2 Samuel 14:27

Modern

Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

Traditional

And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

Literal

And were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.

Latin

Nati sunt autem Absalom filii tres, et filia una nomine Thamar, elegantis formæ.

Hebrew

English

Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

Absalom's three sons likely died before him (see 2 Samuel 18:18).
Absalom named his daughter Tamar after his sister, and she was also very beautiful (2 Samuel 13:1).

Theme notes and profiles

2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
2 Samuel 13:1
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
Isaiah 14:22
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
Job 18:16–19
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Jeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”

Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne Tamar: Absalom's beautiful daughter