²⁴ However the king said, “Let him turn to ^(A)his own house, and let him not see my face.” So Absalom turned to his own house and did not see the king’s face.

²⁵ Now in all Israel was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; ^(B)from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no defect in him. ²⁶ When he ^(C)shaved the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he shaved it, for it was heavy on him so he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at ^[a]200 shekels by the king’s weight.