2 Samuele 14:24

24 E il re disse: "Ch’ei si ritiri in casa sua e non vegga la mia faccia!" Così Absalom si ritirò in casa sua, e non vide la faccia del re.

2 Samuele 14:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24

And the king said
Very probably to Joab, when he informed him of Absalom's being come to Jerusalem:

let him turn to his own house;
depart from the king's palace, where Joab had brought him, and go to his own house, which was in Jerusalem; for here he had one before he fled to Geshur; see ( 2 Samuel 13:20 ) ;

and let him not see my face;
which he ordered, partly to show his detestation of the crime he had been guilty of, and some remaining resentment in his mind at him on account of it; and partly for his credit among some of the people at least, who might think it was a crime so great as not to go unpunished, though others were of a different mind; and also for the greater humiliation of Absalom, who, the king might think, had not been sufficiently humbled for his sin, or had not truly repented of it:

so Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face;
in obedience to his father's orders.

2 Samuele 14:24 In-Context

22 Joab si gettò con la faccia a terra, si prostrò, benedisse il re, e disse: "Oggi il tuo servo riconosce che ha trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, o re, mio signore; poiché il re ha fatto quel che il suo servo gli ha chiesto".

23 Joab dunque si levò, andò a Gheshur, e menò Absalom a Gerusalemme.

24 E il re disse: "Ch’ei si ritiri in casa sua e non vegga la mia faccia!" Così Absalom si ritirò in casa sua, e non vide la faccia del re.

25 Or in tutto Israele non v’era uomo che fosse celebrato per la sua bellezza al pari di Absalom; dalle piante de’ piedi alla cima del capo non v’era in lui difetto alcuno.

26 E quando si facea tagliare i capelli (e se li faceva tagliare ogni anno perché la capigliatura gli pesava troppo) il peso de’ suoi capelli era di duecento sicli a peso del re.