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The Banquet of Absalom attributed to Niccolò de Simone around 1650. Absalom, David's third son, by Maacah, was born in Hebron. [4] At an early age, he moved, along with the transfer of the capital, to Jerusalem, where he spent most of his life. He was a great favorite of his father and of the people.
David then declared that he would head the army himself, but his soldiers would not allow David to risk his life. They asked him to remain in the city. When all was ready, David gave to the three Generals this parting injunction, "Deal gently, for my sake, with the young man, with Absalom." The two armies met in a forest of Ephraim.
Illustration from the Morgan Bible of a story in 2 Samuel 20 of Joab pursuing Sheba as far as Abel-beth-maachah and Sheba's head being thrown down to him. Leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible, "Scenes from the Life of Absalom", c. 1250. Joab was the son of Zeruiah, a sister of king David (1 Chronicles 2:15–16).
2 Samuel 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Second Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the second part of Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...
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]
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).
[16] The oath placed David in jeopardy because he had condemned himself for his treatment of Absalom as the woman argued (verse 14): all would die, and Amnon's death cannot be changed by keeping Absalom in banishment. [16] The parallel of the parable devised by Joab to be spoken by the woman to the story of Cain and Abel can be summarized below ...
In the Jewish Study Bible (2014), Oded Lipschits states the concept of United Monarchy should be abandoned, [19] while Aren Maeir believes there is insufficient evidence in support of the United Monarchy. [42] In August 2015, Israeli archaeologists discovered massive fortifications in the ruins of the ancient city of Gath, supposed birthplace ...