In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.
2 Samuel 14:27 - Easy To Read Version Absalom had three sons and one daughter. This daughter’s name was Tamar. Tamar was a beautiful woman. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman. American Standard Version (1901) And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. Common English Bible Absalom had three sons and one daughter. The daughter’s name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman. Catholic Public Domain Version Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar; and she was very beautiful. |
In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.
David had a son named Absalom. Absalom’s sister was named Tamar. Tamar was very beautiful. Another one of David’s sons, Amnon, [71]
While Absalom was alive he put up a pillar in King’s Valley. Absalom said, “I have no son to keep my name alive.” So he named the pillar after himself. That pillar is called “Absalom’s Monument” even today.
The Lord All-Powerful said, “I will stand and fight against those people. I will destroy the famous city, Babylon. I will destroy all the people of Babylon. I will destroy their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren.” The Lord himself said those things.
The Lord says,\par “Write this down about Jehoiachin:\par ‘He is a man that has no children anymore!\par Jehoiachin will not be successful\par in his lifetime.\par And none of his children\par will sit on the throne of David.\par None of his children\par will rule in Judah.’”\par