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2 Samuel 15:8

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For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’ ”

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5It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
6Absalom) did this sort of thing to all Israel) who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’ ”
9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.
10But Absalom) sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’ ”
11Two hundred men went with Absalom) out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.

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