2 Samuel 13:23 Parallel Translations

Two years later Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal Hazor near Ephraim. He invited all the king's sons. (GOD'S WORD®)

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

ASV:

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

BBE:

Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.

DBY:

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-Hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

ERV:

And it came to pass after two years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

JPS:

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

WBS:

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

WEB:

It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

YLT:

And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king.

2 Samuel 13:23 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 25:7 'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and {k} Absalom invited all the king's sons.
(k) That is, to a banquet, thinking by it to fulfil his wicked purpose.

WES:

13:23 Two years - This circumstance of time is noted, as an aggravation of Absalom's malice, which was so implacable: and as an act of policy, that both Amnon and David might more securely comply with his desires.

MHC:

13:21-29 Observe the aggravations of Absalom's sin: he would have Ammon slain, when least fit to go out of the world. He engaged his servants in the guilt. Those servants are ill-taught who obey wicked masters, against God's commands. Indulged children always prove crosses to godly parents, whose foolish love leads them to neglect their duty to God.

CONC:

Absalom Ab'salom Absalom's Baal Baalhazor Baal-hazor Ba'al-ha'zor Beside Border Calleth Cutting Ephraim E'phraim Feast Full Hazor Invited King's Pass Shearers Sheep Sheepshearers Sheep-shearers Sons Wool

Absalom Ab'salom Absalom's Baal Border Cutting Ephraim E'phraim Feast Full Hazor Invited King's Later Shearers Sheep Sheepshearers Sheep-Shearers Wool

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