2 Samuel 14:27

2 Samuel 14:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
• New International Version (NIV)Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.

Context of 2 Samuel 14:27

25Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw. 26And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard. Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman. 28Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king. 29Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.

2 Samuel 14:27 word by word

וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֔ים וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת וּשְׁמָ֣הּ תָּמָ֑ר הִ֣יא הָיְתָ֔ה אִשָּׁ֖ה יְפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

• Threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• were bornיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• to Absalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹם'ăbîyshâlôm 'abshâlôm · AbsalomH53
• and aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• namedשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• whoהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a beautifulיָפֶהyâpheh · beautifulH3303
• a beautifulמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:27

• 2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
• Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
• Isaiah 14:22“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 22:30This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
• 2 Samuel 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27"Absalom had a daughter, whose name was Tamar."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Three sons - These probably died in infancy (see the marginal reference). From Tamar must have been born Maachah, the mother of Abijah, and the favorite wife of Rehoboam 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20-22.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-27Verses 25-27 Nothing is said of Absalom's wisdom and piety. All here said of him is, that he was very handsome. A poor commendation for a man that had nothing else in him valuable. Many a polluted, deformed soul dwells in a fair and comely body. And we read that he had a very fine head of hair. It was a burden to him, but he would not cut it as long as he could bear the weight. That which feeds and gratifies pride, is not complained of, though uneasy. May…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Absalom's three sons likely died before him (see 2 Samuel 18:18). Absalom named his daughter Tamar after his sister, and she was also very beautiful (2 Samuel 13:1).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 14:27

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings