absalom”

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

לְאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ (אַבְשָׁלֹֽם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do [supplied: after] his saying? if not, speak up.

אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ 'av.sha.lOm “Absalom”אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [supplied: other] place: and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.

אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ 'av.sha.lOm “Absalom”אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.

לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם (אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֗ם (אַבְשָׁלֹ֗ם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם (אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. All the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם (אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹם (אַבְשָׁל֞וֹם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

The man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [supplied: pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Then said Joab, I may not wait thus with you. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and killed him.

אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.

אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם (אַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”

The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was.

לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם (אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם) 'av.sha.Lom “Absalom”