◄ 2 Samuel 14:21 ►
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Good News Translation
Later on the king said to Joab, "I have decided to do what you want. Go and get the young man Absalom and bring him back here."

New Revised Standard Version
Then the king said to Joab, “Very well, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

Contemporary English Version
David turned to Joab and said, "It seems that I have already given my decision. Go and bring Absalom back."

New American Bible
Then the king said to Joab: “I am granting this request. Go and bring back young Absalom.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.

I have done

2 Samuel 14:11 And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

1 Samuel 14:39 As the Lord liveth, who is the Saviour of Israel, if it was done by Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die. In this none of the people gainsayed him.

Mark 6:26 And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

Context
Absalom's Return to Jerusalem
…20That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab commanded this: but thou, my lord, O king, art wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to understand all things upon earth. 21And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.22And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:11
And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

2 Samuel 14:22
And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.

2 Samuel 14:20
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