2 Samuel 13:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Absalom came to the king and said, “Your servant has sheepshearers; will the king and his servants please go with your servant?”

Cross References

Genesis 38:12

In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died; when Judah’s time of mourning was over, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

2 Samuel 13:23

After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 13:25

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, or else we will be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Psalm 55:21

with speech smoother than butter but with a heart set on war, with words that were softer than oil but in fact were drawn swords.

1 Samuel 25:7

I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.