2 Samuel 14:23

Complete Jewish Bible

Then Yo'av got up, went to G'shur and brought Avshalom to Yerushalayim.

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,

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.

Bible in Basic English
So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

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 The king said to Yo'av, "All right, I am granting this request. Go, and bring back young Avshalom." ²² Yo'av fell to the ground on his face, prostrating himself, and blessed the king; Yo'av said, "Today your servant knows that I have won your favor, my lord, king, because the king has done what your servant requested." ²³ Then Yo'av got up, went to G'shur and brought Avshalom to Yerushalayim. ²⁴ However, the king said, "Let him return to his own house, but he is not to appear in my presence." So Avshalom returned to his own house and did not appear before the king. ²⁵ Now in all Isra'el there was no one more praised for his beauty than Avshalom — there was no defect on him from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. ²⁶ He would cut his hair only once a year, at the end of the year; and the only reason he cut it then was because it weighed him down. He weighed the hair from his head at 200 shekels (using the royal weight) [about five pounds]. ²⁷ To Avshalom were born three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.

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 K'dorla‘omer king of ‘Elam, Tid‘al king of Goyim, Amrafel king of Admah and Aryokh king of Elasar, four kings against the five.

Genesis 14:12
But as they left, they took Lot, Avram's brother's son, and his possessions; since he was living in S'dom.

Genesis 14:15
During the night he and his servants divided his forces against them, then attacked and pursued them all the way to Hovah, north of Dammesek.

Genesis 14:16
He recovered all the goods and brought back his nephew Lot with his goods, together with the women and the other people.

1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God replied to the king, "Even if you give me half your household, I will not accept your hospitality; nor will I eat food or drink water in this place.

2 Kings 5:16
But Elisha answered, "As Adonai lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it." And despite his urging him to take it, he refused.

2 Kings 5:20
when Geichazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, "Here, my master has made it easy on this Arami Na‘aman by not accepting from him what he brought. As Adonai lives, I'll run after him and get at least something from him."

2 Corinthians 12:14
Look, I am ready this third time to come and visit you; and I will not be a burden to you; for it is not what you own that I want, but you! Children are not supposed to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money; and be satisfied with what you have; for God himself has said, "I will never fail you or abandon you."

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.