²⁵ Absalom was greatly praised for his ·handsome appearance [beauty]. No man in Israel was as handsome as he. No ·blemish [flaw; defect] was on him from his head to his foot. ²⁶ At the end of every year, Absalom would cut his hair, because it became too heavy. When he weighed it, it would weigh ·about five pounds by the royal measure [^L200 shekels by the king’s standard].

²⁷ Absalom had three sons and one daughter. His daughter’s name was also Tamar, and she was a beautiful woman.