Absalom's Kingdom Established and Extended

David forgives absalom. So absalom dwelt two full years in jerusalem without coming into the king's presence. Absalom weighed the hair of his head 200 shekels by the king's weight. There were born to absalom, three sons and one daughter. Whose name was tamar. She was a beautiful woman. David also defeated hadadezzar, king of zoba, toward hamath as he went to set up his monument at the river euphrates. And when the syrians of damascus came to help hadadezar, king of Zoba, david slew 22 thousand men of the syrians. All the edomites became