2 Samuel 13:24 - Easy To Read Version

²⁴ Absalom went to the king and said, “I have some men coming to cut the wool from my sheep. Please come with your servants and watch.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, your servant has sheepshearers; I pray you, let the king and his servants go with your servant.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Absalom approached the king and said, “Your servant is shearing sheep. Would the king and his advisors please join me?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And he went to the king, and he said to him: "Behold, the sheep of your servant are being shorn. I ask that the king, with his servants, may come to his servant."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And he came to the king, and said to him: Behold thy servant's sheep are shorn. Let the king, I pray, with his servants come to his servant.

2 Samuel 13:24 Cross References

Genesis 38:12

Later, Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah’s time of sadness, he went to Timnah with his friend Hirah from Adullam. Judah went to Timnah to have the wool cut from his sheep.

2 Samuel 13:23

Two years later, Absalom had some men come to Baal Hazor to cut the wool from his sheep. Absalom invited all of the king’s sons to come and watch.

2 Samuel 13:25

King David said to Absalom, “No, son. We will not all go. It will be too much trouble for you.”

Psalm 12:2

People tell lies to their neighbors.\par Each and every person flatters {\cf2\super [68]} his\par neighbors with lies.\par

Psalm 55:21

My enemies attack their own friends.\par They don’t do the things they agree to do.\par

1 Samuel 25:7

I heard that you are cutting wool from your sheep. Your shepherds were with us for a while. And we did nothing wrong to them. We never took anything from your shepherds while they were at Carmel.