1Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots,…
2And Absalom rising up early stood by the…
3And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to…
4O that they would make me judge over…
5Moreover when any man came to him to…
6And this he did to all Israel that…
7And after forty years, Absalom said to king…
8For thy servant made avow, when he was…
9And king David said to him: Go in…
10And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes…
11Now there went with Absalom two hundred men…
12Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David’s…
13And there came a messenger to David, saying:…
14And David said to his servants, that were…
15And the king’s servants said to him: Whatsoever…
16And the king went forth, and all his…
17And the king going forth and all Israel…
18And all his servants walked by him, and…
19And the king said to Ethai the Gethite:…
20Yesterday thou camest, and today shalt thou be…
21And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the…
22And David said to Ethai: Come, and pass…
23And they all wept with a loud voice,…
24And Sadoc the priest also came, and all…
25And the king said to Sadoc: Carry back…
26But if he shall say to me: Thou…
27And the king said to Sadoc the priest:…
28Behold I will lie hid in the plains…
29So Sadoc and Abiathar carried back the ark…
30But David went up by the ascent of…
31And it was told David that Achitophel also…
32And when David was come to the top…
33And David said to him: If thou come…
34But if thou return into the city, and…
35And thou hast with thee Sadoc, and Abiathar…
36And there are with them their two sons…
37Then Chusai the friend of David went into…
