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2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Absalom;   David;   Intercession;   Joab;   Kindness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wisdom;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Geshur ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Absalom;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Geshur;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Absalom;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
So Yo'av arose and went to Geshur, and brought Avshalom to Yerushalayim.
King James Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
New English Translation
So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
Joab went to Geshur to get Absalom. But when they came back to Jerusalem,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yo'av got up, went to G'shur and brought Avshalom to Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
Then he got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And Joab rose up and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Ioab gat him vp, and wente vnto Gesur, and broughte Absalom to Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Ioab arose, and went to Gesur, and brought Absalom to Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
So Ioab arose, and went to Geshur, & brought Absalom to Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Joab roos, and yede in to Gessur, and brouyte Absolon in to Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,
Update Bible Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
New King James Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
So Joab got up and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
So Joab set off, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joab arose, and went to Geshur, - and brought Absolom to Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
So Jo'ab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Ab'salom to Jerusalem.
THE MESSAGE
Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. The king said, "He may return to his house, but he is not to see me face-to-face." So Absalom returned home, but was not permitted to see the king.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

21 And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom. 22 Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant. 23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom. 24 And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king. 25 Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful. 26 And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight. 27 And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Geshur: 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:37

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 27:8 - the Geshurites 2 Samuel 13:38 - General 2 Samuel 15:8 - Geshur 1 Chronicles 3:2 - Geshur

Cross-References

Genesis 14:9
Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.
Genesis 14:12
And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
Genesis 14:15
And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.
Genesis 14:16
And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.
1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;
2 Kings 5:16
But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Joab arose and went to Geshur,.... Where Absalom was with his grandfather, the king of the place; see 2 Samuel 13:37;

and brought Absalom to Jerusalem; from thence, which, according to Bunting t, was the distance of eighty eight miles from it.

t Travels, &c. p 146, 148.


 
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