Absalom

1003 BC - Abt 975 BC  Submit Photo / Document    Has 88 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Absalom
  Birth	1003 BC	Ḥevrōn, Kənáʿan
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LJYK-L9G
  Death	Abt 975 BC	Battle of Ephraim Wood
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  Person ID	I64850	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	David, King of Israel,   b. 1041 BC, Bethlehem, Yəhūda d. 971 BC, Yerushaláyim, Yəhūdā
  Mother	Maachah,   b. Abt 1026 BC, Getulia
  Marriage	Abt 1008 BC
  Family ID	F7680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1003 BC - Ḥevrōn, Kənáʿan Death - Abt 975 BC - Battle of Ephraim Wood  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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)