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1. 2 Samuel 18:14KJV.10.018.014

   Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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2. 2 Samuel 18:16KJV.10.018.016

   And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

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3. 2 Samuel 18:17KJV.10.018.017

   And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

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4. 2 Samuel 18:18KJV.10.018.018

   Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

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5. 2 Samuel 18:19KJV.10.018.019

   Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

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6. 2 Samuel 18:20KJV.10.018.020

   And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

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7. 2 Samuel 18:21KJV.10.018.021

   Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

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8. 2 Samuel 18:22KJV.10.018.022

   Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

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9. 2 Samuel 18:23KJV.10.018.023

   But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

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10. 2 Samuel 18:24KJV.10.018.024

    And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

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11. 2 Samuel 18:25KJV.10.018.025

    And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

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12. 2 Samuel 18:26KJV.10.018.026

    And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

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13. 2 Samuel 18:27KJV.10.018.027

    And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

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14. 2 Samuel 18:28KJV.10.018.028

    And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

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15. 2 Samuel 18:29KJV.10.018.029

    And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

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16. 2 Samuel 18:30KJV.10.018.030

    And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

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17. 2 Samuel 18:31KJV.10.018.031

    And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

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18. 2 Samuel 18:32KJV.10.018.032

    And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

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19. 2 Samuel 18:33KJV.10.018.033

    And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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20. 2 Samuel 19:1KJV.10.019.001

    And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

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21. 2 Samuel 19:2KJV.10.019.002

    And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

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22. 2 Samuel 19:3KJV.10.019.003

    And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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23. 2 Samuel 19:4KJV.10.019.004

    But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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24. 2 Samuel 19:5KJV.10.019.005

    And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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25. 2 Samuel 19:7KJV.10.019.007

    Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

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26. 2 Samuel 19:8KJV.10.019.008

    Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

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27. 2 Samuel 19:9KJV.10.019.009

    And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

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28. 2 Samuel 19:10KJV.10.019.010

    And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

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29. 2 Samuel 19:11KJV.10.019.011

    And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

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30. 2 Samuel 19:12KJV.10.019.012

    Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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31. 2 Samuel 19:13KJV.10.019.013

    And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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32. 2 Samuel 19:14KJV.10.019.014

    And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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33. 2 Samuel 19:15KJV.10.019.015

    So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

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34. 2 Samuel 19:16KJV.10.019.016

    And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

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35. 2 Samuel 19:17KJV.10.019.017

    And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

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36. 2 Samuel 19:18KJV.10.019.018

    And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

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37. 2 Samuel 19:19KJV.10.019.019

    And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

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38. 2 Samuel 19:20KJV.10.019.020

    For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

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39. 2 Samuel 19:21KJV.10.019.021

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?

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40. 2 Samuel 19:23KJV.10.019.023

    Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

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