2 Samuel 14:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁸ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem and did not see the king's face.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without ever seeing the king’s face.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And Absalom remained for two years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the face of the king.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

2 Samuel 14:28 Cross References

Genesis 33:10

Jacob said, “No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’

2 Samuel 14:24

And the king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom dwelt apart in his own house, and did not come into the king's presence.

2 Samuel 14:29

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

1 Kings 1:53

So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

1 Kings 2:36

Then the king sent and summoned Shime-i, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go forth from there to any place whatever.

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.