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Absalom manages to cause David\u2019s trusted counselor, Ahithophel, to join the rebellion against the king. When David learns that \u201cthe loyalty of the men of Israel has veered toward Absalom\u201d, David flees Jerusalem in haste \u201cfollowed by his entire household, except for ten concubines whom the king left to mind the palace\u201d (15:1-16).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rabbinic Sages elaborate on Absalom and his rebellion. In the Talmud (Niddah 24b), Abba Saul says: \u201cI was once a grave-digger and on one occasion a cave opened under me and I found myself standing up to my nose in the eye-ball socket of a skeleton, that I learned was what remained of the eye of Absalom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In describing Absalom, Scripture (14:25-26) states that: \u201cWhen he cut his hair\u2014he had to have it cut every year, for it grew too heavy for him\u2014the hair of his head weighed two hundred shekels by the royal weight.\u201d One shekel is thought by some to be the modern equivalent of about 11 grams. If so, the hair that was trimmed from Absalom each year weighed over two kilograms!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Mishnah (Sotah 1:8 and parallels), Absalom&#8217;s rebelliousness was because of his hair of which he was inordinately proud. His overly abundant hair eventually led to his death, when riding on a mule his hair became entangled in the branches of a great terebinth (see 18:9-15).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In legends about the so-called Pillar of Absalom (Yad Avshalom) in the Kidron Valley of Jerusalem, rebellious Absalom serves as an example of what may befall sons who do not sufficiently honor their father and mother (see Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16). For example, according to Bernardin Surius, a French Christian pilgrim who visited Jerusalem in 1666, the inhabitants of Jerusalem would bring their children to the tomb of Absalom to shout and throw stones at it, to teach them what can happen to children who did not revere their parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story of Absalom\u2019s rebellion continues to reverberate in post-biblical tradition to the extent that the term &#8220;Absalonism&#8221; has come to be used as a generic term for a son&#8217;s rebellion against his father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Yad Avshalom, 1898 \/ 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