2 Samuel 14:27

27 Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 14:27 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
English Standard Version (ESV)
27 There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
New Living Translation (NLT)
27 He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.
The Message Bible (MSG)
27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter. Her name was Tamar - and she was a beauty.
American Standard Version (ASV)
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
27 Absalom had three sons and one daughter. His daughter Tamar was a beautiful woman.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
27 Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. The daughter's name was Tamar. She became a beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:27

And unto Absalom there were born three sons
Who very probably died young; and the rather it may be thought so, since their names are not given, and more especially since it is said that Absalom had no sons, and therefore erected a pillar to keep up the remembrance of his name; unless it can be thought that that was set up before he had any sons, which is not so likely; see ( 2 Samuel 18:18 ) ;

and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar;
and whom he named after his sister Tamar, who was ravished by Amnon; the Septuagint version in some copies adds,

``and she became the wife of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and bore to him Abia;''

and so says Josephus F2; see ( 1 Kings 15:22 ) ( 2 Chronicles 11:20 ) ;

she was a woman of a fair countenance;
as was her aunt, after whom she was named, ( 2 Samuel 13:1 ) ; by this it appears that she lived to a woman's estate, though the sons of Absalom died young.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 8. sect. 5.)

2 Samuel 14:27 In-Context

25 In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him.
26 Whenever he cut the hair of his head—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels by the royal standard.
27 Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.
28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king’s face.
29 Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come.

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