2 Samuel 14:27

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“Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.”

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BSBPD

“Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:27 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
  3. 2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  4. Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
  5. Isaiah 14:22“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
  6. Jeremiah 22:30This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”

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