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Absalom's and against
It concerns the revolt of Absalom against King David, as seen through the eyes of one of Absalom's servants.
The play, written in Latin verse and completed at around 1540, was based on Absalom's revolt against his father David described in the Old Testament.

Absalom's and father
All of this suggests Absalom's final repentance, and his commitment to the faith of his father.

Absalom's and David
David took refuge from Absalom's forces beyond the Jordan River.
11: 11 ); and when David fled from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's conspiracy, the Ark was carried along with him until he ordered Zadok the priest to return it to Jerusalem ( 2 Sam.
As made clear in the earlier story of Absalom's rebellion, to possess the royal harem was in this society tantamount to claiming the throne ; this applied even to a woman who had shared the bed of a king advanced in age, though she had no intimate relations with King David.
At the time of Absalom's revolt he deserted David ( Psalm.
As this was also the name of a son of Ahithophel, one of David's heroes ( II Samuel 23: 34 ), it has been conjectured that Bathsheba was a granddaughter of Ahithophel and that the latter's desertion of David at the time of Absalom's rebellion was in revenge for David's conduct toward Bathsheba.
According to the Talmud, this extension occurred in the time of King David, when his son Amnon raped Absalom's sister, Tamar.
When David's renowned advisor, Achitophel ( Achitophel in the Vulgate ) joins Absalom's rebellion, another advisor, Hushai, plots with David to pretend to defect and give Absalom advice that plays into David's hands.
Mahanaim is also the location to which David is described as fleeing, when his son Absalom rebelled ; having arrived at Mahanaim, David is described as having been entertained by a man named Barzillai, and having mustered forces there to combat Absalom's army.
Absalom's shrine has traditionally been identified as the monument of Absalom, rebellious son of King David, based on a verse in the Book of Samuel:
During Absalom's rebellion described in the Second Book of Samuel, he agrees to act as an advisor to Absalom to sabotage his plans while secretly sending information to David.

Absalom's and is
" Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a monument, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's monument.
At the trial, Absalom's two friends lie to the court and are freed, but Absalom, truly repentant, tells the truth and is sentenced to hang (" Cry, the Beloved Country ").
The story of Absalom's revolt is told in the Second Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Bible ( chapters 14 to 18 ).
Yad Avshalom ; literally Absalom's Shrine ), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem.
Absalom's Pillar is approximately 47 feet in height.
Nevertheless, the account that is given of him during Absalom's rebellion ( 2 Samuel 15-17 ) shows that in his case the title was not merely official.

Absalom's and novel
The novel ends at dawn on the morning of Absalom's execution.

Absalom's and by
* " Hanging By His Hair " from the 1998 WORMWOOD album by The Residents recounts Absalom's defiance and death.

Absalom's and .
However, he took the precaution of instructing a servant, Hushai, to infiltrate Absalom's court and subvert it.
A fateful battle was fought in the Wood of Ephraim ( the name suggests a locality west of the Jordan ) and Absalom's army was completely routed.
" The song alludes to Absalom's feelings of solemnity and abandonment of love and hope.
Joab played a pivotal role as the commander of David's forces during Absalom's rebellion.
Absalom's subjects are dismayed, but forced to take sides.
Additionally, the Book of Samuel reports that Absalom's body was covered over with stones in a pit in the Wood of Ephraim.
Offers 360-degree view from front of Absalom's Pillar.
Hushai's advice helped to ensure Absalom's rapid defeat.

attempted and coup
* 1971 – An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad.
When former President Kolingba attempted a coup d ’ état in 2001 ( which was, according to Patassé, supported by France ), the Movement for the Liberation of Congo ( MLC ) of Jean-Pierre Bemba in DR Congo came to his rescue.
The Tanquetazo was a failed military coup d ' état attempted against Allende in June 1973.
Yang Hu, who was a subordinate of the Ji family, had dominated the Lu government from 505 to 502 and even attempted a coup, which narrowly failed.
The attempted coup d ' etat by Silius and Messalina had probably made Claudius realize the weakness of his position as a member of the Claudian but not the Julian family.
On June 13, 2008, a small majority of members of the House of Ariki attempted a coup, claiming to dissolve the elected government and to take control of the country's leadership.
The Soviet Union finally collapsed in 1991 when Boris Yeltsin seized power in the aftermath of a failed coup that had attempted to topple reform-minded Gorbachev.
There was an attempted coup against President Rafael Correa in 2010.
Hikami no Kawatsugu, a son of Emperor Temmu's grandson Prince Shioyaki and Shōmu's daughter Fuwa, attempted to carry out a coup d ' état in 782, but it failed and Kawatsugu and his mother were sent into exile.
Dollfuss was assassinated on July 25, 1934, by ten Austrian Nazis ( Paul Hudl, Franz Holzweber, Otto Planetta and others ) of Regiment 89 who entered the Chancellery building and shot him in an attempted coup d ' état, the July Putsch.
* 1934 – Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
In the 1930s, the National Socialist Movement of Chile gained seats in Chile's parliament and attempted a coup d ' état that resulted in the Seguro Obrero massacre of 1938.
In 1974 the US-backed Greek junta-in power since 1967-partly in a move to draw attention away from internal turmoil and partly unsatisfied with Makarios ' policy in Cyprus, on 13 July attempted a coup to replace him with Nikos Sampson and declare union with Greece.
The autogolpe ( palace coup ) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.
More serious was a 1996 attempted coup that originated as a military mutiny caused by the armed forces ’ poor living conditions.
In the past 16 years, Guinea Bissau has experienced two coups, a civil war, an attempted coup, and a presidential assassination by the military.
The attempted coup added to instability ahead of parliamentary elections.
" Nevertheless while the members of the cabinet and the international community condemned the attempted coup and talked about the PM's release, reports still indicated that " renegade soldiers " had the PM " under guard.
In the aftermath of this attempted coup, Fox and eleven other Quakers issued a broadside proclaiming what became known among Friends in the 20th century as the " peace testimony ": they committed themselves to oppose all outward wars and strife as contrary to the will of God.
On 12 March 1938, German troops marched into Austria, where an attempted Nazi coup had been unsuccessful in 1934.
The attempted coup led Vincent to purge the officer corps of all members suspected of disloyalty, marking the end of the apolitical military.
On 28 October 1836, Prince Louis-Napoleon, son of Napoleon's brother, Louis, King of Holland attempted to overthrow the July Monarchy in a coup d ' état.
An attempted coup in 1965 led to a violent army-led anti-communist purge in which over half a million people were killed.
It was Goebbels, besieged in his Berlin flat with Speer and secretary Wilfred von Oven beside him but with his phone lines intact, who brought Otto Ernst Remer, the wavering commander of the Berlin garrison, to the phone to speak to Hitler in East Prussia, thus demonstrating that the Führer was alive and that the garrison should oppose the attempted coup.

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