See also:

• ABSALOM (Hebrew for " father of [or is] peace ")

ABSALOM (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for " See also:

• FATHER

father of [or is] See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace ")  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the third son of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel . He was deemed the handsomest See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . His See also:

• SISTER

sister Tamar having been violated by David's eldest son Amnon, See also:

• ABSALOM (Hebrew for " father of [or is] peace ")

Absalom, after waiting two years, caused his servants to See also:

• MURDER

murder Amnon at a feast to which he had invited all the king's sons (2 Sam. xiii.) . After this See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed he fled to Talmai, " king " of Geshur (see Josh. xii . 5 or xiii . 2), his maternal grandfather, and it was not until five years later that he was fully reinstated in his See also:

• FATHER

father's favour (see See also:

• JOAB (Heb. " Yah [well] is a father ")

JOAB) . Four years after this he raised a revolt at See also:

• HEBRON (mod. Khulzl er-Rahman, i.e. " the friend of the Merciful One "—an allusion to Abraham)

Hebron, the former See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . Absalom was now the eldest surviving son of David, and the See also:

• PRESENT

present position of the narratives (xv.-xx.)---after the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon and before the struggle between Solomon and See also:

• ADONIJAH (Heb. Adoniyyah or Adoniyyahu, " Yah is Lord ")

Adonijah—may represent the view that the suspicion that he was not the destined See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir of his father's See also:

• THRONE

throne excited the impulsive youth to See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion . All Israel and See also:

• JUDAH

Judah flocked to his See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, and David, attended only by the Cherethites and Pelethites and some See also:

• RECENT

recent recruits from See also:

• GATH

Gath, found it expedient to flee . The priests remained behind in See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, and their sons See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan and, Ahimaaz served as his spies . Absalom reached the capital and took counsel with the renowned See also:

• AHITHOPHEL (Heb. for " brother of foolishness, " i.e. foolish!)

Ahithophel . The pursuit was continued and David took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge beyond the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan .

A See also:

• BATTLE

battle was fought in the " See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim " (the name suggests a locality See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Jordan) and Absalom's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army was completely routed . He himself was caught in the boughs of an See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, and as David had strictly charged his men to See also:

• DEAL

deal gently with the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young man, Joab was informed . What a See also:

• COMMON

common soldier refused to do even for a thousand shekels of See also:

• SILVER

silver, the king's See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general at once undertook . Joab thrust three spears through the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of Absalom as he struggled in the branches, and as though this were not enough, his ten See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour-bearers came around and slew him . The king's overwhelming grief is well known . A See also:

• GREAT

great heap of stones was erected where he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell, whilst another See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument near Jerusalem (not the See also:

• MODERN

modern " Absalom's See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

Tomb," which is of later origin) he himself had erected in his lifetime to perpetuate his name (2 Sam. xviii . 17 seq.) . But the latter See also:

• NOTICE

notice does not seem to agree with xiv . 27 (cf . 1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xv . 2) . On the narratives in 2 Sam. xiii.-xix., see further DAVID; See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL, BOOKS OF .