2 Samuel 15:1-2

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Absalom Instigates Civil War

15 Sometime later, Absalom acquired a chariot equipped with horses and recruited^[a] 50 men to accompany^[b] him.^{[c] 2} Then he^[d] would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace^[e] gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, “You’re from what city?” If^[f] he replied, “Your servant is from one of Israel’s tribes,”