2-Samuel - 14:23

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23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 14:23.

Differing Translations

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Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,
So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.
Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem.

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Historical Commentaries

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So Joab arose and went to Geshur,.... Where Absalom was with his grandfather, the king of the place; see 2-Samuel 13:37,
and brought Absalom to Jerusalem; from thence, which, according to Bunting (t), was the distance of eighty eight miles from it.
(t) Travels, &c. p 146, 148.

Joab then went to Geshur (see 2-Samuel 13:37), and fetched Absalom back to Jerusalem.

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