Joab prostrated himself with his face to the ground and did obeisance and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”
2 Samuel 14:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Joab set off, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. Common English Bible So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
Joab prostrated himself with his face to the ground and did obeisance and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”
his second was Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third was Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
Jair the Manassite acquired the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and he named them—that is, Bashan—after himself, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)