Verse 25
2 Samuel 14:25
World English Bible, British Edition
25
Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/כְ/אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם לֹא הָיָ֧ה אִישׁ יָפֶ֛ה בְּ/כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ/הַלֵּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד מִ/כַּ֤ף רַגְל/וֹ֙ וְ/עַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔/וֹ לֹא הָ֥יָה ב֖/וֹ מֽוּם
English Translation
And Absalom had no man in all Israel so handsome as he, from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was towards
Absalom.
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2
Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her,
“Please act like a mourner,...
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3
Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words
in her mouth.
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4
When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face
to the ground, showed respect, and s...
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5
The king said to her, “What ails you?”
She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
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6
Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field,
and there was no one to part...
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7
Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say,
‘Deliver him who struck his b...
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8
The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give
a command concerning you.”
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9
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the
iniquity be on me, and on my father’s...
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10
The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me,
and he will not bother you any more.”
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11
Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God (Elohim),
that the avenger of blood d...
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12
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to
my lord the king.”
He said, “Say on.”
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13
The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against
the people of God (Elohim)? For in s...
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14
For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t
be gathered up again; neither...
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15
Now therefore, seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord
the king, it is because the peo...
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16
For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the
man who would destroy me and m...
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17
Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring
rest; for as an angel of God...
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18
Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything
from me that I ask you.”
The woman sai...
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19
The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?”
The woman answered, “As your soul lives,...
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20
Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter.
My lord is wise, according t...
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21
The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing.
Go therefore, and bring the young man...
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22
Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed
the king. Joab said, “Today your se...
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23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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24
The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see
my face.” So Absalom returned t...
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25
Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beauty. From the sole of...
26
When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that
he cut it; because it was heav...
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27
Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar.
She was a woman with a beau...
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28
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s
face.
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29
Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not
come to him. Then he sent agai...
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30
Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine,
and he has barley there. Go a...
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31
Then Joab arose and came to Absalom to his house, and said to
him, “Why have your servants set my fi...
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32
Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come
here, that I may send you to the king,...
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33
So Joab came to the king and told him; and when he had called
for Absalom, he came to the king and b...
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