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2 Samuel 14:27

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And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:25

    But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

  2. 2 Samuel 14:26

    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.

  3. 2 Samuel 14:28

    So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.

  4. 2 Samuel 14:29

    Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

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