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Absalom

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Ab·sa·lom  (bs-lm)
In the Bible, a son of David who staged a revolt against his father's kingship and was defeated and killed in the ensuing battle.
Absalom [ˈæbsələm]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament the third son of David, who rebelled against his father and was eventually killed by Joab (II Samuel 15-18)


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Hereupon Dryden, at the suggestion, it is said, of the king, and with the purpose of securing Shaftesbury's conviction, put forth the First Part of 'Absalom and Achitophel,' a masterly satire of Shaftesbury, Monmouth, and their associates in the allegorical disguise of the (somewhat altered) Biblical story of David and Absalom.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Had the hairs on the head of Absalom been as scarce as thine, he might have been living to this day.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Sometimes, the worthy gentleman would reprove my mother for being over-indulgent to her sons, with a reference to old Eli, or David and Absalom, which was particularly galling to her feelings; and, very highly as she respected him, and all his sayings, I once heard her exclaim, 'I wish to goodness he had a son himself
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