2 Samuel 15:1-18 And it comes to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepares for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;"

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And it comes to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepares for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;" ² and Absalom has risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it comes to pass, every man who has a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calls unto him, and said, `Of what city [are] you?' and he said, `Of one of the tribes of Israel [is] your servant.. ³ And Absalom said unto him, `See, your matters [are] good and straightforward--and there is none hearkening to you from the king.. ⁴ And Absalom said, `Who does make me a judge in the land, that unto me does come every man who has a plea and judgment? --then I have declared him righteous.. ⁵ And it has come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he has put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;" ⁶ and Absalom does according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom steals the heart of the men of Israel. ⁷ And it comes to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, `Let me go, I pray you, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Yahweh in Hebron, ⁸ for a vow has your servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Yahweh does certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Yahweh.. ⁹ And the king said to him, `Go in peace;' and he rises and goes to Hebron, ¹⁰ and Absalom sends spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then you have said, Absalom has reigned in Hebron.. ¹¹ And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;" ¹² and Absalom sends Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom. ¹³ And he who is declaring tidings comes in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel has been after Absalom.. ¹⁴ And David said to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, `Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.. ¹⁵ And the servants of the king say unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king chooses--lo, your servants [do].. ¹⁶ And the king goes out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaves ten women--concubines--to keep the house. ¹⁷ And the king goes out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house. ¹⁸ And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.