2 Samuel 13:23

Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal-hazor. The sheep shearing was a usual occasion for feasting and holiday keeping (see 1 Samuel 25:2 , 1 Samuel 25:8 ). Baal-hazor was apparently the name of Absalom's estate, situated near the town Ephraim ( 2 Chronicles 13:19 ), which, according to Eusebius, lay about eight miles north of Jerusalem. As Ephraim was near the wilderness of Judah, it was probably the same town as that to which our Lord withdrew ( John 11:54 ). The phrase beside , literally, near, Ephraim, shows that it must be the town, and not the tribal territory, which is here meant. Two full years; Hebrew, years of days.