1 After this it happened that ______________ ________________ himself
with ________________ and ______________,
and __________ ________ to _______ before him.
2 Now Absalom would _________ ___________
and ___________ beside the _______ to the __________.
So it was, whenever ______________ who had a ______________ came
to the _________ for a __________________,
that Absalom would _________ to him and ________, “What ___________ are you from?”
And he would say, “Your ________________ is from such and such a __________ of Israel.”
3 Then Absalom would say to him, “_________, your __________
is ________ and ___________;
but there is no ____________ of the king to _________ you.”
4 Moreover Absalom would say, “Oh, that I were made ____________ in the __________,
and _________________ who has any __________
or ____________ would __________ to me;
then I would _________ him ________________.”
5 And so it was, ________________ anyone came near to ______ down to him,
that he would put out his ________ and __________ him and __________ him.
6 In this ______________ Absalom __________
toward all ______________ who came to the king for ____________________.
So Absalom ____________ the ______________ of the men of Israel.
7 Now it came to pass after _____________ ___________ that Absalom said to the king, “Please, _______ me go
to ________________ and pay the ______ which I made to the ________.
8 For your ________________ took a vow while I ____________ at Geshur
in ____________, saying, ‘If I the LORD indeed _______________ me
back to _______________________,
then I will ______________ the ___________.’ ”
9 And the king said to him, “Go in __________.” So he __________ and went to Hebron.
10 Then Absalom sent __________ throughout all the ____________ of Israel, saying,
“As soon as you hear the __________ of the ______________,
then you shall say, ‘Absalom ____________ in ____________!’ ”
11 And with Absalom went ______ ______________ men
______________ from Jerusalem, and they went __________
________________________ and did not __________ anything.
12 Then Absalom __________ for ___________________
the _________________, David’s _________________,
from his ________—from __________—
while he offered ______________________.
And the _______________________ grew ____________,
for the people with Absalom continually ___________________ in ______________.
13 Now a ______________________ came to David, saying, “The ____________
of the men of ______________ are with _______________.”
14 So David said to all his ___________________ who were with him at ___________________,
“___________, and let us _________, or we shall not _____________ from Absalom.
Make haste to _____________, lest he ________________ us suddenly
and bring ________________ upon us, and _____________ the city
with the ________ of the __________.”
15 And the king’s servants said to the king, “We are your servants, __________ to do whatever my lord the king ________________.”
16 Then the __________ went out with all his __________________ after him.
But the king left ______ ___________,
___________________, to keep the ___________.
17 And the king went out with all the ____________ after him, and ______________
at the __________________.
18 Then all his servants ____________ before him; and all the ______________________,
all the __________________, and all the __________________,
______ ______________ men
who had ________________ him from ________, passed before the king.
19 Then the king said to __________ the Gittite, “Why are you also __________ with us?
____________ and ____________ with the king.
For you are a __________________ and also an __________ from your own place.
20 In fact, you came only __________________. Should I make you ______________ up and down
with us __________, since I go I ________ not where? Return, and ________
your ________________ back. __________ and ___________ be with you.”
21 But Ittai ________________ the king and said,
“As the LORD __________, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever __________ my lord the king shall be,
whether in __________ or ________, even there also your servant ________ be.”
22 So David said to Ittai, “Go, and __________ over.” Then Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the ____________ ones who were with him crossed over.
23 And all the ______________ ________ with a loud __________,
and all the ____________ crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the __________ ____________,
and all the people crossed over toward the way of the ____________________.
24 There was __________ also, and all the ______________ with him,
bearing the ______ of the __________________ of God.
And they set down the ark of God, and ________________ went up until all the people had ________________ crossing over from the city.
25 Then the king said to Zadok, “__________ the ark of God ________ into the city. If I find ___________
in the ________ of the LORD, He will bring me back and ________ me both it and His ________________ place.
26 But if He says thus: ‘I have no _______________ in you,’ ________ I am, let Him ____ to me as ___________ good to Him.”
27 The king also said to Zadok the ____________, “Are you not a ________? Return to the city in __________,
and your two _________ with you, ______________ your son, and ________________ the son of Abiathar.
28 See, I will ________ in the ____________ of the wilderness
until word __________ from you to ____________ me.”
29 Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to __________________. And they ________________ there.
30 So David went up by the ____________ of the Mount of ____________, and _________
as he ________ up; and he had his head ________________
and went ________________. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, _______________ as they went up.
31 Then someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the ________________________ with Absalom.” And David said, “O LORD, I ________,
turn the ______________ of Ahithophel into ______________________!”
32 Now it happened when David had come to the top of the ________________, where he __________________ God—
there was ____________ the ______________ coming to meet him
with his ________ ________ and _________ on his head.
33 __________ said to him, “If you ____ on ________ me,
then you will ___________ a ____________ to me.
34 But if you ____________ to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your ______________, O king;
as I was your father’s servant ____________________, so I will now also be your servant,’
then you may ____________ the ______________ of Abhithophel for me.
35 And do you not have __________ and ________________ the priests with you there?
Therefore it will be that whatever you ________ from the king’s house, you shall ________ to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36 Indeed they have there with them their ______ _________, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son;
and by them you shall ________ me ___________________ you hear.”
37 So Hushai, David’s ______________, went into the city. And Absalom _________ into Jerusalem.
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