What Does 2 Samuel 13:23 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“years”

a year (as a revolution of time)

“And it came to pass after two full”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“had sheepshearers”

to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy

“and Absalom”

abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite

“in Baalhazor”

baal-chatsor, a place in palestine

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

“which is beside Ephraim”

ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

“invited”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

“and Absalom”

abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“sons”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“all the king's”

a king