Absalom
15 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
10 sections
Beauty of
- 2 Samuel 14:25 Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
Children of
- 2 Samuel 14:27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 18:18 During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
- 1 Kings 15:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Conspiracy
- 2 Samuel 15:17 So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
David's Mourning For
- 2 Samuel 18:33 The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 2 Samuel 19:1–8 Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.” …
Death and Burial
- 2 Samuel 18:9–17 Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was …
Flees to Geshur
- 2 Samuel 13:37–38 Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day. …
His Demagogism
- 2 Samuel 15:2–6 He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your …
- 2 Samuel 15:13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
Kills Amnon
- 2 Samuel 13:22–29 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar. …
Pillar of
- 2 Samuel 18:18 During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
Son of David by Maacah
- 2 Samuel 3:3 his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
- 1 Chronicles 3:2 the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
Related topics
Absalom Defeated and Slain in the ForestsAbsalom is Permitted by David to Return to JerusalemSorrow of David for AbsalomRevenge by AbsalomFlattery by AbsalomPopularity
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.