2 Samuel 14:26 - Tree of Life Version

²⁶ When he cut the hair of his head—at the end of every year he would cut it because the hair got so heavy on him that he had to cut it. The weight of the hair from his head was 200 shekels by the royal weight.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it;) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And when he cut the hair of his head, he weighed it–for at each year's end he cut it, because its weight was a burden to him–and it weighed 200 shekels by the king's weight.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

Common English Bible

²⁶ When he shaved his head—he had to shave his head at the end of each year because his hair was so heavy that he had to shave it—the weight of the hair from his head was two hundred shekels by the royal weight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.

2 Samuel 14:26 Cross References

Genesis 23:16

Abraham heard Ephron. So Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth—400 shekels of silver at the merchant’s rate.

2 Samuel 18:9

Now Absalom encountered some of David’s servants. When Absalom was riding on his mule, the mule went under the thick branches of the great oak, and his head got caught in the oak, so that he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

Isaiah 3:24

Now it will come to pass: Instead of sweet spices there will be rottenness; instead of a sash, rags; instead of curled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

Ezekiel 44:20

They must not shave their heads or let their locks grow long, but must carefully trim the hair of their heads.

Leviticus 19:36

You are to have honest balances, honest weights, honest bushel-measure and an honest gallon. I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Doesn’t the natural order of things teach you—if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him;