II Samuel 14:26
“And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Samuel 14:26 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And 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, after the king’s weight.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und wenn er sein Haupt scheren ließ es geschah nämlich von Jahr zu Jahr, daß er es scheren ließ, denn es war ihm zu schwer, und so ließ er es scheren so wog sein Haupthaar zweihundert Sekel, nach dem Gewicht des Königs.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y cuando se cortaba el cabello, (lo cual hacía al fin de cada año, pues le causaba molestia, y por eso se lo cortaba), pesaba el cabello de su cabeza doscientos siclos de peso real.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E quando se cortava o cabelo, (o qual fazia ao fim de cada ano, pois lhe incomodava, e por isso se o cortava,) pesava o cabelo de sua cabeça duzentos siclos de peso real.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Quando ele cortava o cabelo, ao final de cada ano, por lhe ser pesado, e o pesava, dava cerca de duzentos siclos, segundo a medida real.
📖 II Samuel 14:26 in Context
24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
25But in all Israel there was none 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 blemish in him.
26And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
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