2 Samuel 13:38

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Amnon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:8

For thy servant made a vow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem, I will offer sacrifice to the Lord.

2 Samuel 14:32

And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur? It had been better for me to be there. I beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill me.

2 Samuel 14:23

Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 13:34

But Absalom fled away. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked: and, behold, there came much people by a byway on the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 14:13

And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?

2 Samuel 3:3

And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: and the third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gessur: