2Sa 15:7-12 | ESV | STEP | And at the end of four 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 15:7-12

7 And 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. 8 For your servant ^bvowed a vow ^cwhile I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to ^{▼▼Or will serve} the Lord.’” 9 The king said to him, ^e“Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron. 10 But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’” 11 With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem ^fwho were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing. 12 And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for ^{▼▼Or sent} ^hAhithophel the Gilonite, ⁱDavid’s counselor, from his city ^jGiloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom ^kkept increasing.