Absalom’s sheep-shearers’ feast

E467053

biblical event celebratory gathering feast

Absalom’s sheep-shearers’ feast is the celebratory gathering in the biblical narrative where Absalom orchestrates the killing of his half-brother Amnon in revenge for Tamar.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
sheepshearers’ feast at Baal-hazor	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical event ⓘ celebratory gathering ⓘ feast ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	King David NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamar NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy	Absalom NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsEvent	Amnon’s rape of Tamar ⓘ David’s anger but inaction toward Amnon ⓘ
hasContext	aftermath of Amnon’s rape of Tamar ⓘ
hasDeclinedBy	King David NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInvitedGuest	Amnon NERFINISHED ⓘ King David NERFINISHED ⓘ all the king’s sons ⓘ
hasMainAgent	Absalom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotive	revenge for Tamar ⓘ
hasOccasion	sheep-shearing ⓘ
hasParticipant	Absalom NERFINISHED ⓘ Absalom’s servants NERFINISHED ⓘ Amnon NERFINISHED ⓘ King David’s sons ⓘ
hasPerpetrators	Absalom’s servants ⓘ
hasPlan	assassination of Amnon ⓘ
hasPrecededBy	two years of Absalom’s silence toward Amnon ⓘ
hasSetting	Absalom’s estate ⓘ
hasTheme	consequences of sexual sin ⓘ deception ⓘ family violence in the house of David ⓘ revenge ⓘ
hasTriggerCondition	Amnon becoming merry with wine ⓘ
hasVictim	Amnon NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	narrative of Absalom’s rebellion ⓘ
literaryFunction	turning point in the tragedy of David’s household ⓘ
literaryGenreContext	Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedIn	2 Samuel 13 ⓘ Second Book of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedesEvent	Absalom’s eventual return to Jerusalem ⓘ Absalom’s exile in Geshur NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
resultsIn	flight of Absalom ⓘ killing of Amnon ⓘ mourning of King David ⓘ
takesPlaceIn	Baal-hazor NERFINISHED ⓘ
takesPlaceNear	Ephraim NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amnon → deathLocation → Absalom’s sheep-shearers’ feast ⓘ

Absalom’s revenge on Amnon → hasSetting → Absalom’s sheep-shearers’ feast ⓘ

this entity surface form: sheepshearers’ feast at Baal-hazor