After many days, Shu`a's daughter, the wife of Yehudah, died. Yehudah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Chirah, the `Adullami.
2 Samuel 13:24 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Avshalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants go with your servant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, your servant has sheepshearers; I pray you, let the king and his servants go with your servant. American Standard Version (1901) And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant. Common English Bible Absalom approached the king and said, “Your servant is shearing sheep. Would the king and his advisors please join me?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he went to the king, and he said to him: "Behold, the sheep of your servant are being shorn. I ask that the king, with his servants, may come to his servant." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he came to the king, and said to him: Behold thy servant's sheep are shorn. Let the king, I pray, with his servants come to his servant. |
After many days, Shu`a's daughter, the wife of Yehudah, died. Yehudah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Chirah, the `Adullami.
It happened after two full years, that Avshalom had sheepshearers in Ba`al-Chatzor, which is beside Efrayim: and Avshalom invited all the king's sons.
The king said to Avshalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. He pressed him: however he would not go, but blessed him.
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Karmel.