According to the Bible, Absalom or Avshalom () was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur.

According to the historian David O. Stewart, Cornelius Wendell led an acquittal committee, which met in the Astor House in New York ; it collected a bribery fund of up to $ 150, 000 to influence Senators into voting for Johnson's acquittal.

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia on David descendant Jehoash of Judah: In Rabbinical Literature: As the extermination of the male descendants of David was a divine retribution for the extermination of the priests because of David ( comp.

According to the Bible, Amnon (, " faithful ") was the oldest son of David, King of Israel, with his wife, Ahinoam, who is described as " the Jezreelitess ".

According to David Steel, curator of European art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Erin Jones " brought that museum into the modern era ," employing " a top-notch curator, John Nolan ," and following " best practices in conservation and restoration.

According to David Robinson, this also had an effect on the quality of the film.

According to David Robinson, unlike in more conventional slapstick comedies, the comic moments in Chaplin's films centred on the Tramp's attitude to the things happening to him: the humour did not come from the Tramp bumping into a tree but from his lifting of his hat to the tree in apology.

According to Fundamentals of Physics ( 4 ed., Wiley, 1993 ), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker, on page 30, Chapter Two, " Motion along a Straight Line ", Joe Sprinz, at the time in question, a member of the San Francisco Ball Club, and formerly of the Indians, attempted to beat the World Record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height, set by members of the 1938 Cleveland Indians, who had done so at 700 feet, with balls dropped from a building.

According to David Feldman, an author of trivia books, " The only reason why cheesemakers colour their product is because consumers seem to prefer it ".

According to David, the Romano-Germanic legal systems included those countries where legal science was formulated according to Roman Law, whereas common law countries are those where law was created from the judges.

According to David Leeming, writing in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, the harrowing of hell is an example of the motif of the hero's descent to the underworld, which is common in many mythologies.

According to David G. Myers ( Psychology, 8th ed.

According to one Rabbinic tradition, David was raised as the son of his father Jesse and spent his early years herding his father's sheep in the wilderness while his brothers were in school.

According to midrashim, Adam gave up 70 years of his life for the life of David.

According to David Vine, " Today, at any given time, 3, 000 to 5, 000 U. S. troops and civilian support staff live on the island.

According to David Biello and John Pavlus in Scientific American, Singer is best known for his denial of the health risks of passive smoking.

According to the canonical Gospels, Jesus was the " son " ( descendant ) of David ; thus, Hajj Sayed argues that this statement confirms the Gospel of Barnabas ' point.

According to David Stern, all Rabbinic hermeneutics rest on two basic axioms:

According to epidemiologist David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health in the Clinton Administration, the tobacco industry invented the " sound science " movement in the 1980s as part of their campaign against the regulation of second-hand smoke.

According to the Talmud he was of the Davidic line, the royal line of King David, hence the title nasi, meaning prince.

According to, while Jeroboam was engaged in offering incense at Bethel, a " man of God " warned him that " a son named Josiah will be born to the house of David " who would destroy the altar ( referring to King Josiah of Judah who would rule approximately three hundred years later ).

According to an article by Nicholas Wade published in the New York Times, genetic evidence published in July 2012 in the journal Nature by David Reich of the Harvard Medical School " vindicates " Greenberg's hypothesis of three waves of migration into the Americas.

According to David Wallechinsky's Complete Book of the Olympics, while playing in a celebrity golf tournament in Cuba in 1958, Weissmuller's golf cart was suddenly captured by rebel soldiers.

According to John Byrne's liner notes in Generations 3 Issue # 1, this character is Janet Hall, who is the granddaughter of the original Blackhawk, as well as Hawkman ( Carter Hall ) and Hawkgirl ( Shiera Sanders ).

Likewise, Joseph E. Stiglitz, speaking not only on China but East Asia in general, comments " The countries that have managed globalization ... such as those in East Asia, have, by and large, ensured that they reaped huge benefits ..." According to The Heritage Foundation, development in China was anticipated by Milton Friedman, who predicted that even a small progress towards economic liberalization would produce dramatic and positive effects.

According to tradition, the same Patañjali was also the author of the Mahābhāṣya, a commentary on Kātyāyana's vārttikas ( short comments ) on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī and of an unspecified work of medicine ( āyurveda ).

According to chairman Étienne Davignon, a major attraction of Bilderberg group meetings is that they provide an opportunity for participants to speak and debate candidly and to find out what major figures really think, without the risk of off-the-cuff comments becoming fodder for controversy in the media.

According to Smith's comments on the Dogma publicity stills on the film's official website, there was going to be a final face-off between Silent Bob on one side and the redhead Triplet and the Golgothan on the other side in the hospital.

According to comments made by Piemur in Dragonsinger, the relative worth of mark pieces differs based on which crafthall has issued ( and thus backs ) them and can be a consideration in financial transactions.

According to Reuter and the Associated Press, at a late-night vigil, with the hundreds of thousands of young people who were in Paris for the celebrations, he made the following comments: " On the eve of Aug. 24, we cannot forget the sad massacre of St. Bartholomew ’ s Day, an event of very obscure causes in the political and religious history of France.

According to anecdotal comments that Plantinga has given in lectures, Gettier was originally so unenthused about the paper that he wrote it, had someone translate it into Spanish, and published in in an obscure South American journal.

( According to the A & E Biography program about Fields ( 1994 ), when he was young his mother would sit with him on the front steps and mumble comments about the passersby.

According to Guccione, an enraged Brass responded to Vidal's comments by throwing Vidal out of the studio.

According to Arnold Ages, Voltaire's " Lettres philosophiques, Dictionnaire philosophique, and Candide, to name but a few of his better known works, are saturated with comments on Jews and Judaism and the vast majority are negative ".

According to the book Women in Parliament published in 2005, Soames has been named as the ' most sexist ' MP, with several female MPs stating that he has made vulgar comments to them.

According to Corson, the feud stemmed from comments Jovanovski had said about his family.

According to the director's comments on Animusic 2, most instrument sounds are generated with software synthesizers on a music workstation ( see Software Programs for more info ).

According to the Revues comments, his political choice was unusual, reportedly astonishing both members of the Left and the moderate Royalist Decazes.

According to Panorama, the reason for these bitter comments by Bertinotti is that Di Pietro is very able to attract votes from the far-left electorate, as well as the right, and this could prevent a resurgence of those parties which were driven out of Parliament in the 2008 general election.

According to the New York Times obituary, Snyder expressed regret for his comments, remarking: " What a foolish thing to say.

According to comments by Thomas Böcker, the Leipzig Trade Fair did not inform him about the new collaboration with Video Games Live in advance and his team only took notice of it through a press release.

( According to Davis ' comments in the 20th-anniversary book, " I couldn't resist.

" According to Beane, his first comments upon seeing Steve Carlton warming up on the mound were, " Shit, I'll stick him.

According to their Myspace they stated " While we appreciate all of the kind comments and excitement, we dont plan on doing anymore shows or tours.

According to Herron, the elbow was in response to Jay Heaps grabbing his " private area " as well as xenophobic and racist comments.

According to a July 30, 2002 article by Peter Pae, Los Angeles Times aerospace staff writer, Ramo ’ s comments are legendary for capsulizing complex ideas into off-the-cuff witticisms.

According to the tabloid report, which did not cite any sources, the alleged reason for the dismissal was comments Hudson made on the show about the winner Leona Lewis not having the ' it ' factor needed to connect with an audience.

According to editorial comments in the early DC Comics run of Star Trek: The Next Generation, an episode of TNG was to feature Mudd, awakening from cryogenic suspension to find himself aboard the Enterprise-D. After Roger C. Carmel's death, the episode was heavily rewritten and eventually became " The Neutral Zone ", with the character of Mudd being replaced by 20th-century businessman Ralph Offenhouse ( played by Peter Mark Richman ).

According to comments from the author, Bruce Coville, the first Space Brat story version was written in 1977.