2 Samuel 14 · Verse 27

2 Samuel 14:27

And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
2 Samuel 14:27, King James Version

2 Samuel 14:27 in other translations

BSBThree sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
WEBThree sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
ASVAnd unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
YLTAnd there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name is Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.
DARBYAnd to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful countenance.
BBEAnd Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.
WebsterAnd to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

What does 2 Samuel 14:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Unto Absalom there were born - These children did not survive him; see 2Sam 18:18. Tamar - The Septuagint adds, And she became the wife of Roboam, the son of Solomon, and bare to him Abia; see Mat 1:7. Josephus says the same. This addition is not found in the other versions.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:25-27

Nothing is said of Absalom's wisdom and piety. All here said of him is, that he was very handsome. A poor commendation for a man that had nothing else in him valuable. Many a polluted, deformed soul dwells in a fair and comely body. And we read that he had a very fine head of hair. It was a burden to him, but he would not cut it as long as he could bear the weight. That which feeds and gratifies pride, is not…

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2 Samuel 14:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּvai.yi.val.Duand they were bornH3205
לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙le.'av.sha.lOmto AbsalomH53
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969
בָנִ֔יםva.NimsonsH1121
וּבַ֥תu.Vatand a daughterH1323
אַחַ֖ת'a.ChatoneH259
וּשְׁמָ֣הּu.she.Mahand name herH8034
תָּמָ֑רta.Mar[was] TamarH8559
הִ֣יאhi'sheH1931
הָיְתָ֔הha.ye.Tahshe wasH1961
אִשָּׁ֖ה'i.Shaha womanH802
יְפַ֥תye.Fatbeautiful ofH3303
מַרְאֶֽה\׃\ \פmar.'EhappearanceH4758

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 14:27

  • 2 Samuel 18:18

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

  • 2 Samuel 13:1

    And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

  • Jeremiah 22:30

    Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

  • Isaiah 14:22

    For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

  • Job 18:16-19

    His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
born.
18:18; Job 18:16-19; Isa 14:22; Jer 22:30
Tamar.
13:1

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 14:26

    And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.

  • 2 Samuel 14:27

    And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

  • 2 Samuel 14:28

    So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.

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2 Samuel 14:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Naciéronle á Absalom tres hijos, y una hija que se llamó Thamar, la cual era hermosa de ver.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il naquit à Absalom trois fils, et une fille, qui avait nom Tamar, et elle était une femme belle de visage.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dem Absalom wurden drei Söhne geboren und eine Tochter, ihr Name war Tamar; sie war ein Weib, schön von Ansehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nati sunt autem Absalom filii tres, et filia una nomine Thamar, elegantis formæ.