Verse 28
2 Samuel 14:28
Young's Literal Translation
28
And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֧שֶׁב אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֑ים וּ/פְנֵ֥י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א רָאָֽה
English Translation
And Absalom dwelt in Jerusalem two years and did not see the face of the king.
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Chapter 14 Context
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And Joab son of Zeruial knoweth that the heart of the king [is] on Absalom,
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and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, 'Feign thyself a mou...
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and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the...
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And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeis...
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And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman [am] I, and my hus...
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and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliver...
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and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his b...
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And the king saith unto the woman, 'Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.'
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And the woman of Tekoah saith unto the king, 'On me, my lord, O king, [is] the iniquity, and on the...
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And the king saith, 'He who speaketh [aught] unto thee, and thou hast brought him unto me, then he d...
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And she saith, 'Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God (Elohim), that the redeemer o...
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And the woman saith, 'Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he...
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And the woman saith, 'And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God (Elohim)? yea, the...
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for we do surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered,...
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'And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, [it is] because the people made...
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for the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man [seeking] to destroy me...
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and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a mes...
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And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, 'Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I...
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And the king saith, 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answereth and saith,...
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in order to bring round the appearance of the thing hath thy servant Joab done this thing, and my lo...
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And the king saith unto Joab, 'Lo, I pray thee, thou hast done this thing; and go, bring back the yo...
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And Joab falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and blesseth the king, and Joab saith...
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And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,
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and the king saith, 'Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he doth not see.' And Absalom tu...
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And like Absalom there was no man [so] fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his f...
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and in his polling his head -- and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth [it], for...
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And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman...
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And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;
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and Absalom sendeth unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he hath not been willing to come unto...
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And he saith unto his servants, 'See, the portion of Joab [is] by the side of mine, and he hath barl...
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And Joab riseth and cometh unto Absalom in the house, and saith unto him, 'Why have thy servants bur...
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And Absalom saith unto Joab, 'Lo, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and I send thee unto the ki...
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And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth [it] to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh...
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