So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

Then he took the crown of their king from his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in great amounts.

Now in all Israel was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.

brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds,