An informant came to David with the report, “The Israelites have given their hearts to Absalom, and they are following him.”
By behaving in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king for judgment, Absalom was stealing the heart of Israel. Conspiracy in Hebron.
All the people noted this with approval, just as everything the king did met with their approval.
A psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
Trust God at all times, my people! Pour out your hearts to God our refuge! Selah
The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.”
Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus called Messiah?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!”
When his mother’s kin repeated these words on his behalf to all the lords of Shechem, they set their hearts on Abimelech, thinking, “He is our kin.”