2 Samuel 13:26 - New International Version (Anglicised)

²⁶ Then Absalom said, ‘If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.’ The king asked him, ‘Why should he go with you?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

Common English Bible

²⁶ Then Absalom said, “If you won’t come, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” they asked him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And Absalom said, "If you are not willing to come, I beg you, at least let my brother Amnon come with us." And the king said to him, "It is not necessary that he go with you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And Absalom said: If thou wilt not come, at least let my brother Amnon, I beseech thee, come with us. And the king said to him: It is not necessary that he should go with thee.

2 Samuel 13:26 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 13:25

‘No, my son,’ the king replied. ‘All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.’ Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.

2 Samuel 13:27

But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 20:9

Joab said to Amasa, ‘How are you, my brother?’ Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.

Psalm 55:21

His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.

Proverbs 26:24

Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbour deceit.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?