And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, but did not see the king’s face.
Parallel translations
- WEB Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.
- KJV So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
- BSB Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
- NASB Now Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, yet he did not see the king’s face.
- NLT Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years, but he never got to see the king.
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Quick answer
Absalom lives two years in Jerusalem still barred from the king's presence. The prolonged estrangement deepens his frustration.
Overview
For two full years Absalom remains in the capital yet excluded from his father, a humiliating limbo. David's continued refusal to receive him leaves the breach unhealed. This festering alienation, the fruit of incomplete reconciliation, pushes Absalom toward the desperate and manipulative actions that follow.
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