Etymology?:
from ʾāv אָב ‘father’ and šālōm שָׁלוֹם ‘peace’
Roots:
אב
שׁלום שׁלום
ʾăvīšālōm pr n m pers
Absalom or Abishalom = "my father is peace"
1) father-in-law of Rehoboam
2) third son of David, killer of first-born son Amnon, also leader of revolt against his father-David
Mentioned in 2 Samuel 15:34, 16:21, 16:22, 13:25, 14:29, 3:3, 17:25, 18:5, 18:12, 20:6, 13:1, 13:4, 13:20, 13:22, 13:23, 13:24, 13:26, 13:27, 13:28, 13:29, 13:30, 13:32, 13:34, 13:37, 13:38, 13:39, 14:1, 14:21, 14:23, 14:24, 14:25, 14:27, 14:28, 14:30, 14:31, 14:32, 14:33, 15:1, 15:2, 15:3, 15:4, 15:6, 15:7, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:13, 15:14, 15:31, 15:37, 16:8, 16:15, 16:16, 16:17, 16:18, 16:20, 16:23, 17:1, 17:4, 17:5, 17:6, 17:7, 17:9, 17:14, 17:15, 17:18, 17:20, 17:24, 17:26, 18:9, 18:10, 18:14, 18:15, 18:17, 18:18, 18:29, 18:32, 19:1, 19:2, 19:5, 19:7, 19:10, 19:11 1 Kings 1:6, 2:7, 2:28, 15:2, 15:10 Psalms 3:1 1 Chronicles 3:2 2 Chronicles 11:20, 11:21