KJV King James Version
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
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2 Samuel 14:28
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
WEB World English Bible
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn’t see the king’s face.
ASV American Standard Version
And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 14
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.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
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