In Context

6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

7 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, |Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'|

9 The king said to him, |Go in peace.| So he arose, and went to Hebron.

10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, |As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'|

11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.

2 Samuel 15:9 in Other Translations