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2 Samuel 15:7
“It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 15
5
It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
6
Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
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For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.
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The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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