2 Samuel 14:27
New International Version
Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.

New Living Translation
He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.

English Standard Version
There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

Berean Standard Bible
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

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

New King James Version
To Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.

New American Standard Bible
And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

NASB 1995
To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

NASB 1977
And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

Legacy Standard Bible
And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

Amplified Bible
To Absalom were born three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.

Christian Standard Bible
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And three sons and one daughter were born to Abishlum, and her name was Tamar, and also she was a woman beautiful in appearance

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.

Contemporary English Version
Absalom had three sons. He also had a daughter named Tamar, who grew up to be very beautiful.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Absalom had three sons and one daughter. His daughter Tamar was a beautiful woman.

Good News Translation
Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar, a very beautiful woman.

International Standard Version
Absalom fathered three sons and one daughter, whom he named Tamar. She was a beautiful woman, both in form and appearance.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of a fair countenance.

Literal Standard Version
And there are born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

Majority Standard Bible
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

New American Bible
Absalom had three sons born to him, besides a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

NET Bible
Absalom had three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman.

New Revised Standard Version
There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.

New Heart English Bible
To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

Webster's Bible Translation
And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

World English Bible
Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.

Young's Literal Translation
And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name is Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Absalom's Return to Jerusalem
26And 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. 27Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1
After some time, David's son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David's son Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King's Valley, for he had said, "I have no son to preserve the memory of my name." So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom's Monument.


Treasury of Scripture

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

born.

2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

Job 18:16-19
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off…

Isaiah 14:22
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

Tamar

2 Samuel 13:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Jump to Previous
Absalom Ab'salom Appearance Beautiful Born Countenance Daughter Daughter's Face Fair Tamar Three
Jump to Next
Absalom Ab'salom Appearance Beautiful Born Countenance Daughter Daughter's Face Fair Tamar Three
2 Samuel 14
1. Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah to incline the king's heart to fetch Absalom,
21. brings him home to Jerusalem
25. Absalom's beauty, hair, and children
28. After two years, Absalom is brought into the king's presence by Joab














(27) Three sons.--Their names are not given, from which it might be supposed that they died in infancy, and this is made sure by 2Samuel 18:18, where Absalom is reported as saying, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance."

One daughter.--This daughter bore the name of Absalom's sister, Tamar, and shared her beauty. The LXX. here inserts the statement that she "became the wife of Roboam, the son of Solomon, and bore him a son, Abia." But this is evidently a confused gloss, founded upon 1Kings 15:2; 2Chronicles 11:20-22. We are there told that Rehoboam's favourite wife was Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, and mother of Abijah; but this must mean that Maachah was his granddaughter through Tamar, since in 2Chronicles 13:2 Abijah is called the son of Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. Tamar then married Uriel, and her daughter became the mother of a line of kings.

Verse 27. - Three sons. Their names are not given, because they died early (see 2 Samuel 18:18). Of his daughter Tamar, named after her aunt, and, like her, possessed of great beauty, the Septuagint adds that she became the wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah. In 1 Kings 15:2 we are told that Abijah's mother was "Maachah the daughter of Abishalom;" and in 2 Chronicles 13:2 that her name was "Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah." We thus gather that Tamar married Uriel, and that it was the granddaughter of Absalom who became Rehoboam's queen. It is strictly in accordance with Hebrew custom to call Absalom's granddaughter his daughter, and, as Uriel was a man of no political importance, he is passed over, as the narrator's object was to show that Abijah's mother was sprung from the handsome and notorious son of David (see also 2 Chronicles 11:20, 21).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Three
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה (šə·lō·wō·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

sons
בָנִ֔ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

were born
וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ (way·yiw·wā·lə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to Absalom,
לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ (lə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

and a
אַחַ֖ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

daughter
וּבַ֥ת (ū·ḇaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

named
וּשְׁמָ֣הּ (ū·šə·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

Tamar,
תָּמָ֑ר (tā·mār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8559: Tamar -- daughter-in-law of Judah, also two Israelite women, also a place South of the Dead Sea

who
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was
הָיְתָ֔ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a beautiful
יְפַ֥ת (yə·p̄aṯ)
Adjective - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3303: Fair, beautiful

woman.
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female


Links
2 Samuel 14:27 NIV
2 Samuel 14:27 NLT
2 Samuel 14:27 ESV
2 Samuel 14:27 NASB
2 Samuel 14:27 KJV

2 Samuel 14:27 BibleApps.com
2 Samuel 14:27 Biblia Paralela
2 Samuel 14:27 Chinese Bible
2 Samuel 14:27 French Bible
2 Samuel 14:27 Catholic Bible

OT History: 2 Samuel 14:27 To Absalom there were born three sons (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam)
2 Samuel 14:26
Top of Page
Top of Page