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


In Context

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.

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

2 Samuel 13:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Absalom went to the king and said, "Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his officials please join me?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And he came to the king, and said to him: Behold thy servant's sheep are shorn. Let the king, I pray, with his servants come to his servant.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold, now, thy servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, your servant has sheep shearers; let the king, I beseech you, and his servants go with your servant.