2 Samuel 14:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem without coming into the king’s presence.

Cross References

Genesis 33:10

Jacob said, “No, please; if I find favor with you, then accept my present from my hand, for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me with such favor.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

2 Samuel 14:24

The king said, “Let him go to his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not come into the king’s presence.

2 Samuel 14:29

Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. He sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

1 Kings 1:53

Then King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar. He came to do obeisance to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go home.”

1 Kings 2:36

Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.

Matthew 18:10

“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.