2 Samuel 14:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.”
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“And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and in his polling his head--and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth <FI>it<Fi> , for it <FI>is<Fi> heavy on him, and he hath polled it--he hath even weighed out the hair of his head--two hundred shekels by the king's weight.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:26 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Leviticus 19:36You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 18:9Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
- Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
- Ezekiel 44:20They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
- Ezekiel 45:9For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
- 1 Corinthians 11:14Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
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