2 Samuel 13:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיְהִי֙ לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֤וּ גֹֽזְזִים֙ לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם בְּבַ֥עַל חָצ֖וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִם־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיִּקְרָ֥א אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם לְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-yəhî for-šənātayim yāmîm wə-yihyû gōzəzîm to-ʾAbšālôm in-Baʿal Ḥāṣôr which with-ʾEprāyim wə-yiqrāʾ ʾAbšālôm to-all-bənê the-melek

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
• *šənātayim*: dual noun - two years
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *wə-yihyû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and there were
• *gōzəzîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - shearers
• *ʾAbšālôm*: proper noun, masculine singular - Absalom
• *Baʿal* *Ḥāṣôr*: proper noun, place name - Baal Hazor
• *ʾEprāyim*: proper noun - Ephraim
• *wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
• *melek*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the king

Word Meanings

• *wə-yəhî*: and it happened/and it came to pass
• *šənātayim*: two years/a two-year period
• *yāmîm*: days/time
• *gōzəzîm*: shearers/sheep-shearers
• *wə-yiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he invited

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Two years later, when Absalom's sheep were being sheared at Baal Hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass after two full{H3117} years,{H8141} that Absalom{H53} had sheep-shearers{H1494} in Baal-hazor,{H1178} which is beside Ephraim:{H669} and Absalom{H53} invited{H7121} all the king's{H4428} sons.{H1121}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass after two full{H3117} years{H8141}, that Absalom{H53} had sheepshearers{H1494}{(H8802)} in Baalhazor{H1178}, which is beside Ephraim{H669}: and Absalom{H53} invited{H7121}{(H8799)} all the king's{H4428} sons{H1121}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor, which lyeth by Ephraim. And Absalom called all the kynges children,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And after the time of two yeeres, Absalom had sheepesherers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, and Absalom called all the Kings sonnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And after the tyme of two yeres, Absalom had sheepe shearers in the playne of Hazor beside Ephraim, & bade all the kinges sonnes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which `is' with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Absalom Has Amnon Put to Death Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 25:4 : 4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
• Gen 38:12-13 : 12 After some time, Shuah's daughter, Judah's wife, died; after being comforted, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 Tamar was told, Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
• 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very wealthy, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
• 1 Sam 25:7 : 7 And now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds that were with us, we did not harm them, nor was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.
• 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.
• 1 Kgs 1:9 : 9 And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside Enrogel, and called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
• 1 Kgs 1:19 : 19 And he has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not called.
• 1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah.
• 2 Kgs 3:4 : 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder and rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
• 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plains. He had farmers and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.