6. This is what he did for all Israelites who came to the king to have him try their case. So Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.
7. Four years later Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and keep the vow I made to the Lord.
8. I made a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram. I said, ‘If the Lord will bring me back to Jerusalem, I will serve the Lord.’ ”
9. “Go in peace,” the king told him.So he went to Hebron.