Absalom
third-born son of King David (2SA 3:3)
PersonTribe of Judahmale89 verses
Names
- Absalom — אַבְשָׁלוֹם avəsalom “father is peace” (H53) · Αβεσσαλωμ Abessalōm — 2 Samuel 3:3
Family
- father of Tamar (daughter of Absalom) (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Tamar (Absalom's sister, daughter of David) (inferred)
Associations
- killed by Joab (son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Absalom* — 2,954 AH · 1,008 BC · aged 0 — 2 Samuel 3:3
- Absalom fled to Geshur — 2,970 AH · 1,030 BC (Ussher) · aged 16 — 2 Samuel 13:38
- Absalom is brought back from Geshur — 2,973 AH · 1,027 BC (Ussher) · aged 19 — 2 Samuel 14:21
- Absalom denied King David's countenance began* — 2,973 AH · 1,027 BC (Ussher) · aged 19 — 2 Samuel 14:28
- Absalom denied King David's countenance ended* — 2,975 AH · 1,025 BC (Ussher) · aged 21 — 2 Samuel 14:33
- Absalom's rebellion against King David* — 2,978 AH · 1,023 BC (Ussher) · aged 24 — 2 Samuel 15:7
- Death of Absalom — 2,978 AH · 1,023 BC (Ussher) · aged 24 — 2 Samuel 18:15
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Hebron — Birth of Absalom* (2 Samuel 3:5)
Recorded at
- Jerusalem — Absalom is brought back from Geshur (2 Samuel 14:28)
- Geshur — Absalom fled to Geshur (2 Samuel 13:37)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Gilead 1 — 2 shared verses
- Baal-hazor — 1 shared verse
- Bahurim — 1 shared verse
- Carmel 1 — 1 shared verse
- En-rogel — 1 shared verse
- Ephraim 1 — 1 shared verse
- Giloh — 1 shared verse
- Horonaim 2 — 1 shared verse
- Jordan — 1 shared verse
- King’s Valley — 1 shared verse
- Mahanaim — 1 shared verse
Appearances
Topical references
- Son of David by Maacah — 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:2
- Beauty of — 2 Samuel 14:25
- Kills Amnon — 2 Samuel 13:22
- Flees to Geshur — 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 13:38
- Is permitted by David to return to Jerusalem — 2 Samuel 14:1
- His demagogism — 2 Samuel 15:2; 2 Samuel 15:13
- Conspiracy — 2 Samuel 15:17
- Death and burial — 2 Samuel 18:9
- David's mourning for — 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Samuel 19:1
- Children of — 2 Samuel 14:27; 2 Samuel 18:18; 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20
- Pillar of — 2 Samuel 18:18
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.