Verse 28

2 Samuel 14:28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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28 And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

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

1 And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king's heart was turned to Absalom, Focus ↗

2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner... Focus ↗

3 And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in h... Focus ↗

4 And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worsh... Focus ↗

5 And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for... Focus ↗

6 And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none... Focus ↗

7 And behold the whole kindred rising against thy handmaid, saith: Deliver him that hath slain his bro... Focus ↗

8 And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee. Focus ↗

9 And the woman of Thecua said to the king: Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the house of m... Focus ↗

10 And the king said: If any one shall say ought against thee, bring him to me, and be shall not touch... Focus ↗

11 And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God (Elohim), that the next of kin be not multiplie... Focus ↗

12 Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak. Focus ↗

13 And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God (Elohim), and why h... Focus ↗

14 We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God (Eloh... Focus ↗

15 Now therefore I am come, to speak this word to my lord the king before the people. And thy handmaid... Focus ↗

16 And the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy... Focus ↗

17 Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an... Focus ↗

18 And the king answering, said to the woman: Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And the woman... Focus ↗

19 And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? The woman answered, and said: By t... Focus ↗

20 That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab, commanded this: but thou, my lo... Focus ↗

21 And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch... Focus ↗

22 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This... Focus ↗

23 Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. Focus ↗

24 But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned i... Focus ↗

25 But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the s... Focus ↗

26 And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him)... Focus ↗

27 And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar, and she was ver... Focus ↗

28 And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

29 He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had se... Focus ↗

30 He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go no... Focus ↗

31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fi... Focus ↗

32 And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to t... Focus ↗

33 So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the king:... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 14 (33 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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