2 Samuel 3:3

New American Bible - revised edition

the second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

Cross References

1 Samuel 27:8

David and his men went out on raids against the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites—peoples living in the land between Telam, on the approach to Shur, and the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 3:1

These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel, by Abigail of Carmel;

2 Samuel 2:2

So David went up there, with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:42

She got up immediately, mounted a donkey, and followed David’s messengers, with her five maids attending her. She became his wife.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal and his wife was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and attractive, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and bad-mannered.

Joshua 13:13

But the Israelites did not dispossess the Geshurites and Maacathites, so that Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, a Manassite, took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and named them—Bashan, that is—after himself, Havvoth-jair, the name it bears today.)

2 Samuel 14:24

But the king said, “Let him go off to his own house; he shall not appear before me.” So Absalom went off to his house and did not appear before the king.

2 Samuel 13:1

After this, the following occurred. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon loved her.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom answered Joab: “I sent you a message: Come here, that I may send you to the king to say: ‘Why did I come back from Geshur? I would be better off if I were still there!’ Now, let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, let him put me to death.”

2 Samuel 15:7

After a period of four years, Absalom said to the king: “Please let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.

2 Samuel 15:8

For while living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made this vow: ‘If the Lord ever brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship him in Hebron.’”

1 Kings 1:6

Yet his father would never antagonize him by asking, “Why are you doing this?” Adonijah was also very handsome, and next in age to Absalom by the same mother.

1 Kings 2:15

So he said: “You know that the kingship was mine, and all Israel expected me to be king. But the kingship passed me by and went to my brother; by the Lord’s will it went to him.

1 Chronicles 3:2

the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, son of Haggith;

2 Samuel 14:23

Joab then went off to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.