2 Samuel 18:29 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant and me, your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

Common English Bible

The king said, “Is my boy Absalom okay?” Ahimaaz said, “I saw a large crowd right when Joab, the king’s servant, sent your servant off, but I don’t know what it was about.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the king said, "Is there peace for the boy Absalom?" And Ahimaaz said: "I saw a great tumult, O king, when your servant Joab sent me, your servant. I know nothing else."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the king said: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Achimaas said: I saw a great tumult, O king, when thy servant Joab sent me thy servant. I know nothing else.

2 Samuel 18:29 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:22

7 And the watchman said: The running of the foremost seemeth to me like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said: He is a good man: and cometh with good news.

2 Samuel 18:30

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.

2 Samuel 18:32

And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.

2 Samuel 20:9

4 Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abela and Bethmaacha: and all the chosen men were gathered together unto him.

2 Kings 4:26

1 But Giezi was gone before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child, and there was no voice nor sense: and he returned to meet him, and told him, saying: The child is not risen.