2 Samuel 15:10-12

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ Then Absalom sent agents throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the ram’s horn,^(A) you are to say, ‘Absalom has become king in Hebron!’” ^(B)

¹¹ Two hundred men from Jerusalem went with Absalom. They had been invited and were going innocently, for they did not know the whole situation. ¹² While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for David’s adviser Ahithophel the Gilonite,^(C) from his city of Giloh. So the conspiracy grew strong, and the people supporting Absalom continued to increase.