2 Samuel 14:26

New American Bible - revised edition

When he shaved his head—as he used to do at the end of every year, because his hair became too heavy for him—the hair weighed two hundred shekels according to the royal standard.

Cross References

Genesis 23:16

Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms; he weighed out to him the silver that Ephron had stipulated in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver at the current market value.

2 Samuel 18:9

Absalom unexpectedly came up against David’s servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large oak tree, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule under him kept going.

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of perfume there will be stench, instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of elaborate coiffure, baldness; instead of a rich gown, a sackcloth skirt. Then, instead of beauty, shame.

Ezekiel 44:20

They shall not shave their heads nor let their hair hang loose, but they shall keep their hair carefully trimmed.

Leviticus 19:36

You shall have a true scale and true weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

1 Corinthians 11:14

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears his hair long it is a disgrace to him,