King James Version
2 Samuel 14:28 in the King James Version says “So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.”
2 Samuel 14:28 · KJV
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. near: Heb. near my place
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“dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“two full”
H3117a 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
“face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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