13:23 Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, 1 near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king 6 summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom 7 bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. 8
18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”
1 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
2 tn Heb “and there were born.”
3 tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And she became a wife to Rehoboam the son of Solomon and bore to him Abia.”
3 sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.
4 tn Heb “went to”; NAB “he visited his father’s concubines”; NIV “lay with his father’s concubines”; TEV “went in and had intercourse with.”
4 tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
5 tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”