2 Samuel 13:21-39

21But when kingH4428 DavidH1732 heardH8085 of all these thingsH1697, he was veryH3966 wrothH2734. 22And AbsalomH53 spakeH1696 unto his brother AmnonH550 neither goodH2896 nor badH7451: for AbsalomH53 hatedH8130 AmnonH550, becauseH1697 he had forcedH6031 his sisterH269 TamarH8559.

23And it came to pass after two fullH3117 yearsH8141, that AbsalomH53 had sheepshearersH1494 in Baal–hazorH1178, which is beside EphraimH669: and AbsalomH53 invitedH7121 all the king’sH4428 sonsH1121. 24And AbsalomH53 cameH935 to the kingH4428, and saidH559, Behold now, thy servantH5650 hath sheepshearersH1494; letH3212 the kingH4428, I beseech thee, and his servantsH5650 goH3212 with thy servantH5650. 25And the kingH4428 saidH559 to AbsalomH53, Nay, my sonH1121, let us not all now goH3212, lest we be chargeableH3513 unto thee. And he pressedH6555 him: howbeit he wouldH14 not goH3212, but blessedH1288 him. 26Then saidH559 AbsalomH53, If not, I pray thee, let my brotherH251 AmnonH550 goH3212 with us. And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto him, Why should he goH3212 with thee? 27But AbsalomH53 pressedH6555 him, that he let AmnonH550 and all the king’sH4428 sonsH1121 goH7971 with him.

28Now AbsalomH53 had commandedH6680 his servantsH5288, sayingH559, MarkH7200 ye now when Amnon’sH550 heartH3820 is merryH2896 with wineH3196, and when I sayH559 unto you, SmiteH5221 AmnonH550; then killH4191 him, fearH3372 not: have not I commandedH6680 you? be courageousH2388, and be valiantH2428H1121.12 29And the servantsH5288 of AbsalomH53 didH6213 unto AmnonH550 as AbsalomH53 had commandedH6680. Then all the king’sH4428 sonsH1121 aroseH6965, and every manH376 gat him upH7392 upon his muleH6505, and fledH5127.3

30And it came to pass, while they were in the wayH1870, that tidingsH8052 cameH935 to DavidH1732, sayingH559, AbsalomH53 hath slainH5221 all the king’sH4428 sonsH1121, and there is not oneH259 of them leftH3498. 31Then the kingH4428 aroseH6965, and tareH7167 his garmentsH899, and layH7901 on the earthH776; and all his servantsH5650 stoodH5324 by with their clothesH899 rentH7167. 32And JonadabH3122, the sonH1121 of ShimeahH8093 David’sH1732 brotherH251, answeredH6030 and saidH559, Let not my lordH113 supposeH559 that they have slainH4191 all the young menH5288 the king’sH4428 sonsH1121; for AmnonH550 only is deadH4191: for by the appointmentH6310 of AbsalomH53 this hath been determinedH7760 from the dayH3117 that he forcedH6031 his sisterH269 TamarH8559.45 33Now therefore let not my lordH113 the kingH4428 takeH7760 the thingH1697 to his heartH3820, to thinkH559 that all the king’sH4428 sonsH1121 are deadH4191: for AmnonH550 only is deadH4191. 34But AbsalomH53 fledH1272. And the young manH5288 that kept the watchH6822 lifted upH5375 his eyesH5869, and lookedH7200, and, behold, there cameH1980 muchH7227 peopleH5971 by the wayH1870 of the hillH2022 sideH6654 behindH310 him. 35And JonadabH3122 saidH559 unto the kingH4428, Behold, the king’sH4428 sonsH1121 comeH935: as thy servantH5650 saidH1697, so it is.6 36And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an endH3615 of speakingH1696, that, behold, the king’sH4428 sonsH1121 cameH935, and lifted upH5375 their voiceH6963 and weptH1058: and the kingH4428 also and all his servantsH5650 weptH1058 veryH3966 soreH1419H1065.7

37But AbsalomH53 fledH1272, and wentH3212 to TalmaiH8526, the sonH1121 of AmmihudH5989H5991, kingH4428 of GeshurH1650. And David mournedH56 for his sonH1121 every dayH3117.8 38So AbsalomH53 fledH1272, and wentH3212 to GeshurH1650, and was there threeH7969 yearsH8141. 39And the soul of kingH4428 DavidH1732 longedH3615 to go forthH3318 unto AbsalomH53: for he was comfortedH5162 concerning AmnonH550, seeing he was deadH4191.9