2 Samuel 14:28
in 2 Samuel 14Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.
KJV
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseSo Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem,.... After his return from Geshur: and saw not the king's face; all that time; which was owing either to the king's resentment of the fact committed by him, or to state policy.
This site's exposition
two years without seeing the face of the king
on 2 Samuel 14:28-30
Absalom “lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king”, the terms of verse 24 still in force. He sends for Joab twice, and twice Joab will not come. So Absalom has his servants set Joab's barley field on fire, forcing the meeting he could not get.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This slight severity was designed to bring him to sincere repentance, on perceiving that his father had not fully pardoned him, as well as to convince the people of David's abhorrence of his crime.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and he dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| שְׁנָתַ֣יִם | shenatayim | two years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יָמִ֑ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וּפְנֵ֥י | ufenei | and [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| רָאָֽה׃ | raah | he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁבand he dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
אַבְשָׁל֛וֹםAbsalom
ʾavshalomH53 →110 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
שְׁנָתַ֣יִםtwo years
shenatayimH8141 →877 times
יָמִ֑יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וּפְנֵ֥יand [the] face of
ufeneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
רָאָֽה׃he saw
raahH7200 →1300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.