2 Samuel 3:3

New Century Version

The second son was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:1

David had a son named Absalom and a son named Amnon. Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and Amnon loved her.

2 Samuel 14:23

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

2 Samuel 14:24

But King David said, “Absalom must go to his own house. He may not come to see me.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not go to see the king.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you, asking you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king to ask him why he brought me home from Geshur. It would have been better for me to stay there! Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, he can put me to death!”

2 Samuel 15:7

After four years Absalom said to King David, “Please let me go to Hebron. I want to carry out my promise that I made to the Lord

2 Samuel 15:8

while I was living in Geshur in Aram. I said, ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship him in Hebron.’ ”

2 Samuel 18:33

Then the king was very upset, and he went to the room over the city gate and cried. As he went, he cried out, “My son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died and not you. Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 2:2

So David went up to Hebron with his two wives: Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.

1 Kings 1:6

Now David had never interfered with Adonijah by questioning what he did. Born next after Absalom, Adonijah was a very handsome man.

1 Kings 2:15

“You remember that at one time the kingdom was mine,” Adonijah said. “All the people of Israel recognized me as their king, but things have changed. Now my brother is the king, because the Lord chose him.

1 Chronicles 3:1

These are David’s sons who were born in Hebron. The first was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel. The second son was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel.

1 Chronicles 3:2

The third son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur. The fourth son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole area of Argob, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. So that land was named for Jair, and even today Bashan is called the Towns of Jair.)

Joshua 13:13

Because the Israelites did not force out the people of Geshur and Maacah, they still live among the Israelites today.

1 Samuel 25:3

His name was Nabal, and he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife was named Abigail. She was wise and beautiful, but Nabal was cruel and mean.

1 Samuel 25:42

Abigail quickly got on a donkey and went with David’s messengers, with her five maids following her. And she became David’s wife.

1 Samuel 27:8

David and his men raided the people of Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek. (These people had lived for a long time in the land that reached to Shur and Egypt.)