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Absalom, the third son of King David of Israel, had been newly returned from three years in exile in Geshur for the murder of his half-brother, Amnon and received a pardon with some restrictions. [3] Later, he began a campaign to win the lost favour and trust of the people, [ 4 ] which was successful. [ 5 ]
Absalom had once set Joab's field of barley on fire [17] and then made Amasa Captain of the Host instead of Joab. Killing Absalom was against David's explicit command, "Beware that none touch the young man Absalom". Joab injured Absalom with three darts through the heart and Absalom was subsequently killed by ten of Joab's armor-bearers. [18]
However, when a man reported that Absalom had been found alive and caught in a tree, Joab and his men killed him (2 Samuel 18:1–33). Hearing of David's grief over the reported death of Absalom, Joab confronted and admonished David. The king followed Joab's advice to make a public appearance to encourage his troops (2 Samuel 19:1–8).
Three years later, Absalom returns to Israel and begins rallying popular support against David in Jerusalem. A war ensues as Absalom's rebels mobilize at Hebron and begin fighting David's army in an attempt to overthrow him. However, the revolt fails when Absalom is killed by David's army commander Joab during the Battle of the Wood of Ephraim.
Absalom, the third son, born to Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. He was killed by Joab (1 Chronicles 3:1-2) after he mounted a rebellion against his aging father David. Adonijah, the fourth son of King David from Haggith (2 Samuel 3:4). He attempted to usurp the throne during the life of David (1 Kings 1:11ff).
Amnon (Hebrew: אַמְנוֹן ’Amnōn, "faithful") was, in the Hebrew Bible, the oldest son of King David and his second wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel. [1] He was born in Hebron during his father's reign in Judah. [2]
An initial report that all the king's sons had been killed had to be corrected by Jonadab, asserting that it was only Amnon who had died and providing David the information of the reason for Absalom's action (verse 32), then the king's sons indeed returned along the 'Horonaim road' (the Septuagint Greek version reads 'the road behind him'). [21]
Absalom's dead body was thrown into a pit by the troops and they heaped stones over him; this was not a respectable burial (cf. Joshua 7:26; 8:29), but Absalom had during his lifetime erected a memorial for himself in the Jerusalem area (verse 18) and this monument could be the one related to the Tomb of Absalom in the Kidron Valley. [17]