KJV King James Version
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Samuel 14:27
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
WEB World English Bible
To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
ASV American Standard Version
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name is Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 14
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
25 But in all Israel there was none 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 blemish in him.
26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּH3205 · ya.ladto begetלְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙H53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣הH7969 · sha.loshthreeבָנִ֔יםH1121 · benson: childוּבַ֥תH1323 · batdaughterאַחַ֖תH259 · e.chadoneוּשְׁמָ֣הּH8034 · shemnameתָּמָ֑רH8559 · ta.marTamarהִ֣יאH1931 · huhe/she/itהָיְתָ֔הH1961 · ha.yahto beאִשָּׁ֖הH802 · ish.shahwomanיְפַ֥תH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulמַרְאֶֽה׃ פH4758 · mar.ehappearance
Cross-references
2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.Isaiah 14:22For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.Job 18:16-19His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.Jeremiah 22:30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:27
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →