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2 Samuel 14:26 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 14 · verse 26 · King James Version
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.2 Samuel 14:26 · King James Version
2 Samuel 14:26 in context
24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
25But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
26And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
Key words (Strong's)
- weighedshâqalto suspend or poiseH8254 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- shekelssheqelprobably a weightH8255 →
- polledgâlachproperly, to be baldH1548 →
- year'syôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
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