23It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.


In Context

20 Absalom her brother said to her, |Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take this thing to heart.| So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

22 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

24 Absalom came to the king, and said, |See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.|

25 The king said to Absalom, |No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.| He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.

2 Samuel 13:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:23Two 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal- hazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two years, that the sheep of Absalom were shorn in Baalhasor, which is near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-Hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep shearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.