2 Samuel 14:25-27
Expanded Bible
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 [L 200 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.
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2 Samuel 14:25-27
New American Standard Bible
25 Now in all Israel there was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; (A)from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no impairment in him. 26 And when he (B)cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he cut it, because it was heavy on him, so he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at [a]two hundred shekels by the king’s weight. 27 And (C)to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was (D)Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.
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