KJV:
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
NASB:
Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.
KJV:
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
NASB:
Then Absalom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right, but no man listens to you on the part of the king."
KJV:
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
NASB:
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring calamity on Absalom.
KJV:
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
NASB:
For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
KJV:
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
NASB:
"Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."
KJV:
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
NASB:
"Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, surely not a man will pass the night with you, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."
KJV:
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
NASB:
But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our advice first to bring back our king?" Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.