2 Samuel 14:23

Wycliffe Bible

Therfor Joab roos, and yede in to Gessur, and brouyte Absolon in 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.

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 kyng seide to Joab, Lo! Y am plesid, and Y haue do thi word; therfor go thou, and ayen clepe thou the child Absolon. ²² And Joab felde on his face to erthe, and worschipide, and blesside the kyng; and Joab seide, Thi seruaunt hath vndirstonde to dai, that Y foond grace in thin iyen, my lord the kyng, for thou hast do the word of thi seruaunt. ²³ Therfor Joab roos, and yede in to Gessur, and brouyte Absolon in to Jerusalem. ²⁴ Forsothe the kyng seide, Turne he ayen in to his hows, and se not he my face. ²⁵ Therfor Absolon turnede ayen in to his hows, and siy not the face of the kyng. Sotheli no man in al Israel was so fair as Absolon, and ful comeli; fro the step of the foot `til to the top, `no wem was in hym; ²⁶ and in as myche as `he clippide more the heeris, bi so myche thei wexiden more; forsothe he was clippid onys in the yeer, for the heer greuede him. And whanne he clippide the heeris, he weiyide `the heeris of his heed bi twei hundrid siclis with comyn weiyte. ²⁷ Forsothe thre sones, and a douyter, Thamar bi name, of `excellent forme weren borun to Absolon.

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
that is, ayens Chodorlaomor, kyng of Elamytis, and Thadal, kyng of folkis, and Amrafel, kyng of Sennaar, and Ariok, kyng of Ponte; foure kyngis ayens fyue.

Genesis 14:12
also and thei token awey Loth and his catel, the sone of the brother of Abram, which Loth dwellide in Sodom.

Genesis 14:15
And whanne his felowis weren departid, he felde on hem in the niyt, and he smoot hem, and pursuede hem `til to Hoba, and Fenyce, which is at the left side of Damask.

Genesis 14:16
And he brouyte ayen al the catel, and Loth his brother with his catel, also wymmen and the puple.

1 Kings 13:8
And the man of God seide to the kyng, Thouy thou schalt yyue to me the half part of thin hows, Y schal not come with thee, nether Y schal ete breed, nether Y schal drynke watir in this place;

2 Kings 5:16
And he answeride, The Lord lyueth bifor whom Y stonde, for Y schal not take. And whanne he made `strengthe, that is, greet preier, Elisee assentide not outirli.

2 Kings 5:20
And Giezi, the child of the man of God, seide, My lord sparide this Naaman of Syrie, that he took not of hym that, that he brouyte; the Lord lyueth, for Y schal renne aftir hym, and Y schal take of hym sum thing.

2 Corinthians 12:14
Lo! this thridde tyme Y am redi to come to you, and Y schal not be greuous to you; for Y seke not tho thingis that ben youre, but you. For nether sones owen to tresoure to fadir and modir, but the fadir and modir to the sones.

Hebrews 13:5
Be youre maneres withoute coueitise, apaied with present thingis; for he seide, Y schal not leeue thee,

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.