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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

King James Version
- 26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.