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2 Sam. xix 12-44 [Eng. xix 11-43] describes David's return to Jerusalem from the eastern side of the Jordan River. Having fled to Mahanaim to escape his son Absalom's coup in 2 Samuel xv-xvi, and having subsequently won the battle with Absalom and his army of all Israel in 2 Samuel xviii, David has once again secured the kingdom, and is prepared to return to his capitalJerusalem. Before he can return, however, he must make arrangements for the journey with the mem bers of his court who have remained behind in Jerusalem. These arrangements consist not only in reestablishing political connections with his former subjects who have been the very ones forming the basis of Absalom's rebellion, but in placating the surviving political structure of the rebellion, particularly Absalom's general Amasa (vv. 12-15). Only after David has reclaimed his position atop the hierar chical structure of the kingdom does he make his way toward the river
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