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Absalom Reconciled to David

2 Samuel 14:28

In 11 translations

BSB
Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
KJV
¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
WEB
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.
ASV
And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.
LSV
And Absalom dwells in Jerusalem [for] two years of days, and he has not seen the face of the king;
YLT
And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;
DBY
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.
DRC
And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
GNV
So Absalom dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalem, and saw not the Kings face.
JPS
And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the kings face.
LXXE
And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.Gr. years of days.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֑ים וּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκάθισεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ δύο ἔτη ἡμερῶν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως οὐκ εἶδε.

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