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7-8 After four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to sacrifice to the Lord in fulfillment of a vow I made to him while I was at Geshur—that if he would bring me back to Jerusalem, I would sacrifice to him.”

“All right,” the king told him, “go and fulfill your vow.”

So Absalom went to Hebron.[a]

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  1. 2 Samuel 15:9 So Absalom went to Hebron. Hebron was King David’s first capital, and it was also Absalom’s hometown, whose people doubtless were very proud of him.

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