2 Samuel 15:2-7

2And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside athe way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,” 3Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” 4Then Absalom would say, bOh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.” 5And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. 6Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

7And at the end of four
Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew 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 16:16-19

16And when Hushai the Archite, dDavid’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, e“Long live the king! Long live the king!” 17And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? fWhy did you not go with your friend?” 18And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. 19And again, gwhom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”

2 Samuel 17:7-13

7Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.” 8Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,
Hebrew bitter of soul
ilike a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.
9Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall
Or  And as he falls on them
at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
10Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly kmelt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men. 11But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, lfrom Dan to Beersheba, mas the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person. 12So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left. 13If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there.”

1 Kings 22:6

6Then the king of Israel ngathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

1 Kings 22:13

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

13And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

Jeremiah 28:2-4

2Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: oI have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 pWithin qtwo years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. 4I will also bring back to this place rJeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the Lord, sfor I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

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