2Samuel:13:23-39

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* And it came to pass , after two full years , that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor , which is near Ephraim ; so Absalom invited all the king 's sons . * Then Absalom came to the king and said , "Kindly note , your servant has sheepshearers ; please , let the king and his servants go with your servant ." * But the king said to Absalom , "No , my son , let us not all go now , lest we be a burden to you ." Then he urged him , but he would not go ; and he blessed him . * Then Absalom said , "If not , please let my brother Amnon go with us ." And the king said to him , "Why should he go with you ?" * But Absalom urged him ; so he let Amnon and all the king 's sons go with him . * Now Absalom had commanded his servants , saying , "Watch now , when Amnon 's heart is merry with wine , and when I say to you , "Strike Amnon !' then kill him . Do not be afraid . Have I not commanded you ? Be courageous and valiant ." * So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded . Then all the king 's sons arose , and each one got on his mule and fled . * And it came to pass , while they were on the way , that news came to David , saying , "Absalom has killed all the king 's sons , and not one of them is left !" * So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground , and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn . * Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah , David 's brother , answered and said , "Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men , the king 's sons , for only Amnon is dead . For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar . * Now therefore , let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart , to think that all the king 's sons are dead . For only Amnon is dead ." * Then Absalom fled . And the young man who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked , and there , many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him . * And Jonadab said to the king , "Look , the king 's sons are coming ; as your servant said , so it is ." * So it was , as soon as he had finished speaking , that the king 's sons indeed came , and they lifted up their voice and wept . Also the king and all his servants wept very bitterly . * But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud , king of Geshur . And David mourned for his son every day . * So Absalom fled and went to Geshur , and was there three years . * And King David longed to go to Absalom . For he had been comforted concerning Amnon , because he was dead .

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