2 Samuel 15:7-10 ▼

7 And so it was that forty years after Israel had demanded a king, Absalom asked the king, |Please let me go to Hebron so I can pay my vow that I made to the LORD,

8 because when I was living at Geshur in Aram, your servant made this solemn promise: 'If the LORD ever brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.'|

9 The king replied to him, |Go in peace!| So Absalom got up and left for Hebron.

10 But Absalom sent agents throughout all of the tribes of Israel, telling them, |When you hear the sound of the battle trumpet, you're to announce that Absalom is king in Hebron.|