2 Samuel 14:23

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And Joab arose, and went to Geshur, - and brought Absolom to Jerusalem.

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.

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.

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 Then said the king unto Joab, See, I pray thee, I a have done this thing, - go then - bring back the young man, Absolom. ²² So Joab fell with his face to the earth, and did homage, and blessed the king, - and Joab said - To-day, doth thy servant know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, my lord O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of thy servant. ²³ And Joab arose, and went to Geshur, - and brought Absolom to Jerusalem. ²⁴ And the king said - Let him go round to his own house, and, my face, let him not see. So Absolom went round, unto his own house, and, the face of the king, saw he not. ²⁵ Now, like unto Absolom, was there no man handsome in all Israel, to be greatly praised, - from the sole of his foot, even unto the crown of his head, there was not, in him, a blemish. ²⁶ And when he polled his head - and it was at every year's end that he used to poll it, because it was heavy upon him, therefore he used to poll it - he would weigh the hair of his head, two hundred shekels, by the royal standard. ²⁷ And there were born to Absolom three sons, and one daughter, whose name, was Tamar, - she, was a woman beautiful to look upon.

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 Goim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, - four kings against five.

Genesis 14:12
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son with his goods, and went their way, - he, being a dweller in Sodom.

Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he, and his servants, and smote them, - and pursued them as far as Hobah, which was on the left of Damascus.

Genesis 14:16
So he brought back all the goods, - yea Lot also his brother with his goods, did he bring back, and the women also, and the people.

1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said unto the king - If thou wouldst give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, - neither would I eat bread or drink water, in this place;

2 Kings 5:16
But he said - By the life of Yahweh, before whom I stand, I will not accept one. And, though he urged him to accept it, yet did he refuse.

2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said - Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.

2 Corinthians 12:14
Lo! this third time, I am holding myself, in readiness, to come unto you, and I will not allow myself to be a burden; for I seek not yours, but you; - for, the children, ought not to lay up, for the parents, but the parents for the children; -

Hebrews 13:5
Without fondness for money, be your way of life, - being content with the present things, - for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

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.