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Absalom

Absalom

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Absalom was born in 1003 BC in Ḥevrōn, Kənáʿan (son of David, King of Israel and Maachah); died about 975 BC in Battle of Ephraim Wood.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LJYK-L9G

    Notes:

    Absalom was David's third son born at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:2), and mo v e d a t an early age, with the transfer of the capital, to Jerusalem, w he r e h e spent most of his life. He was a great favorite of his fathe r an d o f th e people as well. His charming manners, his personal beauty , hi s ins inuat ing ways, together with his love of pomp and royal prete nsion s, cap tivate d the hearts of the people from the beginning. He liv ed i n great s tyle, d rove in a magnificent chariot and had fifty men ru n bef ore him. S uch magn ificence produced the desired effect upon the h eart s of the youn g aristoc rats of the royal city (2 Samuel 15:1).

    After his full sister Tamar was raped by Amnon, their half-brother a n d D a vid's eldest son, Absalom waited two years and avenged her by sen di ng His servants to murder Amnon at a feast after he was drunk, to whic h A bsa lo m had invited all the king's sons (2 Samuel 13).

    After this deed he fled to Talmai, the king of Geshur (2 Samuel 13:3 7 ; s e e also Joshua 12:5 or 13:2), his maternal grandfather, and it wa s n ot u nt il three years later that he was fully reinstated in his fath er' s favo u r and finally returned to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 13-14)


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David, King of Israel was born in 1041 BC in Bethlehem, Yəhūda (son of Jesse and Nitzevet); died in 971 BC in Yerushaláyim, Yəhūdā.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: L8FB-RKP

    Notes:

    “Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose na m e was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in y ea rs, in the days of Saul. The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to fo llo w Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the bat tl e were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shamma h . David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.”
    ‭‭I Samuel‬ ‭17:12-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

    David married Maachah about 1008 BC. Maachah (daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur) was born about 1026 BC in Getulia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maachah was born about 1026 BC in Getulia (daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 9M8V-6W4

    Children:
    1. Tamar was born in Thrace; died in Goshen, Miṣr.
    2. 1. Absalom was born in 1003 BC in Ḥevrōn, Kənáʿan; died about 975 BC in Battle of Ephraim Wood.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jesse was born in 1115 BC in Yəhūda (son of Obed and Abalit).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LDRZ-S92

    Jesse married Nitzevet about 1054 BC. Nitzevet (daughter of Adael) was born about 1032 BC in Yəhūda; died in Yəhūda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Nitzevet was born about 1032 BC in Yəhūda (daughter of Adael); died in Yəhūda.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LDRZ-4VN

    Children:
    1. Eliab was born about 1053 BC in Yəhūda.
    2. Abinadab was born about 1052 BC in Yəhūda.
    3. Shimma was born in Yəhūda.
    4. Nethaneel was born in Yəhūda.
    5. Raddai was born about 1048 BC in Yəhūda.
    6. Ozem was born about 1046 BC in Yəhūda.
    7. Abigail was born about 1044 BC in Yəhūda.
    8. 2. David, King of Israel was born in 1041 BC in Bethlehem, Yəhūda; died in 971 BC in Yerushaláyim, Yəhūdā.

  3. 6.  Talmai, King of Geshur was born in Getulia (son of Anak).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LRJY-9RJ

    Notes:

    Talmai, Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak w h o m C aleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) wh e n t he y went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out a n d sla i n (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).

    Children:
    1. 3. Maachah was born about 1026 BC in Getulia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Obed was born about 1125 BC in Yəhūda (son of Booz and Ruth, of Moab); died in 1080 BC in Yəhūda.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LK98-423

    Obed + Abalit. Abalit was born about 1125 BC in Yəhūda; died about 1050 BC in Yəhūda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Abalit was born about 1125 BC in Yəhūda; died about 1050 BC in Yəhūda.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LR84-GPG

    Children:
    1. 4. Jesse was born in 1115 BC in Yəhūda.

  3. 10.  Adael

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
    • FamilySearch ID: KJ4B-CY1

    Children:
    1. 5. Nitzevet was born about 1032 BC in Yəhūda; died in Yəhūda.

  4. 12.  Anak

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 9H1Y-8CC

    Children:
    1. 6. Talmai, King of Geshur was born in Getulia.
    2. Ahiman was born in 1412 BC.
    3. Sheshai
    4. Delilah