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2 Samuel 13:29

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The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled.

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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 Ephraim hill country north of Jerusalem, was the site of Absalom’s sheep-shearing feast and Amnon’s murder. Jerusalem was David’s royal center, while Geshur, northeast of Galilee, was the kingdom of Absalom’s maternal grandfather, where he fled after the killing.

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2 Samuel 13:29 mentions Baal-hazor, Geshur and Jerusalem.

Baal-hazor · Deror_avi
Geshur · Doronpilas
Jerusalem · Godot13

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