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- two full years - This is explaining the passage of time. (See:en:obe:other:biblicaltimeyear)
- shearers - those who remove the wool from the sheep
- Baal Hazor - This is the name of a place (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
- Look now - This is an expression to emphasize the next statement.
- your servant - Absalom is calling himself "your servant" to be polite.
- has shearers - It was customary for people in Israel to have a party when they had sheared their sheep.
- may the king - Although he is talking to his father the king, he callshim "the king" instead of "you" to show respect for him.