2 Samuel 13:38

Overview - 2 Samuel 13
Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadab's counsel feigning himself sick, ravishes her.
15 He hates her, and shamefully turns her away.
19 Absalom entertains her, and conceals his purpose.
23 At a sheep-shearing among all the king's sons, he kills Amnon.
31 David grieving at the news, is comforted by Jonadab.
37 Absalom flies to Talmai at Geshur.
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2 Samuel 13:38  (King James Version)
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
 


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M. 2974-2977. B.C. 1030-1027. An. Ex. Is. 461-464.
Geshur. This was not the Geshur lying between Philistia and Egypt, ( Joshua 13:13 . 1 ; Sa 27:8, but another in Syria; probably the
same as that beyond Jordan, whose inhabitants are joined with those of Maachathi, Deuteronomy 3:14 ; Joshua 12:5 .
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