Category: 2 Samuel

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

King James Version (KJV):
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

American Standard Version (ASV):
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

King James Version (KJV):
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

King James Version (KJV):
And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. [

King James Version (KJV):
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

American Standard Version (ASV):
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

King James Version (KJV):
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

American Standard Version (ASV):
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.

King James Version (KJV):
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons are come: as thy servant said, so it is.

King James Version (KJV):
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

King James Version (KJV):
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose [that] they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.

King James Version (KJV):
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

King James Version (KJV):
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.