Absalom (disambiguation)

Absalom (Avshalom) is a son of King David in the Old Testament.

Absalom, Absalon, Absolon or Avshalom may also refer to:

• a given name, see Absalom (given name)
• a surname, see Absalom (surname)

Places

• Avshalom, Israel, a communal settlement in southern Israel
• Avshalom, Sinai, a former Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula
• Mount Absalom, Antarctica
• Yad Avshalom, an ancient tomb in the Kidron Valley near Jerusalem

Ship

• Absalom (1853), a wooden Ketch that was wrecked at the Macleay River bar New South Wales Australia on 29 March 1863

Literature and popular culture

• Absalom and Achitophel (1681), landmark poetic political satire. Absalom was the name given by John Dryden to the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II of England
• Absalom, Absalom! (1936), novel by William Faulkner
• Absalom, fictional character in Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (1948)
• "Absalom", science fiction story by Henry Kuttner anthologized in the collection Tomorrow, the Stars (1952).
• Absalom (comics), Marvel Comics character (1992)
• Absalom (One Piece), a fictional character in Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece (1997)
• Absolon (film) (2003)
• Absalom, a 2009 play about a father's tense relationships with his children, written by Zoe Kazan.
• Absalom (2000 AD), a 2000 AD character and eponymous series spun off from Caballistics Inc. (2011)