26Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us." The king asked him, "Why should he go with you?"


In Context

23 Two years later, when Absalom's sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king's sons to come there.

24 Absalom went to the king and said, "Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his officials please join me?"

25 "No, my son," the king replied. "All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you." Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go, but gave him his blessing.

26 Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us." The king asked him, "Why should he go with you?"

27 But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king's sons.

28 Absalom ordered his men, "Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Have not I given you this order? Be strong and brave."

2nd Samuel 13:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:26Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:26And Absalom said: If thou wilt not come, at least let my brother Amnon, I beseech thee, come with us. And the king said to him: It is not necessary that he should go with thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:26Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:26And Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:26Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:26Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:26Then Absalom said, |If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.| The king said to him, |Why should he go with you?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:26And Absalom saith, 'If not — let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;' and the king saith to him, 'Why doth he go with thee?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:26Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?