¹⁰ Then Absalom sent agents throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the ram’s horn,^(A) you are to say, ‘Absalom has become king in Hebron!’” ^(B)

²⁵ For today he went down and lavishly sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep. He invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and the priest Abiathar. And look! They’re eating and drinking in his presence, and they’re saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

¹⁵ “You know the kingship was mine,”^(A) he said. “All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother,^(B) for the Lord gave it to him.^(C)