1 And ___________ ________________
the ____________ who were with him, and set __________________
of _________________ and captains of __________________ over them.
2 Then David ________ out one ____________ of the people __________
the hand of ________, one third under the hand of ________________
the son of _______________, Joab’s _______________,
and one third under the __________ of __________ the _______________.
And the ________ said to the people, “I also will surely ____ out with ______ myself.”
3 But the people ________________, “You shall ______ go out!
For if we ________ away, they will not ________ about us; nor if ________ of us
______, will they care about us. But you are __________
______ _______________ of us now.
For you are now more ________ to us in the ________.”
4 Then the king said to them, “Whatever seems ________ to you I will do.” So the king stood _____________ the _________,
and all the people went out by _________________ and by ___________________.
5 Now the king had ___________________ Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “________
____________ for my sake with the young man _____________.”
And all the people ___________ when the king gave all the captains _____________ concerning Absalom.
6 So the people went out into the ____________ of _____________ against Israel.
And the battle was in the ____________ of _____________.
7 The people of Israel were _____________________ there before the _________________ of David,
and a great __________________ of ____________ thousand took place there that day.
8 For the battle there was ____________________ over the face of the whole ________________________,
and the woods ________________ ________ people that day than the ____________ devoured.
9 Then Absalom ______ the servants of David. Absalom ________ on a ________.
The mule went under the thick ______________ of a great ____________________ tree,
and his head ______________ in the terebinth; so he was left ______________
between ____________ and ___________. And the mule which was ___________ him went on.
10 Now a certain man ______ it and ________ ________, and said,
“I just saw ______________ hanging in a terebinth _________!”
11 So Joab _________ to the man who told him, “You just saw him! And why did you not _____________ him there to the _____________?
I would have given you ______ ______________ of _____________ and a ________.”
12 But the man said to Joab, “Though I were to _______________ a _________________ shekels of silver in my hand,
I would not ___________ my ________ against the king’s son. For in our _______________
the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘______________ lest anyone ____________ the ___________ man Absalom!’
13 Otherwise I would have dealt ______________ against my own life. For there is nothing ____________
from the ________, and ______ yourself would have set yourself _______________ me.”
14 Then Joab said, “I cannot ____________ with you.” And he took _____________
____________ in his hand and ____________ them
through Absalom’s __________, while he was still __________ in the midst of the terebinth tree.
15 And ______ young ______
who ________ Joab’s __________ surrounded Absalom,
and ____________ and ______________ him.
16 So Joab ________ the ______________,
and the people ________________ from _________________
____________. For Joab ________ ________ the people.
17 And they ________ Absalom and ________ him
into a large ______ in the ____________,
and laid a very large ________ of ______________ over him.
Then all Israel ________, everyone to his ________.
18 Now Absalom in his ________________ had taken and set up a ____________ for himself,
which is in the __________ ____________.
For he said, “I have no ______ to keep my _________
in ________________________.”
He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called _________________
_________________.
19 Then ______________ the son of __________ said,
“Let me ______ now and take the __________ to the king, how the __________
has _______________ him to his _________________.”
20 And Joab said to him, “You shall not __________ the news this ______, for you shall take the news ___________________ day.
But __________ you shall take no news, because the king’s ______ is ________.”
21 Then Joab said to the _______________, “Go, tell the ________ what you have seen.”
So the Cushite __________ himself to ________ and ran.
22 And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “But whatever ______________, ____________ let me also run after the Cushite.”
So Joab said, “______ will you run, my son, since you have no news ___________?”
23 “But ________________ happens,” he said, “let me ______.”
So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the __________, and ____________ the Cushite.
24 Now ___________ was _______________ between the two gates.
And the ________________ went up to the ________ over the gate, to the wall,
____________ his ________
and ______________,
and there was a ______, running __________.
25 Then the watchman ____________ out and ________ the king.
And the king said, “If he is alone, there is ________ in his __________.”
And he came ______________ and drew _______.
26 Then the watchman saw another man ______________, and the watchman _____________
to the ____________________ and said, “There is another man, running alone!” And the king said, “He also ____________ news.”
27 So the watchman said, “I think the running of the __________ is like the running of ______________ the son of Zadok.”
And the king said, “He is a ________ man, and __________ with good news.”
28 So Ahimaaz ____________ out and said to the ________,
“All is ________!” Then he __________ down
with his _________ to the ___________ before the king, and said,
“______________ be the LORD your God, who has __________________ up the men
who _____________ their hand ______________ my lord the king!”
29 The king said, “Is the __________ man Absalom ________?”
Ahimaaz ________________, “When ________
sent the king’s _______________ and me your servant, I saw a great ____________,
but I did not ________ what it was __________.”
30 And the king said, “________ aside and __________ here.”
So he turned ___________ and ___________ still.
31 Just then the _______________ came, and the Cushite said, “There is ________
________, my ________ the king!
For the LORD has ______________ you this day of all those who _________ against you.”
32 And the king ________ to the Cushite, “Is the young man ______________ safe?”
So the Cushite __________________, “May the ______________ of my lord the king,
and ______ who rise against you to do _________, be _________ that young man!”
33 Then the king was deeply __________, and went up to the _______________
over the ________, and __________. And as he __________, he said thus:
“O my ______ Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had __________ in your __________! O Absalom my son, my son!”
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