2 Samuel 14:28
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.In other versions
And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king's face.
ASV
For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.
BBE
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.
DBY
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.
WEB
And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;
YLT
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
ENG
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
WBT
Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
BSB
In context
26And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
People in this verse
- Absalom