Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation His hair was very thick, and he had to cut it once a year, when it grew too long and heavy. It would weigh about five pounds according to the royal standard of weights. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight. when he polled 2 Samuel 18:9 And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on. Isaiah 3:24 And instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench, and instead of a girdle, a cord, and instead of curled hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, haircloth. 1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him? two hundred shekels. 200 shekels is about 50 ounces, which make 4 lb. 2 oz.troy weight, or 3 lb.2 oz.avoirdupois. This need not be accounted incredible, especially as abundance of oil and ointment was used by the ancients in dressing their heads. Josephus informs us, that the Jews also put gold dust in their hair. Genesis 23:16 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money. Leviticus 19:36 Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 45:9-14 Thus saith the Lord God: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: cease from iniquity and robberies, and execute judgment and justice, separate your confines from my people, saith the Lord God. . . . Context Absalom's Return to Jerusalem…25But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.27And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter, whose name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful.… Cross References Genesis 23:16 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money. 2 Samuel 18:9 And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on. Ezekiel 44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long hair: but they shall only poll their heads. Additional Translations And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him,) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel. And when he shaved his head (for it was at every year's end that he shaved it, because it was heavy on him, therefore he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. And when he polled his head, (now it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. and in his polling his head -- and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth it, for it is heavy on him, and he hath polled it -- he hath even weighed out the hair of his head -- two hundred shekels by the king's weight. Jump to Previous Cut End Hair Head Heavy Hundred King's Polled Royal Shekels Time Used Weigh Weighed Weight Whenever Year'sJump to Next Cut End Hair Head Heavy Hundred King's Polled Royal Shekels Time Used Weigh Weighed Weight Whenever Year'sLinks 2 Samuel 14:26 NIV2 Samuel 14:26 NLT 2 Samuel 14:26 ESV 2 Samuel 14:26 NASB 2 Samuel 14:26 KJV 2 Samuel 14:26 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 14:26 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 14:26 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 14:26 French Bible 2 Samuel 14:26 German Bible Alphabetical: and and at became by cut end every for from hair he head heavy him his hundred it it its king's of on royal shekels so standard that the time to too two used was weigh weighed weight when Whenever would year OT History: 2 Samuel 14:26 When he cut the hair of his (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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