¹⁷ Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord^(A) because they sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they didn’t tell me.”^[a] But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to execute the priests of the Lord.

Absalom’s Revolt

15 After this, Absalom got himself a chariot, horses, and 50 men to run before him.^(A)