2 Samuel 14
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Joab sent a wise woman to ask David to bring Absalom back. David agreed, but he would not let Absalom see his face for two years.
Posted on 15 May 2011 to 19,117 followers, with 11 retweets.
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I got the reference wrong for this chapter on Twitter - I had it as 1 Samuel instead of 2 Samuel. I thought something was amiss with the reference before I posted but I only double-checked the chapter number. D'oh!
And on a day when CCN featured a screenshot of Bible Summary on their front page as well!
I think I've made pretty much every possible kind of error now except missing a chapter.
Absalom loved his sister Tamar so much that he named his daughter Tamar V 27 Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman
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