God’s promise to David of a future “seed ” to inherit the throne was given after Absalom’s birth.
كَانَ بَعْدَ وِلَادَةِ أَبْشَالُومَ أَنْ أَعْطَى ٱللهُ لِدَاوُدَ وَعْدًا بِأَنَّ ‹ نَسْلَهُ › سَيَرِثُ ٱلْعَرْشَ .‏