2 Samuel 14:27
25 Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
26 And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
28 Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
29 Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
- KJV
- And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
- WEB
- Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
- ASV
- And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
- DARBY
- And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful countenance.
- BLB
- And were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name [was] Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.
- ÅB
- Absalom fikk tre sønner og én datter som hette Tamar; hun var en fager kvinne.
- OTB
- Absalom hadde tre sønner og en datter som het Tamar. Hun var en kvinne med et vakkert utseende.
- B1930
- Absalom fikk tre sønner og én datter som hette Tamar; hun var en fager kvinne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
Read in context2 Samuel 13:1
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
Read in contextIsaiah 14:22
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJob 18:16–19
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
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