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2 Samuel 14:28

โ€œAbsalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.โ€

2 Samuel 14:28 in the King James Version

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
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Verse in context โ€” 2 Samuel 14

26

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.

27

To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.

28

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.

29

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

30

Therefore he said to his servants, "Behold, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

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