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    Absalom

    Pronounced AB-sah-lom

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    ✓ In the King James Bible — Yes — Absalom appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Samuel 14:25.
    Meaning
    "Father of peace"
    Origin
    Hebrew

    Absalom means father of peace — yet his story warns that beauty without obedience leads to ruin. 'But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty.' True peace comes only through submission to God's will.

    Spiritual meaning

    Absalom warns that outward beauty without inner obedience brings sorrow — the father's grief, peace lost, a name that teaches through its tragedy.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him."

      2 Samuel 14:25 (KJV) →

    • "And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!"

      2 Samuel 18:33 (KJV) →
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