2 Samuel 3:3

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The second son was Kileab. Kileab’s mother was Abigail, the widow [15] of Nabal from Carmel. The third son was Absalom. Absalom’s mother was Maacah daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:1

David had a son named Absalom. Absalom’s sister was named Tamar. Tamar was very beautiful. Another one of David’s sons, Amnon, [71]

2 Samuel 14:23

Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:24

But King David said, “Absalom can go back to his own house. He can’t come to see me.” So Absalom went back to his own house. Absalom could not go to see the king.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you. I asked you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king. I wanted you to ask him why he asked me to come home from Geshur. {I can’t see him, so} it would have been better for me to stay in Geshur. Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, then he can kill me!”

2 Samuel 15:7

After four years, [82] Absalom said to King David, “Please let me go to complete my special promise that I made to the Lord at Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:8

I made that promise while I was still living in Geshur, Aram. I said, ‘If the Lord brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 18:33

{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 2:2

So David and his two wives moved to Hebron. (His wives were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow [7] of Nabal from Carmel.)

1 Kings 2:15

Adonijah said, “You remember that at one time the kingdom was mine. All the people of Israel thought I was their king. But things changed. Now my brother is the king. The Lord chose him to be king.

1 Chronicles 3:1

Some of David’s sons were born in the town of Hebron. This is a list of David’s sons:

1 Chronicles 3:2

The third son was Absalom. His mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai. Talmai was the king of Geshur.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, from the family group of Manasseh, took the whole area of Argob (Bashan). That area went all the way to the border of the Geshurite people and the Maacathite people. That area was named for Jair. So even today, people call Bashan the Towns of Jair.)}

Joshua 13:13

The people of Israel did not force out the people of Geshur and Maacah. Those people still live among the people of Israel today.

1 Samuel 25:3

This man’s name was Nabal. [197] He was from Caleb’s family. Nabal’s wife was named Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman. But Nabal was a mean and cruel man.

1 Samuel 25:42

Abigail quickly got on a donkey and went with David’s messengers. Abigail brought five maids with her. She became David’s wife.

1 Samuel 27:8

David and his men went to fight the Amalekites and Geshurites who lived in the area from Telem near Shur all the way to Egypt. David’s men defeated them and took their wealth.