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2 Samuel 13:25
New English Translation
2 Samuel 13:25
New English Translation
25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom[a] pressed[b] him, the king[c] was not willing to go. Instead, David[d] blessed him.
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- 2 Samuel 13:25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Samuel 13:25 tc Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSama ויפצר (vayyiftsar, “and he pressed”) rather than the MT וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyifrats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the LXX (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the Syriac Peshitta (weʾalseh), and Vulgate (cogeret eum).
- 2 Samuel 13:25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Samuel 13:25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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