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2 Samuel 13:25

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13:25But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom26 pressed27 him, the king28 was not willing to go. Instead, David29 blessed him.

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  1. 26 Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 27 Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSama ויצפר (vayyitspar, “and he pressed”) rather than the וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyiprats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the (we’alseh), and (cogeret eum).
  3. 28 Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 29 Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“No, my son,” the king replied. “All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The king replied to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he wasn’t willing to go, though he did bless him.

NLTNew Living Translation

The king replied, “No, my son. If we all came, we would be too much of a burden on you.” Absalom pressed him, but the king would not come, though he gave Absalom his blessing.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The king said to Absalom, “No my son, not all of us shall go, so that we not be a burden to you.” And he urged him, but he was not willing to go, but he blessed him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.