Quotes about Deception
Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
— 2 Samuel 13:20
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
— 2 Samuel 13:28
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
— 2 Samuel 13:32
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
— 2 Samuel 13:35
Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
— 2 Samuel 14:3
Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
— 2 Samuel 15:5
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 15:6
Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.
— 2 Samuel 15:11
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
— 2 Samuel 16:16
Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
— 2 Samuel 17:19
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
— 2 Samuel 17:21
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
— 2 Samuel 19:26