Verse 26

When he would shave his head– at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it– he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king’s weight.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 18:9 : 9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.
  • Ezek 44:20 : 20 “‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.
  • Ezek 45:9-9 : 9 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the Sovereign LORD. 10 You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath). 11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels will be a mina for you. 13 “‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley, 14 and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each cor(which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer);
  • 1 Cor 11:14 : 14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,
  • Isa 3:24 : 24 A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.
  • Gen 23:16 : 16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth– 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
  • Lev 19:36 : 36 You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.