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| 15 1 | AFTER THIS, ABSALOM PROVIDED himself with a chariot and horses and an escort of fifty men. | Absalom plans rebellion. 2Sm.15.1-12 | וַיְהִי מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן וַיַּעַשׂ לֹו אַבְשָׁלֹום מֶרְכָּבָה וְסֻסִים וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים לְפָנָיו׃ |
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| 2 | He made it a practice to rise early and stand beside the road which runs through the city gate. He would hail every man who had a case to bring before the king for judgement and would ask him what city he came from. When he answered, 'I come, sir, from such and such a tribe of Israel', | | וְהִשְׁכִּים אַבְשָׁלֹום וְעָמַד עַל־יַד דֶּרֶךְ הַשָּׁעַר וַיְהִי כָּל־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה־לֹּו־רִיב לָבֹוא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּט וַיִּקְרָא אַבְשָׁלֹום אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֵי־מִזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה וַיֹּאמֶר מֵאַחַד שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדֶּךָ׃ |
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| 3 | Absalom would say to him, 'I can see that you have a very good case, but you will get no hearing from the king.' | | וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְשָׁלֹום רְאֵה דְבָרֶךָ טֹובִים וּנְכֹחִים וְשֹׁמֵעַ אֵין־לְךָ מֵאֵת הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ |
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| 4 | And he would add, 'If only I were appointed judge in the land, it would be my business to see that everyone who brought a suit or a claim got justice from me.' | | וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלֹום מִי־יְשִׂמֵנִי שֹׁפֵט בָּאָרֶץ וְעָלַי יָבֹוא כָּל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה־לֹּו־רִיב וּמִשְׁפָּט וְהִצְדַּקְתִּיו׃ |
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| 5 | Whenever a man approached to prostrate himself, Absalom would stretch out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. | | וְהָיָה בִּקְרָב־אִישׁ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת לֹו וְשָׁלַח אֶת־יָדֹו וְהֶחֱזִיק לֹו וְנָשַׁק לֹו׃ |
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| 6 | By behaving like this to every Israelite who sought the king's justice, Absalom stole the affections of the Israelites.
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| 7 | At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, 'May I have leave now to go to Hebron to fulfil a vow there that I made to the LORD? | | וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלֹום אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵלֲכָה נָּא וַאֲשַׁלֵּם אֶת־נִדְרִי אֲשֶׁר־נָדַרְתִּי לַיהוָה בְּחֶבְרֹון׃ |
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| 8 | For when I lived in Geshur, in Aram, I made this vow: "If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will become a worshipper of the LORD in Hebron." ' | | כִּי־נֵדֶר נָדַר עַבְדְּךָ בְּשִׁבְתִּי בִגְשׁוּר בַּאֲרָם לֵאמֹר אִם־כ= יְשִׁיב ק= יָשֹׁוב יְשִׁיבֵנִי יְהוָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְעָבַדְתִּי אֶת־יְהוָה׃ |
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| 9 | The king answered, 'Certainly you may go'; so he set off for Hebron at once. | | וַיֹּאמֶר־לֹו הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵךְ בְּשָׁלֹום וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ חֶבְרֹונָה׃ ף |
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| 10 | Absalom sent runners through all the tribes of Israel with this message: 'As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, "Absalom is king in Hebron." ' | | וַיִּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלֹום מְרַגְּלִים בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם אֶת־קֹול הַשֹּׁפָר וַאֲמַרְתֶּם מָלַךְ אַבְשָׁלֹום בְּחֶבְרֹון׃ |
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| 11 | Two hundred men accompanied Absalom from Jerusalem; they were invited and went in all innocence, knowing nothing of the affair. | | וְאֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹום הָלְכוּ מָאתַיִם אִישׁ מִירוּשָׁלִַם קְרֻאִים וְהֹלְכִים לְתֻםָּם וְלֹא יָדְעוּ כָּל־דָּבָר׃ |
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| 12 | Absalom also sent to summon Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from Giloh his city, where he was offering the customary sacrifices. The conspiracy gathered strength, and Absalom's supporters increased in number.
| | וַיִּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלֹום אֶת־אֲחִיתֹפֶל הַגִּילֹנִי יֹועֵץ דָּוִד מֵעִירֹו מִגִּלֹה בְּזָבְחֹו אֶת־הַזְּבָחִים וַיְהִי הַקֶּשֶׁר אַמִּץ וְהָעָם הֹולֵךְ וָרָב אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹום׃ |
