David · Issue #16 of 18
The Coup
2 Samuel 15:7–18 · World English Bible
2 Samuel 15:7
At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king,
Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the LORD shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
2 Samuel 15:9
The king said to him,
Go in peace.
So he arose and went to Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:10
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’
2 Samuel 15:11
Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.
2 Samuel 15:12
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:13
A messenger came to David, saying,
The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:14
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem,
Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel 15:15
The king’s servants said to the king,
Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.
2 Samuel 15:16
The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
2 Samuel 15:17
The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
2 Samuel 15:18
All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
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