Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass after forty years, 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.
Forty years
Let me go
Bible References
Forty years
2 Samuel 13:38
Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur where he stayed three years.
1 Samuel 16:1
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”
Let me go
2 Samuel 13:24
Then he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired sheepshearers. Will the king and his servants please come with your servant?”
Pay
1 Samuel 16:2
Samuel asked, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!”
The Lord answered, “Take a young cow with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
The Lord answered, “Take a young cow with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!
Isaiah 58:4 You fast with contention and strife
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
Matthew 2:8
He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.”
Matthew 23:14 [“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]