24 And Absalom came to the King, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers: I pray thee, that the king with his servants would go with thy servant.

25 But the King answered Absalom, Nay my son, I pray thee, let us not go all, lest we be chargeable unto thee. Yet Absalom lay sore upon him: howbeit he would not go, but [a]thanked him.

26 Then said Absalom, But, I pray thee, shall not my brother [b]Amnon go with us? And the king answered him, Why should he go with thee?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:25 Hebrew, blessed.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:26 Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear unto him.

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