It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.
2 Samuel 14:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman. American Standard Version (1901) And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. Common English Bible Absalom had three sons and one daughter. The daughter’s name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman. Catholic Public Domain Version Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar; and she was very beautiful. |
It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.
Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and David’s son Amnon fell in love with her.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar that is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar by his own name; it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.
Thus says the Lord: Record this man as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah.