The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[willfollowsGod]

2 Samuel 14:20
New International Version (NIV)

Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God—he knows everything that happens in the land.”

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 14:21, "And the sovereign said to Yo’aḇ, “See now, you shall do this matter. And go, bring back the young man Aḇshalom.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 14:22 (ESV)
And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 14:23, "And Yo’aḇ rose up and went to Geshur, and brought Aḇshalom to Yerushalayim."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 14:24 (KJV)
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 14:25, "And in all Yisra’ĕl there was no one who was praised as much as Aḇshalom for his handsomeness. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 14:26 (KJV)
And 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.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 14:27, "And to Aḇshalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 14:28 (KJV)
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 14:29, "Then Aḇshalom sent for Yo’aḇ, to send him to the sovereign, but he would not come to him. And he sent again the second time, but he would not come."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 14:30 (KJV)
Therefore 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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 14:31 (KJV)
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

 

[willfollowsGod]

2 Samuel 14:32
New International Version (NIV)

Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 14:33, "Yo’aḇ then went to the sovereign and informed him. And he called for Aḇshalom, and he came to the sovereign and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the sovereign. Then the sovereign kissed Aḇshalom."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:1 (KJV)
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:2, "And Aḇshalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. And it came to be, whenever anyone who had a complaint came to the sovereign for a right-ruling, that Aḇshalom would call to him and say, “What city are you from?” And when he said, “Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Yisra’ĕl,”"

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:3 (HCSB)
Absalom said to him, "Look, your claims are good and right, but the king does not have anyone to listen to you."

 

[phil36]

[h=1]2 Samuel 15:4New International Version - UK (NIVUK)[/h][FONT=&quot]4 And Absalom would add, ‘If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.’[/FONT]

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:4, "And Aḇshalom would say, “Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any complaint or case would come to me, and I shall let right be done to him.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:5 (KJV)
And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.