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Absalom kills Amnon and flees to Geshur

Two years later Absalom arranged a sheep-shearing feast and ordered his servants to kill Amnon. Absalom fled to his grandfather, the king of Geshur, and remained there three years while David mourned (2 Samuel 13:23-39).

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📖 2 Samuel 13:23–25

23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king. 24And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?” 25“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.

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Sources: Scripture — 2 Samuel 13:23-39
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