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2 Samuel 14:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 26 When he shaved his head—he had to shave it at the end of every year because it was so heavy for him—the hair of his head weighed 200 shekels* by the royal stone weight.*

2 Samuel 14:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 26 When he shaved his head—he had to shave it at the end of every year because it was so heavy for him—the hair of his head weighed 200 shekels* by the royal stone weight.*

2 Samuel 14:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 26 And when he shaved his head—and it occurred at the end of every year that he would shave it; because it was so heavy+ upon him, he shaved it—he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels* by the royal stone weight.*

2 Samuel 14:26

The Bible in Living English
- 26 * When he shaved his head (from time to time he did shave it; he shaved it when it felt heavy) he weighed the hair of it, and it came to three and a half pounds of the king’s standard.

2 Samuel 14:26

American Standard Version
- 26 And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

2 Samuel 14:26

The Emphasized Bible
- 26 And when he polled his head—and it was at every year’s end that he used to poll it, because it was heavy upon him, therefore he used to poll it—he would weigh the hair of his head, two hundred shekels, by the royal standard.