2 Samuel 13:23

Absalom Has Amnon Put to Death

13:23 Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, ¹  near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 14:27

14:27 Absalom had ²  three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman. ³ 

2 Samuel 16:22

16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, ⁴  and Absalom had sex with ⁵  his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 14:33

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 

2 Samuel 15:34

15:34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’

2 Samuel 18:5

18:5 The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:29

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.”

2 Samuel 18:32

18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ⁹  be like that young man!”

[13:23]  ¹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[14:27]  ² tn Heb “and there were born.”

[14:27]  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.”

[16:22]  ³ sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.

[16:22]  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.”

[14:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

[14:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

[18:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”