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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Samuel chapters

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13 and 14. Chapter 13 After this Absalom the

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son of David had a lovely sister whose name was

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Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar

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that he became sick, for she was a virgin, and

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it was improper for Amnon to do anything to her.

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But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab,

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the son of Shimea, David's brother. Now Jonadab

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was a very crafty man, and he said to him, Why

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are you, the king's son, becoming thinner day

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after day? Will you not tell me? Amnon said to

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him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

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So Jonadab said to him, Lie down on your bed

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and pretend to be ill, and when your father comes

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to see you, say to him, Please let my sister

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Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the

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food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it

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from her hand. Then Amnon lay down and pretended

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to be ill. And when the king came to see him,

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Amnon said to the king, Please let Tamar my sister

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come and make a couple of cakes for me in my

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sight that I may eat from her hand. And David

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sent home to Tamar, saying, Now go to your brother

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Amnon's house and prepare food for him. So Tamar

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went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was

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lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it,

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made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.

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And she took the pan and placed them out before

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him, but he refused to eat. then Amnon said have

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everyone go out from me and they all went out

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from him then Amnon said to Tamar bring the food

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into the bedroom that I may eat from your hand

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and Tamar took the cakes which she had made and

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brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom

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now when she had brought them to him to eat he

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took hold of her and said to her come lie with

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me my sister but she answered him no my brother

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do not force me for no such thing should be done

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in Israel do not do this disgraceful thing and

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I where could I take my shame and as for you

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You would like to be like one of the fools in

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Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king,

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for he will not withhold me from you. However,

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he would not heed her voice. And being stronger

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than she, he forced her and lay with her. Then

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Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred

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with which he hated her was greater than the

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love which he had loved her. And Amnon said to

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her, Arise, begone. So she said to him, No, indeed.

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This evil of sending me away is worse than the

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other that you did to me. But he would not listen

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to her. Then he called his servant who attended

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him and said, Here, put this woman out away from

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me and bolt the door behind her. Now she had

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on a robe of many colors, for the king's virgin

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daughters wore such apparel. And his servant

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put her out and bolted the door behind her. Then

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Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe

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of many colors that was on her, and laid her

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hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

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And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon

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your brother been with you? But now hold your

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peace, my sister. He is your brother. Do not

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take this thing to heart. So Tamar remained desolate

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in her brother Absalom's house. But when King

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David heard of all these things, he was very

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angry. And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon

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neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon,

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because he had forced his sister Tamar. And it

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came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom

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had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is near

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Ephraim. So Absalom invited all the king's sons.

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Then Absalom came to the king and said, Kindly

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note, your servant has sheep shearers. Please

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let the king and his servants go with your servant.

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But the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let

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us not all go now, lest we be a burden to you.

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Then he urged him, but he would not go, and he

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blessed him. Then Absalom said, If not, please

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let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king

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said to him, Why should he go with you? But Absalom

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urged him, so he let Amnon and all the king's

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sons go with him. Now Absalom had commanded his

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servants, saying, Watch now when Amnon's heart

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is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike

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Amnon, then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have

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I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.

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So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom

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had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose,

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and each one got on his mule and fled. And it

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came to pass, while they were on the way, that

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news came to David, saying, Absalom has killed

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all the king's sons, and not one of them is left.

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So the king arose and tore his garments and lay

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on the ground. And all his servants stood by

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with their clothes torn. Then Yonadab, the son

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of Shimea, David's brother, answered and said,

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Let not my lord suppose they have killed all

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the young men, the king's sons, for only Amnon

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is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has

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been determined from the day that he forced his

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sister Tamar. now therefore let not my lord the

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king take the thing to his heart to think that

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all the king's sons are dead for only amnon is

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dead then absalom fled and the young man who

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was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked

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and there many people were coming from the road

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on the hillside behind him And Jonadab said to

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the king, Look, the king's sons are coming, as

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your servant said. So it is. So it was as soon

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as he had finished speaking that the king's sons

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indeed came, and they lifted up their voice and

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wept. Also the king and all his servants wept

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very bitterly. But Absalom fled and went to Talmai,

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the son of Amihud, king of Geshur. And David

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mourned for his son every day. So Absalom fled

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and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he

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had been comforted concerning Amnon, because

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he was dead. Chapter 14 So Joab the son of Zeruiah

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perceived that the king's heart was concerned

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about Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoia, and brought

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from there a wise woman, and said to her, Please

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pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning

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apparel. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but

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act like a woman who has been mourning a long

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time for the dead. Go to the king and speak to

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him in this manner. So Joab put the words in

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her mouth. And when the woman of Tekoa spoke

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to the king, she fell on her face to the ground

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and prostrated herself and said, Help, O king.

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And the king said to her, What troubles you?

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And she answered, Indeed, I am a widow. My husband

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is dead. Now your maidservant had two sons. And

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the two fought with each other in the field,

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and there was no one to part them. But the one

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struck the other and killed him. and now the

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whole family has risen up against your maidservant

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and they said deliver him who struck his brother

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that we may execute him for the life of his brother

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whom he killed and we will destroy the heir also

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so they would extinguish my ember that is left

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and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant

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on the earth then the king said to the woman

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go to your house and i will give orders concerning

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you and the woman of tekoa said to the king My

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lord, O king, let the iniquity be on me and on

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my father's house, and the king and his throne

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be guiltless. So the king said, Whoever says

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anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall

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not touch you any more. Then she said, Please

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let the king remember the lord your god, and

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do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy

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any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said,

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As the lord lives, not one hair of your son shall

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fall to the ground. Therefore the woman said,

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Please let your maidservant speak another word

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to my lord the king. And he said, Say on. So

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the woman said, Why then have you schemed such

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a thing against the people of God? For the king

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speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that

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the king does not bring his banished one home

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again. For we will surely die and become like

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water spilled on the ground, which cannot be

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gathered up again. Yet God does not take away

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a life, but he devises means so that his banished

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ones are not expelled from him. Now therefore

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I have come to speak of this thing to my lord

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the king, because the people have made me afraid.

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And your maidservant said, I will now speak to

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the king. It may be that the king will perform

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the request of his maidservant. For the king

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will hear and deliver his maidservant from the

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hand of the man who would destroy me and my son

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together from the inheritance of God. Your maidservant

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said, The word of my lord the king will now be

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comforting. For as the angel of God, so is my

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lord the king in discerning good and evil. And

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may the lord your God be with you. Then the king

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answered and said to the woman, Please do not

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hide from me anything that I ask you. And a woman

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said, Please let my lord the king speak. So the

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king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all

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this? And a woman answered and said, As you live,

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my lord the king, no one can turn to the right

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hand or to the left from anything that my lord

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the king has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded

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me, and he put all these words in the mouth of

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your maidservant. To bring about this change

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of affairs, your servant Joab has done this thing.

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But my lord is wise, according to the wisdom

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of the angel of God, to know everything that

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is in the earth. And the king said to Joab, All

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right, I have granted this thing. Go, therefore,

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bring back the young man Absalom. Then Joab fell

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to the ground on his face and bowed himself and

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thanked the king. And Joab said, Today your servant

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knows that I have found favor in your sight,

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my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled

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the request of his servant. So Joab arose and

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went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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And the king said, Let him return to his own

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house, but do not let him see my face. So Absalom

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returned to his own house, but did not see the

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king's face. Now in all Israel there was no one

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who was praised as much as Absalom for his good

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looks. From the sole of his foot to the crown

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of his head there was no blemish in him. And

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when he cut the hair of his head at the end of

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every year, he cut it because it was heavy on

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him. When he cut it, he weighed the hair of his

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head at 200 shekels according to the king's standard.

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To Absalom were born three sons and one daughter

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whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful

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appearance. And Absalom dwelt two full years

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in Jerusalem. but did not see the king's face.

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Therefore Absalom sent for Joab to send him to

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the king, but he would not come to him. And when

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he sent again the second time, he would not come.

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So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field

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is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and

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set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the

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field on fire. Then Joab arose and came to Absalom's

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house and said to him, Why have your servants

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set my field on fire? And Absalom answered Joab,

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Look, I sent you, saying, Come here, so that

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I may send you to the king, to say, Why have

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I come from Geshur? It would be better for me

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to be there still. Now therefore let me see the

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king's face, but if there is iniquity in me,

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let him execute me. So Joab went to the king

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and told him. And when he had called for Absalom,

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he came to the king and bowed himself on his

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face to the ground before the king. Then the

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king kissed Absalom. I hope you enjoyed today's

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reading as much as I did and I look forward to

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seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.