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 ran away to Geshur. He stayed there for three years with King Talmai the son of Ammihud.
1 Samuel 16:1
Jehovah said to Samuel: How long will you mourn for Saul? After all I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go. I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite. I have a king from among his sons.
Let me go
2 Samuel 13:24
He went to King David and said: Your Majesty, I am having my sheep sheared. Will you and your officials take part in the festivities?
Pay
1 Samuel 16:2
How can I go? Samuel asked. When Saul hears about it he will kill me Jehovah said: Take a heifer with you and say: 'I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah.'
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination! How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?
Isaiah 58:4
You fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast today to make your voice heard on high.
Matthew 2:8
He sent them to Bethlehem. He said: Search diligently for the young child. When you find him, bring me word so I may come and bow down to him also.
Matthew 23:14
[Verse not found in oldest manuscripts.]