2 Samuel 13:24

New American Bible - revised edition

Absalom went to the king and said: “Your servant has hired the shearers. Please, may the king come with all his servants to your servant.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:12

Time passed, and the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died. After Judah completed the period of mourning, he went up to Timnah, to those who were shearing his sheep, in company with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

2 Samuel 13:23

Two years went by. It was sheep-shearing time for Absalom in Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 13:25

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, all of us should not go lest we be a burden to you.” And though Absalom urged him, he would not go but began to bid him good-bye.

Psalm 12:2

Help, Lord, for no one loyal remains; the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

Psalm 55:21

He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.

1 Samuel 25:7

I have just heard that shearers are with you. Now, when your shepherds were with us, we did them no injury, neither did they miss anything while they were in Carmel.