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25 Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom.[a] From the soles of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance.[b] 26 When he would shave his head—at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long[c] and he would shave it—he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds[d] according to the king’s weight. 27 Absalom had[e] three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman.[f]

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:25 tn Heb “Like Absalom there was not a handsome man in all Israel to boast exceedingly.”
  2. 2 Samuel 14:25 tn Heb “there was not in him a blemish.”
  3. 2 Samuel 14:26 tn Heb “for it was heavy upon him.”
  4. 2 Samuel 14:26 tn Heb “two hundred shekels.” The modern equivalent would be about three pounds (1.4 kg).
  5. 2 Samuel 14:27 tn Heb “and there were born.”
  6. 2 Samuel 14:27 tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And she became a wife to Rehoboam the son of Solomon and bore to him Abia.”

25 Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him. 26 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels,[a] after the king’s weight. 27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.

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  1. 14:26 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 200 shekels is about 2 kilograms or about 4.4 pounds.