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2 Samuel 13:38
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KJ21
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
ASV
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
AMP
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there for three years.
AMPC
So Absalom fled to Geshur and was there three years.
BRG
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
CSB
After Absalom had fled to Geshur and had been there three years,
CSBA
After Absalom had fled to Geshur and had been there for three years,
CEB
But Absalom, after fleeing to Geshur, stayed there for three years.
CJB
So Avshalom fled, went to G’shur and stayed there three years.
CEV
David was sad for a long time because Amnon was dead. Absalom had run away to Geshur, where he stayed for three years with King Talmai the son of Ammihud.
DARBY
Now Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
DRA
And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Amnon.
ERV
After Absalom had run away to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.
EASY
He stayed in Geshur for three years.
EHV
Absalom fled and went to Geshur. He stayed there for three years.
ESV
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
ESVUK
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there for three years.
EXB
After Absalom ran away to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.
GNV
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
GW
Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.
GNT
Absalom fled and went to the king of Geshur, Talmai son of Ammihud, and stayed there three years. David mourned a long time for his son Amnon;
HCSB
Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur where he stayed three years.
ICB
After Absalom ran away to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.
ISV
After fleeing to Geshur, Absalom remained there for three years.
JUB
So after Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he was there three years.
KJV
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
AKJV
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
LSB
So Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, and was there three years.
LEB
But Absalom had fled and went to Geshur, and he was there three years.
TLB
Absalom fled to King Talmai of Geshur (the son of Ammihud) and stayed there three years. Meanwhile David, now reconciled to Amnon’s death, longed day after day for fellowship with his son Absalom.
MSG
Then Jonadab exclaimed to the king, “See! It’s the king’s sons coming, just as I said!” He had no sooner said the words than the king’s sons burst in—loud laments and weeping! The king joined in, along with all the servants—loud weeping, many tears. David mourned the death of his son a long time. When Absalom fled, he went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. He was there three years. The king finally gave up trying to get back at Absalom. He had come to terms with Amnon’s death.
MEV
When Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he was there for three years.
NOG
Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.
NABRE
and stayed in Geshur for three years.
NASB
So Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, and was there for three years.
NASB1995
So Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, and was there three years.
NCB
and he remained in Geshur for three years.
NCV
After Absalom ran away to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.
NET
After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.
NIRV
So Absalom ran away and went to Geshur. He stayed there for three years.
NIV
After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
NIVUK
After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.
NKJV
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
NLV
So Absalom had run away to Geshur, and was there three years.
NLT
He stayed there in Geshur for three years.
NRSVA
Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there for three years.
NRSVACE
Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there for three years.
NRSVCE
Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.
NRSVUE
Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.
OJB
So Avshalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there shalosh shanim.
RGT
So, Absalom fled and went to Geshur and was there for three years.
RSV
So Ab′salom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
RSVCE
So Ab′salom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
TLV
So Absalom fled, went to Geshur and remained there three years.
VOICE
Absalom ran for his life. He sought sanctuary with his maternal grandfather, the king of Geshur (Talmai, son of Ammihud), and he stayed there for three years. Every day the king mourned for his lost son.
WEB
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
WYC
Forsooth Absalom, when he had fled, and had come into Geshur, was there (for) three years.
YLT
And Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years;
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