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2 Samuel 13:34

34 Meanwhile Absalom escaped.

Then the watchman on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd coming down the hill on the road from the west. He ran to tell the king, “I see a crowd of people coming from the Horonaim road along the side of the hill.”*

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2 Samuel 13:34 — The New International Version (NIV)

34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.

Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, “I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.”

2 Samuel 13:34 — English Standard Version (ESV)

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 13:34 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

2 Samuel 13:34 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

34 Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there, many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him.

2 Samuel 13:34 — New Century Version (NCV)

34 In the meantime Absalom had run away.

A guard standing on the city wall saw many people coming from the other side of the hill.

2 Samuel 13:34 — American Standard Version (ASV)

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.

2 Samuel 13:34 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

34 And Absalom fled. And the young man that watched lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there came much people from the way behind him, from the hill-side.

2 Samuel 13:34 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

34 Absalom has fled.” 

When the servant who kept watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road beside the mountain west of him.

2 Samuel 13:34 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man who was standing watch looked up, there were many people coming from the road west of him from the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 13:34 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

34 But Absalom fled. When the young man who kept watch looked up, he saw many people coming from the Horonaim road by the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 13:34 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

34 So Absalom fled, and the young man who was keeping watch lifted up his eyes and saw, and there were many people coming from the road behind him from the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 13:34 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

34 While all of that was taking place, Absalom ran away.

The man on guard duty at Jerusalem looked up. He saw many people coming on the road west of him. They were coming down the side of the hill. He went and spoke to the king. He said, “I see men coming down the road from Horonaim. They are coming down the side of the hill.”

2 Samuel 13:34 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

34 Now Absalom had fled. And the young man who was the watchman raised his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.


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