Now it cameabout at the endof fortyyearsthat Absalomsaidto the king,"Pleaselet me goand paymy vowwhichI have vowedto the LORD,in Hebron.
So Absalomhad fledand goneto Geshur,and was therethreeyears.
Sonswere bornto Davidat Hebron:his firstbornwas Amnon,by Ahinoamthe Jezreelitess;
and his second,Chileab,by Abigailthe widowof Nabalthe Carmelite;and the third,Absalomthe sonof Maacah,the daughterof Talmai,kingof Geshur;
The sacrificeof the wickedis an abomination,Howmuchmorewhenhe bringsit with evilintent!
"Behold,you fastfor contentionand strifeand to strikewith a wickedfist.You do not fastlike [you do] todayto makeyour voiceheardon high.
And he sentthem to Bethlehemand said,"Goand searchcarefullyfor the Child;and whenyou have found[Him], reportto me, sothat I toomay comeand worshipHim."
"But woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites,becauseyou shutoff the kingdomof heavenfrom people;for you do not enterin yourselves,nordo you allowthosewho are enteringto goin.
Then Samueltookthe hornof oiland anointedhim in the midstof his brothers;and the Spiritof the LORDcamemightilyupon Davidfrom that dayforward.And Samuelaroseand wentto Ramah.