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David's handsome, rebellious son who staged a coup and died for it
open_in_newKnown for his good looks and famously long hair (2 Samuel 14:25-26). After David failed to punish Amnon for assaulting Absalom's sister Tamar, Absalom took matters into his own hands — killed Amnon, fled, returned, then launched a full rebellion against his own father. He died when his hair got caught in a tree and Joab killed him. David's grief — 'O my son Absalom!' — is one of the most devastating moments in Scripture.