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It happened whenever anyone drew near to do obeisance to him, that he would stretch his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. Absalom did like this to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts[a] of the people of Israel.

It happened at the end of four[b] years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have made to Yahweh in Hebron,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:6 Hebrew “heart”
  2. 2 Samuel 15:7 So LXX, followed by Syriac and Vulgate; MT has “forty”