2 Samuel 15:7 meaning and explanation
After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
2 Samuel 15:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Absalom has spent years quietly courting public favor at the city gate, and now he asks his father David for permission to travel to Hebron, the city of his birth, to fulfill a vow made while he lived in exile in Geshur. The request sounds devout, but the narrator has already shown us Absalom's ambition, and the vow becomes the cover for launching his rebellion.
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