2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:23 in other translations
| BSB | So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
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| WEB | So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
| ASV | So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
| YLT | And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem, |
| DARBY | And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
| BBE | So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom. |
| Webster | So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
What does 2 Samuel 14:23 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:21-24
David was inclined to favour Absalom, yet, for the honour of his justice, he could not do it but upon application made for him, which may show the methods of Divine grace. It is true that God has thoughts of compassion toward poor sinners, not willing that any should perish; yet he is only reconciled to them through a Mediator, who pleads on their behalf. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and…
2 Samuel 14:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 14:23
- 2 Samuel 13:37-38
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
- 2 Samuel 3:3
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
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Context
- 2 Samuel 14:22
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:24
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
2 Samuel 14:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Levantóse luego Joab, y fué á Gessur, y volvió á Absalom á Jerusalem. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Joab se leva et s’en alla à Gueshur, et il ramena Absalom à Jérusalem. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Joab machte sich auf und ging nach Gesur, und er brachte Absalom nach Jerusalem. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Surrexit ergo Joab et abiit in Gessur, et adduxit Absalom in Jerusalem. |