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Psalm 127 Warriors (1)

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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When King David heard all this, he was furious. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Absalom Kills Amnon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Two years later, when Absalom&#8217;s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king&#8217;s sons to come there. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Absalom went to the king and said, &#8220;Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my son,&#8221; the king replied. &#8220;All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.&#8221; Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Absalom said, &#8220;If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="content">The king asked him, &#8220;Why should he go with you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king&#8217;s sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Absalom ordered his men, &#8220;Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, &#8216;Strike Amnon down,&#8217; then kill him. Don&#8217;t be afraid. Haven&#8217;t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So Absalom&#8217;s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king&#8217;s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">While they were on their way, the report came to David: &#8220;Absalom has struck down all the king&#8217;s sons; not one of them is left.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother, said, &#8220;My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom&#8217;s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king&#8217;s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="content">Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, &#8220;I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jonadab said to the king, &#8220;See, the king&#8217;s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As he finished speaking, the king&#8217;s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2SA.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="2SA.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon&#8217;s death.</span></span></div>
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