24But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king's face.


In Context

21 And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.

22 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.

23 Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

24 But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king's face.

25 But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.

2 Samuel 14:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:24But the king said, "He must go to his own house; he must not see my face." So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:24And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom withdrew to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24The king said, |Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.| So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn't see the king's face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24and the king saith, 'Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he doth not see.' And Absalom turneth round unto his house, and the face of the king he hath not seen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:24And 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.