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Christian Standard Bible ®

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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

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.
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

21Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.” 22Joab fell with his face to the ground in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” Joab said, “your servant knows I have found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant.” 23So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24However, the king added, “He may return to his house, but he may not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his house, but he did not see the king. 25No man in all Israel was as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw. 26When he shaved his head—he shaved it at the end of every year because his hair got so heavy for him that he had to shave it off—he would weigh the hair from his head and it would be five pounds according to the royal standard. 27Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who 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 King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Genesis 14:12
They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.
Genesis 14:15
And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.
Genesis 14:16
He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.
1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your house, I still wouldn’t go with you, and I wouldn’t eat food or drink water in this place,
2 Kings 5:16
But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, in whose presence I stand, I will not accept it.” Naaman urged him to accept it, but he refused.
2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
2 Corinthians 12:14
Look, I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave 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.


 
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