2 Samuel 15:7-12
7 Now it came about at the end of (a)forty years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to the Lord, in (A)Hebron.
8 For your servant (B)vowed a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘(C)If the Lord shall indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’”
9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘(D)Absalom is king in Hebron.’”
11 Then two hundred men went with Absalom from Jerusalem, (E)who were invited and (F)went (b)innocently, and they did not know anything.
12 And Absalom sent for (G)Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city (H)Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for (I)the people increased continually with Absalom.
Footnotes:
a.
2 Samuel 15:7: ['Some ancient versions render ', four]
b.
2 Samuel 15:11: ['Lit ', in their integrity]