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Absalom or Avshalom was the third son of David, king of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai
Talmai

Talmai and his brothers Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain ....
, king of Geshur
Geshur

Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan, in ancient Levant, adjoining the province of Argob and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh, which settled east of the Jordan river; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled....
. He had no sons.

describes him as the most handsome man in the kingdom. Absalom eventually rebelled against his father and was killed during the Battle of Ephriam Wood.








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Gustave Dore Bibel Death of Absalom
Absalom or Avshalom was the third son of David, king of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai
Talmai

Talmai and his brothers Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain ....
, king of Geshur
Geshur

Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan, in ancient Levant, adjoining the province of Argob and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh, which settled east of the Jordan river; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled....
. He had no sons.

describes him as the most handsome man in the kingdom. Absalom eventually rebelled against his father and was killed during the Battle of Ephriam Wood.

Murder of Amnon