אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
a.vi.sha.lom
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.3;
son of: David (H1732) and Maacah (H4601I);
half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416), Solomon (H8010), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N);
father of: Tamar (H8559I); also called Abishalom at 1Ki.15.2,10;
§ Absalom or Abishalom = "my father is peace"
1. father-in-law of Rehoboam
2. third son of David, killer of first-born son Amnon, also leader of revolt against his father-David
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- 2 Samuel 16:21 אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- 2 Samuel 16:22 לְאַבְשָׁל֛וֹםאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 16:23 לְאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ס
Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
- 2 Samuel 17:1 אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- 2 Samuel 17:4 אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:5 אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
- 2 Samuel 17:6 אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם
So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
- 2 Samuel 17:7 אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
- 2 Samuel 17:9 אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
- 2 Samuel 17:14 אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:15 אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
- 2 Samuel 17:18 לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 17:24 וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֗ם
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 17:26 וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם
So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 18:5 לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹםאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:9 אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםוְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹם
Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
- 2 Samuel 18:10 אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
- 2 Samuel 18:12 בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
- 2 Samuel 18:14 אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
- 2 Samuel 18:15 אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
- 2 Samuel 18:17 אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
- 2 Samuel 18:18 וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣םאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
- 2 Samuel 18:29 לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
- 2 Samuel 18:32 לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”
- 2 Samuel 18:33 אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםאַבְשָׁל֖וֹם
The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 2 Samuel 19:1 אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
- 2 Samuel 19:4 אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםאַבְשָׁל֖וֹם
But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 2 Samuel 19:6 אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם
You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
- 2 Samuel 19:9 אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:10 וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
- 2 Samuel 20:6 אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
- 1 Kings 1:6 אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- 1 Kings 2:7 אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם
But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
- 1 Kings 2:28 אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם
When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 15:2 אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:10 אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2 לְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם
the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
- Psalms 3:1 אַבְשָׁל֬וֹם
O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!