Absalom fled: As Absalom had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a city of refuge; but went to Talmai, king of Geshur, his maternal grandfather.
Talmai: 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:2
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2 Samuel 13:37
2 Samuel 13:37
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