And it came to pass after forty years
Or four years; so long it was from the reconciliation of Absalom to David, as Josephus
that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow,
which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron;
not what he vowed in Hebron; for according to his own account he had vowed it in Geshur, as in ( 2 Samuel 15:8 ) ; but his request is, that he might pay it in Hebron; which place he fixed upon, being his native place, and where David was anointed king; and which, being about twenty miles from Jerusalem, was at a proper distance to lay the scene of his conspiracy in, and bring it to perfection.
F6 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 1.
F7 Trad. Heb. in 2 lib. Reg. fol. 78. M.
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