TRIV How much did Absalom's hair weigh?

The king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death. 2 Samuel 20:3

Trivia: Why did God send a three-year famine on David's kingdom?

How much did Absalom's hair weigh?


More than six pounds

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. 2 Samuel 14:26

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