2 Samuel 15

Absalom wins the hearts of Israel at the city gate and has himself proclaimed king at Hebron. David flees Jerusalem, weeping as he climbs the Mount of Olives barefoot; he sends the ark back and leaves Hushai to undermine Absalom's counsel.

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