2Sa 15:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Sam 15:1-19: 15:1-19 Absalom revolted against David eleven years after Amnon violated Tamar (cp. 13:23 , 38 ; 14:28 ; 15:7 ), approximately the twenty-fifth year of David’s thirty-three-year reign in Jerusalem. 15:1 a chariot and horses, and ... fifty bodyguards: These three items, distinct signs of kingship, were also the first items that Samuel said the king would take from the people (1 Sam 8:11 ). Another of David’s sons, Adonijah, collected the same items when he coveted the throne (1 Kgs 1:5 ).

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‏ 2 Samuel 15:1

Summary for 2Sam 15:1-19: 15:1-19 ^a Absalom revolted against David eleven years after Amnon violated Tamar (cp. 13:23 ^b, 38 ^c; 14:28 ^d; 15:7 ^e), approximately the twenty-fifth year of David’s thirty-three-year reign in Jerusalem. 15:1 ^f a chariot and horses, and ... fifty bodyguards: These three items, distinct signs of kingship, were also the first items that Samuel said the king would take from the people (1 Sam 8:11 ^g). Another of David’s sons, Adonijah, collected the same items when he coveted the throne (1 Kgs 1:5 ^h).