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2 Samuel 13:27

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But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

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The Kingdom of David and SolomonThe united kingdom of Israel at its height under kings David and Solomon.

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Baal-hazor, likely in the hill country of Ephraim north of Jerusalem, was the site of Absalom’s sheep-shearing feast, where he arranged Amnon’s murder. Jerusalem was David’s royal center, while Geshur, northeast of Israel, was the Aramean kingdom to which Absalom fled afterward.

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2 Samuel 13:27 mentions Baal-hazor, Geshur and Jerusalem.

Baal-hazor · Deror_avi
Geshur · Doronpilas
Jerusalem · Godot13

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