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2 Samuel 13:38

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So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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  1. 2 Samuel 14:23Rank 1 from verse 38
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    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  2. 2 Samuel 14:32Rank 2 from verse 38
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    32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

  3. 2 Samuel 15:8Rank 3 from verse 38
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    8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

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2 Samuel 13:38

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fled

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Past-tense or past-participial form of flee (to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil).

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13:37¶ But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

13:38So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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13:39And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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