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.


In Context

21 The king said to Joab, |Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.|

22 Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king. Joab said, |Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.|

23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

24 The 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.

25 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:24But 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.

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 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.