2 Samuel 14:23

23 So Jo'ab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Ab'salom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab arose and went to Geshur
Where Absalom was with his grandfather, the king of the place; see ( 2 Samuel 13:37 2 Samuel 13:38 ) ;

and brought Absalom to Jerusalem;
from thence, which, according to Bunting ^F20, was the distance of eighty eight miles from it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Travels p 146, 148.

2 Samuel 14:23 In-Context

21 Then the king said to Jo'ab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Ab'salom."

22 And Jo'ab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Jo'ab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."

23 So Jo'ab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Ab'salom to Jerusalem.

24 And the king said, "Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence." So Ab'salom dwelt apart in his own house, and did not come into the king's presence.

25 Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his beauty as Ab'salom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.