2 Samuel 14:29

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Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

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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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Geshur was the Aramean kingdom northeast of Galilee where Absalom had fled after killing Amnon; Jerusalem was David’s royal city, where Absalom had returned but remained excluded from the king’s presence. Tekoa, Joab’s hometown south of Jerusalem, underscores the setting of Joab’s earlier intervention to bring Absalom back.

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2 Samuel 14:29 mentions Geshur, Jerusalem and Tekoa.

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