2 Samuel 14:23
◄  2 Samuel 14:23  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

NET Bible (©2006)
So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

American King James Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Darby Bible Translation
And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

World English Bible
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:21-24 David was inclined to favour Absalom, yet, for the honour of his justice, he could not do it but upon application made for him, which may show the methods of Divine grace. It is true that God has thoughts of compassion toward poor sinners, not willing that any should perish; yet he is only reconciled to them through a Mediator, who pleads on their behalf. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and Christ came to this land of our banishment, to bring us to God.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

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Absalom's Return to Jerusalem
…22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant. 23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 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. …

Deuteronomy 3:14 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.)
2 Samuel 13:37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.
2 Samuel 13:38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
2 Samuel 14:22 Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant's request."