2 Samuel 14:28

Good News Translation

Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king.

Cross References

Genesis 33:10

Jacob said, “No, please, if I have gained your favor, accept my gift. To see your face is for me like seeing the face of God, now that you have been so friendly to me.

Genesis 43:3

Judah said to him, “The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother with us.

2 Samuel 14:24

The king, however, gave orders that Absalom should not live in the palace. “I don't want to see him,” the king said. So Absalom lived in his own house and did not appear before the king.

2 Samuel 14:29

Then he sent for Joab, to ask him to go to the king for him; but Joab would not come. Again Absalom sent for him, and again Joab refused to come.

1 Kings 1:53

King Solomon then sent for Adonijah and had him brought down from the altar. Adonijah went to the king and bowed low before him, and the king said to him, “You may go home.”

1 Kings 2:36

Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Live in it and don't leave the city.

Matthew 18:10

“See that you don't despise any of these little ones. Their angels in heaven, I tell you, are always in the presence of my Father in heaven.