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2 Samuel 14:21-24
The Voice
2 Samuel 14:21-24
The Voice
David (to Joab): 21 All right. I will do as you advise. You have my permission to bring young Absalom home.
22 Joab lay facedown on the ground before the king and honored him.
Joab (blessing David): Today I know that I am blessed and that I stand approved before you, my lord and king, since you have granted my request.
23 Joab traveled to Geshur, found Absalom, and brought him home to Jerusalem. But David would not see him.
David: 24 Take him to his own house. I won’t let him see my face.
So Absalom returned to his own house and did not come into the king’s presence.
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2 Samuel 14:21-24
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2 Samuel 14:21-24
New International Version
21 The king said to Joab, “Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
22 Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king.(A) Joab said, “Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”
23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But the king said, “He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.
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