Font Size
2 Samuel 15:5-7
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 15:5-7
Contemporary English Version
5 Whenever anyone came to Absalom and started bowing down, he would reach out and hug and kiss them. 6 That's how he treated everyone from Israel who brought a complaint to the king. Soon everyone in Israel liked Absalom better than they liked David.
7 Four years[a] later, Absalom said to David, “Please, let me go to Hebron. I have to keep a promise that I made to the Lord,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 15.7 Four years: The Hebrew text has “Forty years.”
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.
Bible Gateway Recommends
The Holy Bible: CEV Your Young Christian's First Bible, Hardcover
Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $17.99
Save: $2.00 (10%)
The Holy Bible: CEV Giant Print Easy Reading Bible, Flex cover - Slightly Imperfect
Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $18.27
Save: $1.72 (9%)
Outreach New Testament-Cev, Paper, Blue
Our Price: $1.79
CEV Extreme Faith Youth Bible, Paper
Our Price: $5.49
CEV Economical Bible, Paper, Blue
Our Price: $5.49