Absalom went to the king and said, “I have some men coming to cut the wool from my sheep. Please come with your servants and watch.”
2 Samuel 13:25 - Easy To Read Version King David said to Absalom, “No, son. We will not all go. It will be too much trouble for you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. Absalom urged David; still he would not go, but he blessed him. American Standard Version (1901) And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. Common English Bible But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go, or we would be a burden on you.” Although Absalom urged him, the king wasn’t willing to go, although he gave Absalom a blessing. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said to Absalom: "Do not, my son, do not choose to ask that we may all come and be a burden to you." Then, after he urged him, and he had refused to go, he blessed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said to Absalom: Nay, my son, do not ask that we should all come, and be chargeable to thee. And when he pressed him, and he would not go, he blessed him. |
Absalom went to the king and said, “I have some men coming to cut the wool from my sheep. Please come with your servants and watch.”
Absalom said, “If you don’t want to go, then please let my brother Amnon go with me.”
Joab bowed with his face on the ground. He blessed King David, and said, “Today I know that you are pleased with me. I know because you have done what I asked.”
The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads. Tell the people there to come. I want my house to be full!
But they wanted him to stay. They begged him, “Stay with us. It is late; it is almost night.” So he went in to stay with them.
She and all the people living in her home were baptized. {\cf2\super [337]} Then Lydia invited us into her home. She said, “If you think I am truly a believer in the Lord Jesus, then come stay in my house.” She persuaded us to stay with her.
Later, Boaz came to the field from Bethlehem. Boaz greeted his workers. He said, “The Lord be with you!”