Editing Absalom (section)

===Murder of Amnon===
[[File:Convito di Assalonne - Tornioli.png|thumb|''The Feast of Absalom'', [[Niccolò Tornioli]], 17th century]]
[[File:Scenes from the Life of David - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Leaf from the [[Morgan Bible|Morgan Picture Bible]], "Scenes from the Life of David"]]

[[File:Leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Leaf from the [[Morgan Bible|Morgan Picture Bible]], "Scenes from the Life of Absalom", c. 1250]]
[[File:Weltchronik Fulda Aa88 286r detail.jpg|thumb|The death of Absalom, hanging from a tree by his hair (14th-century German miniature)]]

[[File:Pavimento di siena, storie di assalonne (piero del minnella) 01.jpg|thumb|''The Death of Absalom'' (circa 1447), [[Pietro di Tommaso del Minella]] (1391–1458),  - tiled floor, south [[transept]] of [[Siena Cathedral]] ]]

Absalom also had a sister named [[Tamar (daughter of David)|Tamar]], who was raped by her half-brother [[Amnon]], David's eldest son. Absalom waited two years after the rape for vengeance, sending his servants to murder a drunken Amnon at a feast to which Absalom had invited all of King David's sons.<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Samuel|13|NIV}}</ref>

After this murder, Absalom fled to his maternal grandfather [[Talmai]], the king of [[Geshur]].<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Samuel|13:37|NIV}}{{bibleverse|Joshua|12:5|NIV}}{{bibleverse|Joshua|13:2|NIV}}</ref> Not until three years later was Absalom fully reinstated in David's favour and finally returned to Jerusalem.<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Samuel|13–14|NIV}} (see [[Joab]])</ref>