The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:6, "And Aḇshalom did this to all Yisra’ĕl who came to the sovereign for right-ruling. And Aḇshalom stole the hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl."

 

[willfollowsGod]

2 Samuel 15:7
New International Version (NIV)

At the end of four[a] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.

a. Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:8, "“For your servant vowed a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If יהוה indeed brings me back to Yerushalayim, then I shall serve יהוה.’ ”"

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:9 (KJV)
And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:10, "But Aḇshalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “As soon as you hear the voice of the shophar, then you shall say, ‘Aḇshalom is sovereign in Ḥeḇron!’

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:11, "And with Aḇshalom went two hundred men from Yerushalayim who were invited, and they went along unsuspectingly, and did not know the matter at all."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:12 (KJV)
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counseller, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:13, "Then a messenger came to Dawiḏ, saying, “The hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl are with Aḇshalom.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:14 (KJV)
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:15 (KJV)
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:16, "And the sovereign went out, and all his household at his feet. But the sovereign left ten women, concubines, to look after the house."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:17 (ERV)
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:18 (KJV)
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:19 (KJV)
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

 

[phil36]

[h=1]2 Samuel 15:20English Standard Version (ESV)[/h][FONT=&quot]20 You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show[a] steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”[/FONT]

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:21, "And Ittai answered the sovereign and said, “As יהוה lives, and as my master the sovereign lives, in whatever place my master the sovereign is, whether in death or life, let your servant also be there.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:22 (KJV)
And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:23, "And all the land was weeping with a loud voice, and all the people were passing over. And the sovereign himself was passing over the wadi Qiḏron, and all the people were passing over toward the way of the wilderness."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 15:24 (KJV)
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 15:25, "And the sovereign said to Tsaḏoq, “Take the ark of YHWH back to the city. If I find favour in the eyes of יהוה, then He shall bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling."